UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Courses

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Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

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Lower division 11

Lower division courses in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
1	Climate Change: From Puzzles to Policy GE	3.13 1,228 grades	7 sections
1L	Climate Change: From Puzzles to Policy--Laboratory GE	3.65 286 grades	1 section
2	Air Pollution GE	3.86 2,329 grades	10 sections
2L	Air Pollution Laboratory GE	3.85 388 grades	1 section
3	Meteorology and Extreme Weather GE	3.42 669 grades	4 sections
3L	Meteorology and Extreme Weather Laboratory GE	3.66 154 grades	1 section
M7	Perils of Space: Introduction to Space Weather GE	3.82 118 grades	4 sections
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars		Not offered
51	Fundamentals of Climate Science	3.47 68 grades	1 section
M71	Introduction to Computing for Geoscientists	3.47 54 grades	Not offered
90	Introduction to Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	3.45 57 grades	Not offered

Upper division 23

Upper division courses in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
M100	Earth and Its Environment	3.90 102 grades	Not offered
101	Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics	3.18 133 grades	3 sections
102	Climate Change and Climate Modeling	3.64 190 grades	Not offered
103	Physical Oceanography	3.33 284 grades	3 sections
104	Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution	3.43 313 grades	5 sections
M105	Introduction to Chemical Oceanography	3.26 324 grades	Not offered
M106	Applied Climatology: Principles of Climate Impact on Natural Environment	3.35 19 grades ·	Not offered
107	Biological Oceanography	3.46 220 grades	Not offered
C110	Advanced Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology	3.59 41 grades	Not offered
C111	Introduction to Machine Learning for Physical Sciences	3.63 65 grades	Not offered
112	Climate Change Assessment	3.73 106 grades	2 sections
121	Climate Mitigation Solutions	3.48 84 grades	Not offered
123	Climate Adaptation Solutions	3.82 45 grades	1 section
130	California's Ocean	3.70 64 grades	Not offered
135	Ocean Change in the Anthropocene	3.60 14 grades ·	Not offered
141	Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution	3.83 116 grades	3 sections
145	Atmospheric Physics: Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols	3.78 34 grades	Not offered
155	Introduction to Ecosystem-Atmosphere Interactions	3.67 15 grades ·	Not offered
C160	Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Oceans	3.78 31 grades	Not offered
180	Numerical Methods in Atmospheric Sciences	3.71 42 grades	Not offered
M187	Careers in Earth System, Environment, and Space Sciences		Not offered
M192A	Introduction to Collaborative Learning Theory and Practice	no grade history	1 section
192B	Methods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	no grade history	1 section

Graduate 35

Graduate courses in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
200A	Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid	3.74 65 grades	2 sections
200B	Introduction to Dynamics of Earth System	3.69 78 grades	1 section
200C	Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanic Radiation, Physics, and Chemistry	3.74 57 grades	2 sections
200D	Scientific Communication for Atmospheric and Oceanic Scientists	3.76 55 grades	Not offered
201A	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I	3.69 13 grades ·	Not offered
202	Introduction to Ocean Science	3.66 13 grades ·	Not offered
M203A	Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry	3.60 27 grades	1 section
203B	Introduction to Atmospheric Physics	3.69 12 grades ·	Not offered
C204	Introduction to Machine Learning for Physical Sciences	3.83 85 grades	Not offered
209	Climate Change Assessment	3.75 14 grades ·	Not offered
211	Planetary Wave Dynamics and Teleconnections in Atmosphere/Ocean	3.71 8 grades ·	Not offered
217	Regional Climate Dynamics	3.78 10 grades ·	Not offered
C227	Advanced Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology	3.76 11 grades ·	Not offered
230A	Atmospheric Chemistry I	no grade history	1 section
M235	Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics and Climate	3.69 12 grades ·	Not offered
C240B	Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Oceans	3.76 9 grades ·	Not offered
M250A	Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics	no grade history	1 section
250B	Solar System Microscopic Plasma Processes	3.73 10 grades ·	Not offered
270	Seminar: Atmospheric Sciences	3.84 31 grades	1 section
271	Seminar: Atmospheric Dynamics	3.60 2 grades ·	1 section
274	Seminar: Atmospheric Composition and Processes		Not offered
M275A	Current Research in Space Physics	no grade history	1 section
296A	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Ocean Dynamics of Atmosphere	no grade history	1 section
296B	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Boundary Layers, Clouds, and Climate	no grade history	1 section
296D	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Climate Dynamics	no grade history	1 section
296E	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Numerical Modeling of Atmosphere and Ocean	no grade history	1 section
296F	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Hierarchical Modeling of Ocean/Atmosphere System		Not offered
296H	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Recent Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry	no grade history	1 section
296J	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Experimental Mesoscale Meteorology	no grade history	1 section
296N	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate Modeling and Analysis	no grade history	1 section
296P	Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric Chemistry of Air Pollution, Aerosols, and Climate	no grade history	1 section
596	Directed Studies for Graduate Students	no grade history	21 sections
597	Preparation for MS Comprehensive Examination	no grade history	21 sections
598	Research for and Preparation of MS Thesis	no grade history	21 sections
599	Research for PhD Dissertation	no grade history	20 sections