Course Syllabuses
This is a collection of Scripps course syllabuses. The syllabuses are archived by the academic year. Each syllabus is listed under the format ([term offered] [instructor]). Please note that not all courses are taught on an annual basis.
For course descriptions, either click on the course number or visit the UCSD Catalog.
To view a tentative listing of Scripps courses for the 2019-20 academic year, please visit https://scripps.ucsd.edu/education/courses.
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| Course | Course Title | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 |
| SIO 1 | The Planets | WI20 Pommier | WI19 Pommier | WI18 Pommier | |
| SIO 3 | Life in the Oceans | WI20 Aburto-Oropeza | WI19 Aburto | ||
| SIO 10 | The Earth | SP20 Borsa | SP19 Borsa | SP18 Borsa | |
| SIO 12 | History of the Earth and Evolution | ||||
| SIO 15 | Natural Disasters | FA20 Laske | FA19 Laske | FA18 Laske | FA17 Laske |
| SIO 16 | Geology of the National Parks | SP21 Gee | SP20 Gee | SP18 Gee | |
| SIO 20 | The Atmosphere | WI21 Wall | WI20 J. Norris | WI19 Norris, J. | WI18 Norris, J. |
| SIO 25 | Climate Change and Society | WI21 Teranes | WI20 Teranes | WI19 Teranes | WI18 Teranes |
| SIO 30 | The Oceans | FA20 Castillo/MacKinnon | FA19 Castillo/Holland/Send | S117 Inman / FA17 Castillo | |
| SIO 35 | Water | ||||
| SIO 40 | Life and Climate on Earth | FA20 Barbeau | FA17 Barbeau | ||
| SIO 45 | Volcanoes | WI21 Cook | WI20 Cook | WI19 Cook | S117 Cook / WI18 Cook |
| SIO 50 | Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences | FA20 Cook / SP21 Cook | SP20 Cook | ||
| SIO 60 | Experiences in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences | FA18 Lucas/Ricke | FA17 Lucas/Vanos | ||
| SIO 87 | First-year Seminars | FA20 Gilbert / WI21 Cook / SP21 Lutsko | WI20 Sandin | FA18 Norris, J. | |
| SIO 90 | Undergraduate Seminar | FA20 Bowman | FA17 Harada | ||
| SIO 96 | Frontiers in Earth Sciences | ||||
| SIO 100 | Introduction to Field Methods | WI21 R. Norris / Chin | |||
| SIO 101 | California Coastal Oceanography | ||||
| SIO 102 | Introduction to Geochemistry | WI19 Kastner | WI18 Castillo/Day | ||
| SIO 103 | Introduction to Geophysics | FA20 Parnell-Turner | WI20 Parnell-Turner/C. Constable | WI19 Masters | |
| SIO 104 | Paleobiology and History of Life | ||||
| SIO 105 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | ||||
| SIO 106 | Introduction to Hydrogeology | FA19 Brown/Willenbring | |||
| SIO 108 | Introduction to Paleoclimatology | FA17 Teranes | |||
| SIO 109 | Bending Curve: Climate Change | SP20 Ramanathan / Forman | WI17_Ramanathan/Forman | ||
| SIO 110 | Introduction to GIS and GPS for Scientists | WI18 Minster | |||
| SIO 111 | Introduction to Ocean Waves | SP21 Feddersen | SP20 Salmon / Becker | ||
| SIO 113 | Introduction to Computational Earth Science | SP21 May | SP20 Tauxe | WI19 Tauxe | WI18 Tauxe |
| SIO 114 | Analysis of Environmental Justice | ||||
| SIO 115 | Ice and the Climate System | WI19 Fricker | |||
| SIO 116 | Climate Change & Global Health | WI20 Benmarhnia | WI18 Benmarhnia | ||
| SIO 117 | The Physical Basis of Global Warming | ||||
| SIO 119 | Physics and Chemistry of the Oceans | WI21 Andersson / Send | WI20 Gille/Andersson | WI19 Gille | WI18 Gille/Andersson |
| SIO 120 | Introduction to Mineralogy | WI21 Cook | WI20 Cook | WI19 Cook | WI18 Cook |
| SIO 121 | Biology of the Cryosphere | SP18 Bowman | |||
| SIO 122 | Ecological Development Biology | ||||
| SIO 123 | Microbial Environmental Systems Biology | ||||
| SIO 124 | Marine Natural Products | WI20 Jensen | SP18 Jensen | ||
| SIO 125 | Biomechanics of Marine Life | SP21 Taylor | SP20 Taylor | ||
| SIO 126 | Marine Microbiology | WI21 Palenik | WI20 Palenik | WI19 Palenik | WI18 Palenik |
| SIO 126L | Marine Microbiology Laboratory | ||||
| SIO 127 | Marine Molecular Ecology | SP20 Burton | SP19 Burton | SP18 Burton | |
| SIO 128 | Microbial Life in Extreme Environments | SP20 Bartlett | |||
| SIO 129 | Marine Chemical Ecology | ||||
| SIO 131 | Parasitology | SP18 Hechinger | |||
| SIO 132 | Introduction to Marine Biology | FA20 Hechinger & Kacev | |||
| SIO 133 | Marine Mammal Biology | SP20 Baumann-Pickering / Kacev | SP18 Hildebrand/Ballance | ||
| SIO 134 | Introduction to Biological Oceanography | WI21 Barton | WI20 Barton | WI19 Barton | WI18 Landry/Barton |
| SIO 135 | Satellite Remote Sensing | SP21 Fricker / Sandwell | SP20 Sandwell / Fricker | SP19 Sandwell | SP18 Sandwell |
| SIO 136 | Marine Biology Laboratory | ||||
| SIO 137 | Ecosystems and Fisheries | FA19 Choy | |||
| SIO 138 | The Coral Reef Environment | ||||
| SIO 139 | Current Research in Marine Biology | WI20 Palenik | WI19 Palenik | WI18 Palenik | |
| SIO 141 | Chemical Principles of Marine Systems | ||||
| SIO 143 | Ocean Acidification | SP21 Andersson | WI20 Andersson | SP19 Andersson | |
| SIO 144 | Introduction to Isotope Geochemistry | WI20 Castillo/Severinghaus | WI18 Castillo/Chin | ||
| SIO 147 | Applications of Phylogenetics | WI21 Rouse | WI18 Rouse | ||
| SIO 152 | Petrology and Petrography | SP20 Chin | SP18 Day | ||
| SIO 155 | Whole Earth Geochemistry | ||||
| SIO 160 | Introduction to Tectonics | SP21 Fialko | SP20 Stegman | SP18 Fialko | |
| SIO 162 | Structural Geology | SP21 Brown | |||
| SIO 164 | Introduction to Marine Archeology | WI19 Rivera | |||
| SIO 166 | Introduction to Environmental Archaeology | SP20 d'Alpoim Guedes | |||
| SIO 167 | Introduction to Geoarcheology | WI19 Rivera | |||
| SIO 170 | Introduction to Volcanology | FA20 Cook | |||
| SIO 170L | Introduction to Volcanology Field Experience | ||||
| SIO 171 | Introduction to Physical Oceanography | FA20 Rudnick | FA18 Rudnick | ||
| SIO 172 | Introduction to Atmospheric Science | WI21 Evan | WI20 Evan | WI19 Evan | WI18 Evan |
| SIO 173 |
SIO 173: Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Climate |
SP21 Eisenman / Xie | |||
| SIO 174 |
Chemistry of the Ocean and Atmosphere |
SP21 Russell / Severinghaus | SP20 Russell / Dickson | SP19 Severinghaus | |
| SIO 176 |
Observational Physical Oceanography |
SP20 Straneo | SP19 Straneo | ||
| SIO 177 | Fluid Mechanics | FA20 Becker | FA19 Becker | FA18 Becker | |
| SIO 178 | Geophyiscal Fluid Dynamics | WI21 Becker | WI20 Becker | WI19 Becker | WI18 Becker |
| Marine Instramental Methods | WI19 Martz | ||||
| SIO 180 | Communicating Science to Informal Audiences | WI21 Paulenich | WI19 Brandon | ||
| SIO 181 | Marine Biochemistry | SP21 Tresguerres | SP20 Tresguerres | SP19 Tresguerres | SP18 Treguerres |
| SIO 182 | Environmental and Exploration Geophysics | SP20 S. Constable | SP19 S. Constable | ||
| SIO 183 | Phycology: Marine Plant Biology | WI18 Smith | |||
| SIO 184 | Marine Invertebrates | SP20 Rouse | |||
| SIO 187 | Statistical Methods in Marine Biology | WI18 Sandin | |||
| SIO 188 | Biology of Fishes | SP21 Hastings | WI20 Hastings | WI19 Hastings | WI18 Hasting |
| SIO 189 | Pollution, Environment and Health | FA19 Hamdoun | |||
| SIO 190 | Special Topics in Earth Sciences | ||||
| SIO 192 | Senior Seminar in Scripps Institution of Oceanography | ||||
| SIO 209 | Machine Learnig for Physical Applications | SP19 Gerstoft | |||
| SIOC 200A | Computational Ocean Acoustics and Signal Processing I | ||||
| SIOC 200B | Computational Ocean Acoustics and Signal Processing II | ||||
| SIOC 200C | Computational Ocean Acoustics and Signal Processing III | ||||
| SIOC 201 | Geological Record of Climate Change | ||||
| SIOC 202A | Fundamentals of Wave Physics | WI19 Stramski | WI18 Kuperman/ Feddersen | ||
| SIOC 202B | Fundamentals of Wave Physics | SP21 Stramski / Hildebrand | SP20 Hildebrand / Kuperman | SP18 Stramski/J. Hildebrand | |
| SIOC 203A | Introduction to Applied Mathematics I | ||||
| SIOC 203B | Introduction to Applied Mathematics II | WI21 Llewellyn Smith | WI20 Llewellyn Smith | WI19 Smith | |
| SIOC 203C | Introduction to Applied Mathematics III | SP19 Young | |||
| SIOC 204 | Acoustics | SP18 Buckingham | |||
| SIOC 205 | Estuarine and Coastal Processes | SP20 Giddings | |||
| SIOC 206 | Land Surface Hydrology | ||||
| SIOC 207A | Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing | FA20 Meyer | |||
| SIOC 207B | Digital Signal Processing I | ||||
| SIOC 207C | Digital Signal Processing II | ||||
| SIOC 207D | Array Processing | ||||
| SIOC 208 | Seminar in Applied Ocean Sciences | ||||
| SIOC 209 | Special Topics: Fall Quarter | FA17 Giddings / FA17 Severinghaus-Straneo | FA17 Giddings | ||
| SIOC 209 | Special Topics: Winter Quarter | WI18 Thompson | |||
| SIOC 209 | Special Topics: Spring Quarter | SP18 Xie | |||
| SIOC 210 | Physical Oceanography | FA20 Purkey/Talley | FA17 Purkey/Mackinnon | ||
| SIOC 211A | Ocean Waves I | WI20 Feddersen | WI19 Feddersen | WI18 Feddersen | |
| SIOC 211B | Ocean Waves II | ||||
| SIOC 212A | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I | WI21 Eisenman | WI20 Eisenman | WI19 Eisenman | |
| SIOC 212B | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II | SP21 Cessi | SP20 Cessi | SP19 Cessi | SP18 Cessi |
| SIOC 213 | Turbulence and Mixing | ||||
| SIOC 214A | Introduction to Fluid Mechanics | FA17 Giddings | |||
| SIOC 214B | Environmental Fluid Dynamics | ||||
| SIOC 215A | Applied Mathematics for Oceanographers I | ||||
| SIOC 215B | Applied Mathematics for Oceanographers II | ||||
| SIOB 215C | Applied Mathematics for Oceanographers III | ||||
| SIOC 216 | Introduction to the Physics of Complex Systems | WI18 Werner | |||
| SIOC 217A | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences I | FA17 Russell | |||
| SIOC 217B | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences II | WI21 Xie | WI20 Xie | WI19 Xie | WI18 Eisenman |
| SIOC 217C | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences III | SP21 Lutsko | SP20 Ramanathan / Lutsko | ||
| SIOC 217D | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences IV | ||||
| SIOC 218 | Cloud Dynamics and Climate | ||||
| SIOC 218A | Observational Methods | ||||
| SIOC 218B | Practical Methods at Sea | ||||
| SIOC 219 | Special Topics in Physical Oceanography: Fall Quarter | FA18 Lucas | |||
| SIOC 219 | Special Topics in Physical Oceanography: Winter Quarter | WI18 Alford/Send | |||
| SIOC 219 | Special Topics in Physical Oceanography: Spring Quarter | ||||
| SIOC 219 | Observational Oceanography Seminar | SP18 Feddersen | |||
| SIOC 219 | Theoretical Oceanography Seminar | ||||
| SIOC 220 | Observations of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation | SP20 Talley | SP19 Purkey | ||
| SIOC 221A | Analysis of Physical Oceanographic Data (A) | FA20 Gille | FA 19 Gille | FA18 Gille | FA17 Gille |
| SIOC 221B | Analysis of Physical Oceanographic Data (B) | WI20 Merrifield/Rudnick | WI19 Rudnick | ||
| SIOC 221C | Data Analysis Laboratory | FA20 Alford | FA19 Alford | FA18 Alford | FA17 Alford |
| SIOC 222 | Underwater Bioacoustics | ||||
| SIOC 223 | Proposal Writing | WI20 Alford/Send | |||
| SIOC 224 | Numerical Modeling of the Climate System | SP20 Eisenman | |||
| SIOC 225 | Ice Sheet-Ocean Interactions | WI20 Straneo | |||
| SIOC 235 | Ocean Atmosphere Interaction | SP20 Xie | SP19 Xie | ||
| SIOC 237A | Introduction to Ocean Optics | ||||
| SIOC 237B | Ocean Color Remote Sensing | ||||
| SIOC 237C | Optical-Biological Interactions in the Ocean | SP18 Stramski | |||
| SIOC 238 | Sensor Networks | ||||
| SIOC 241 | Advanced Signal Processing | WI20 Kuperman | |||
| SIOC 250 | Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics | FA18 Norris, J. | |||
| SIOC 251 | Radiation in the Atmosphere | ||||
| SIOC 254 | Science of Climate Change | ||||
| SIOC 261 | Nearshore Physical Oceanography | SP20 Feddersen | |||
| SIOC 267 | Biogeochemistry | ||||
| SIOC 290S | Climate Math | S317 Chen | |||
| SIOC 291S | @Climate | S317 | |||
| SIOC 292 | Introduction to Climate Science & Policy | ||||
| SIOC 293 | Ocean and Atmosphere Processes and Climate | WI20 Eddebbar | |||
| SIOC 296 | Special Topics: Climate Science & Policy Forum | WI19 Jensen | |||
| SIOG 222 |
Introduction to Industry Seismic Reflection Methods and Applications |
WI19 Srnka | |||
| SIOG 223A | Geophysical Data Analysis I | FA20 Morzfeld | |||
| SIOG 223B | Geophysical Data Analysis II | SP20 Agnew | SP18 Agnew | ||
| SIOG 224 | Internal Constitution of the Earth | WI21 Laske/Stegman | WI20 Stegman | ||
| SIOG 225 | Physics of Earth Materials | FA20 Fialko | FA17 Agnew | ||
| SIOG 226 | Introduction to Marine Geophysics | ||||
| SIOG 227A | Introduction to Seismology | FA19 Shearer | WI19 Shearer | WI18 Shearer | |
| SIOG 227B | Advanced Seismology I | ||||
| SIOG 227C | Advanced Seismology II | ||||
| SIOG 228 | Research Seminar | FA20 E. Allen / WI21 Barbeau | WI20 Kacev | WI19 Teranes | WI18 Castillo / SP18 Castillo |
| SIOG 229 | Gravity and Geomagnetism | WI21 Borsa / C. Constable | WI20 Borsa/C. Constable | WI19 Borsa/C. Constable | WI18 Borsa/C. Constable |
| SIOG 230 | Introduction to Inverse Theory | ||||
| SIOG 231 | Introduction to EM Methods in Geophysics | ||||
| SIOG 232 | Ethical and Professional Science | SP20 C. Constable / S. Constable | |||
| SIOG 233 | Introduction to Computing at SIO | FA18 Shearer | FA17 Shearer | ||
| SIOG 234 | Geodynamics | FA20 Sandwell | FA18 Sandwell | ||
| SIOG 236 | Satellite Remote Sensing | SP21 Fricker / Sandwell | SP20 Sandwell / Fricker | SP19 Sandwell | SP18 Sandwell |
| SIOG 237 | Space Geodesy Seminar | WI21 Fialko | WI20 Xu/Sandwell/Bock | WI19 Fialko | |
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Fall Quarter | ||||
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Winter Quarter | ||||
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Spring Quarter | ||||
| SIOG 240 | Marine Geology | FA20 Charles / Gee | FA17 Charles/Gee | ||
| SIOG 242 | Geochronologic Methods and Applications | WI20 Willenbring | SP19 Willenbring | ||
| SIOG 244 | Shape and Structure of the Ocean Floor | ||||
| SIOG 245 | Marine Sediments-Paleo Proxies | SP18 Kastner | |||
| SIOG 246 | Global Tectonics and Basin Formation | ||||
| SIOG 247 | Rock Magnetism and Paleomagnetism | SP18 Tauxe/Gee | |||
| SIOG 249 | Special Topics in Marine Geology | FA17 Sclater | |||
| SIOG 251 | Whole Earth Geochemistry | ||||
| SIOG 252A | Introduction to Isotope Geochemistry | WI20 Castillo/Severinghaus | WI18 Castillo/Chin | ||
| SIOG 252B | Advanced Isotope Geochemistry I | ||||
| SIOG 252C | Advanced Isotope Geochemistry II | ||||
| SIOG 253 | Interactions of Oceanic Plates and the California Margin | FA19 Lonsdale/Castillo | FA17 Lonsdale | ||
| SIOG 255 | Paleobiology and History of Life | ||||
| SIOG 255A | Topics in Paleobiology and History of Life | ||||
| SIOG 257 | Seminar in Petrology | ||||
| SIOG 260 | Marine Chemistry | WI20 Barbeau/Diaz | WI18 Barbeau/Martz | ||
| SIOG 261 | Introduction to Rheology of Solid Earth | WI20 Pommier | SP18 Pommier | ||
| SIOG 263 | Aqueous Chemistry | ||||
| SIOG 268 | Seminar in Geochemistry and Marine Chemistry | WI21 Diaz | WI20 Aluwihare | ||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Fall Quarter | ||||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Winter Quarter | WI20 Martz | |||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Spring Quarter | ||||
| SIOG 270 | The Archeology of Climate Change | WI20 Rivera-Collazo | |||
| SIOG 275 | Paleoethnobotany | FA18 d'Alpoim Guedes | |||
| SIOB 242A | Marine Biotechnology I: Tools and Methods | FA20 - Gilbert / Hamdoun | FA17 Fenical/L.Gerwick | ||
| SIOB 242B | Marine Biotechnology II: Applications | WI20 Jensen/Moore | WI18 Jensen/Fenical | ||
| SIOB 242C | Marine Biotechnology III: Intro to Bioinformatics | ||||
| SIOB 243 | Marine Paleoecology | ||||
| SIOB 248 | Evolution of Earth's Biosphere | ||||
| SIOB 262 | Marine Chemical Biology Seminar | FA20 Jensen | WI20 Moore / FA19 Jensen / SP20 Gerwick | WI19 Moore | WI18 Gerwick / SP18 Jensen |
| SIOB 264 | Biosynthesis of Marine Natural Products | SP20 Moore / Gerwick | |||
| SIOB 265 | Marine Chemical Ecology | WI21 Jensen | |||
| SIOB 270 | Pelagic Ecology | WI20 Ohman/Allen | |||
| SIOB 270A | Fisheries Oceanography | ||||
| SIOB 271 | Marine Zooplankton | ||||
| SIOB 272 | Advanced Statistical Techniques | WI21 Sandin | WI20 Sandin | WI19 Sandin | |
| SIOB 273 | Professional Ethics in Science | ||||
| SIOB 274 | Natural History Below the Tides | ||||
| SIOB 275A | Benthic Ecology | WI20 Leichter | |||
| SIOB 275B | Natural History of Coastal Habitats | ||||
| SIOB 276 | Quantitative Theory of Populations and Communities | FA20 Sugihara | FA17 Sugihara | ||
| SIOB 276L | Quantitative Ecology Project Lab | SP20 Sugihara | SP19 Sugihara | ||
| SIOB 277 | Deep-Sea Biology | FA19 Levin/Choy | FA17 Levin | ||
| SIO 278 |
Survey Design and Analysis |
WI19 Brazier | |||
| SIO 278 | Thesis Proposal Writing | SP19 Franks | |||
| SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences: Fall Quarter | ||||
| SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences: Winter Quarter | WI21 Burton | WI18 Azam | ||
| SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences: Spring Quarter | SP21 Jensen | SP20 Ohman | ||
| SIOB 280 | Biological Oceanography | ||||
| SIOB 281 | Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry of Marine Organisms | SP20 Tresguerres | SP18 Tresguerres | ||
| SIOB 282 | Phytoplankton Diversity | SP21 Palenik | |||
| SIOB 283 | Phycology: Marine Plant Biology | ||||
| SIOB 284 | Marine Invertebrates | ||||
| SIOB 285 | Physical-Biological Interactions | SP19 Franks | |||
| SIOB 286 | Topics in Marine Science, Economics and Policy | WI21 Sandin | WI20 Mesnick | WI19 Sandin | WI18 Sandin |
| SIOB 287A | Marine Microbial Ecology | ||||
| SIOB 287B | Microbial Physiology | ||||
| SIOB 288 | Marine Microbial Laboratory | ||||
| SIOB 289 | Pollution, Environment, and Health | ||||
| SIOB 290 | Marine Biology | ||||
| SIOB 291 | Biology Graduate Research Presentations | WI21 Gilbert | WI20 E. Allen / SP20 Semmens | ||
| SIOB 292 | Communicating Science to Informal Audiences | WI19 Paulenich | |||
| SIOB 293 | Applications of Phylogenetics | ||||
| SIOB 294 | Biology of Fishes | SP21 Hastings | WI20 Hastings | WI19 Hastings | WI18 Hastings |
| SIOB 295 | Behavior and Ecology of Fishes | ||||
| SIOB 296 | Special Topics in Marine Biology: Fall Quarter | WI19 Archer | |||
| SIOB 296 | Special Topics in Marine Biology: Winter Quarter | WI21 Archer | WI20 Archer | WI18 Archer | |
| SIOB 296 | Special Topics in Marine Biology: Spring Quarter | ||||
| SIO 295S | Introduction to Marine Biodiversity and Conservation—Seminar | ||||
| SIO 295LS | Introduction to Marine Biodiversity and Conservation—Lab | ||||
| ESYS 103 | Environmental Challenges: Science and Solutions | SP21 Teranes |