This is a collection of Scripps course syllabi. The syllabi are archived by academic year. Each syllabus is saved 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 2018-19 academic year, please visit https://scripps.ucsd.edu/education/courses.
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| Course | Course Title | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 |
| SIO 1 | The Planets | WI19 Pommier | WI18_Pommier | |
| SIO 3 | Life in the Oceans | WI19 Aburto | ||
| SIO 10 | The Earth | SP19 Borsa | SP18_Borsa | SP17_Borsa |
| SIO 12 | History of the Earth and Evolution | |||
| SIO 15 | Natural Disasters | FA18_Laske | FA17_Laske | FA16_Laske |
| SIO 16 | Geology of the National Parks | SP18_Gee | SP17_Gee | |
| SIO 20 | The Atmosphere | WI19 Norris, J. | WI18_Norris, J. | WI17_Norris, J. |
| SIO 25 | Climate Change and Society | WI19 Teranes | WI18_Teranes | WI17_Teranes |
| SIO 30 | The Oceans | S117 _Inman / FA17_Castillo | FA16_Castillo | |
| SIO 35 | Water | |||
| SIO 40 | Life and Climate on Earth | FA17_Barbeau | FA16_Barbeau | |
| SIO 45 | Volcanoes | WI19 Cook | S117_Cook / WI18_Cook | |
| SIO 50 | Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences | |||
| SIO 60 | Experiences in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences | FA18_Lucas/Ricke | FA17_Lucas/Vanos | |
| SIO 87 | Freshman Seminar | FA18_Norris, J. | ||
| SIO 90 | Undergraduate Seminar | FA17_Harada | ||
| SIO 96 | Frontiers in Earth Sciences | |||
| SIO 100 | Introduction to Field Methods | |||
| SIO 101 | California Coastal Oceanography | |||
| SIO 102 | Introduction to Geochemistry | WI19 Kastner | WI18_Castillo/Day | WI17_Kastner |
| SIO 103 | Introduction to Geophysics | WI19 Masters | ||
| SIO 104 | Paleobiology and History of Life | SP17_R. Norris | ||
| SIO 105 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | |||
| SIO 106 | Introduction to Hydrogeology | |||
| SIO 108 | Introduction to Paleoclimatology | FA17_Teranes | FA16_Teranes | |
| SIO 109 | Bending Curve: Climate Change | WI17_Ramanathan/Forman | SP17_Ramanathan/Forman | |
| SIO 110 | Introduction to GIS and GPS for Scientists | WI18_Minster | WI17_Minster | |
| SIO 111 | Introduction to Ocean Waves | |||
| SIO 113 | Introduction to Computational Earth Science | WI19 Tauxe | WI18_Tauxe | SP17_Tauxe |
| SIO 114 | Analysis of Environmental Justice | |||
| SIO 115 | Ice and the Climate System | WI19 Fricker | ||
| SIO 116 | Climate Change & Global Health | WI18_Benmarhnia | ||
| SIO 117 | The Physical Basis of Global Warming | FA16_Keeling | ||
| SIO 119 | Physics and Chemistry of the Oceans | WI19 Gille | WI18_Gille/Andersson | WI17_Gille/Andersson |
| SIO 120 | Introduction to Mineralogy | WI19 Cook | WI18_Cook | |
| SIO 121 | Biology of the Cryosphere | SP18_Bowman | ||
| SIO 122 | Ecological Development Biology | |||
| SIO 123 | Microbial Environmental Systems Biology | FA16_Allen, A. | ||
| SIO 124 | Marine Natural Products | SP18_Jensen | SP17_Jensen | |
| SIO 125 | Biomechanics of Marine Life | SP17_Taylor | ||
| SIO 126 | Marine Microbiology | WI19 Palenik | WI18_Palenik | WI17_Palenik |
| SIO 126L | Marine Microbiology Laboratory | |||
| SIO 127 | Marine Molecular Ecology | SP19 Burton | SP18_Burton | SP17_Burton |
| SIO 128 | Microbial Life in Extreme Environments | |||
| SIO 129 | Marine Chemical Ecology | WI17_Fenical | ||
| SIO 131 | Parasitology | SP18_Hechinger | ||
| SIO 132 | Introduction to Marine Biology | FA16_Burton | ||
| SIO 133 | Marine Mammal Biology | SP18_Hildebrand/Ballance | SP17_Hildebrand/Ballance | |
| SIO 134 | Introduction to Biological Oceanography | WI19 Barton | WI18_Landry/Barton | WI17_Landry |
| SIO 135 | Satellite Remote Sensing | SP19 Sandwell | SP18_Sandwell | SP17_Sandwell |
| SIO 136 | Marine Biology Laboratory | |||
| SIO 138 | The Coral Reef Environment | |||
| SIO 139 | Current Research in Marine Biology | WI19 Palenik | WI18_Palenik | |
| SIO 141 | Chemical Principles of Marine Systems | |||
| SIO 143 | Ocean Acidification | SP19 Andersson | WI17_Andersson | |
| SIO 144 | Introduction to Isotope Geochemistry | WI18_Castillo/Chin | WI17_Castillo/Severinghaus | |
| SIO 147 | Applications of Phylogenetics | WI18_Rouse | ||
| SIO 152 | Petrology and Petrography | SP18_Day | SP17_Day | |
| SIO 155 | Whole Earth Geochemistry | |||
| SIO 160 | Introduction to Tectonics | SP18_Fialko | SP17_Fialko | |
| SIO 162 | Structural Geology | |||
| SIO 164 | Introduction to Marine Archeology | WI19 Rivera | ||
| SIO 167 | Introduction to Geoarcheology | WI19 Rivera | ||
| SIO 170 | Introduction to Volcanology | |||
| SIO 170L | Introduction to Volcanology Field Experience | |||
| SIO 171 | Introduction to Physical Oceanography | FA18_Rudnick | ||
| SIO 172 | Introduction to Atmospheric Science | WI19 Evan | WI18_Evan | |
| SIO 173 |
SIO 173: Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Climate |
SP17_J. Norris/Xie | ||
| SIO 174 |
Chemistry of the Ocean and Atmosphere |
SP19 Severinghaus | ||
| SIO 176 |
Observational Physical Oceanography |
SP19 Straneo | ||
| SIO 177 | Fluid Mechanics | FA18_Becker | ||
| SIO 178 | Geophyiscal Fluid Dynamics | WI19 Becker | WI18_Becker | |
| Marine Instramental Methods | WI19 Martz | |||
| SIO 180 | Communicating Science to Informal Audiences | WI19 Brandon | ||
| SIO 181 | Marine Biochemistry | SP19 Tresguerres | SP18_Treguerres | SP17_Treguerres |
| SIO 182 | Environmental and Exploration Geophysics | SP19 Constable | ||
| SIO 183 | Phycology: Marine Plant Biology | WI18_Smith | ||
| SIO 184 | Marine Invertebrates | WI17_Rouse | ||
| SIO 187 | Statistical Methods in Marine Biology | WI18_Sandin | ||
| SIO 188 | Biology of Fishes | WI19 Hastings | WI18_Hasting | |
| SIO 189 | Pollution, Environment and Health | FA16_Hamdoun | ||
| SIO 190 | Special Topics in Earth Sciences | |||
| SIO 192 | Senior Seminar in Scripps Institution of Oceanography | FA16_Hughes | ||
| 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 | WI17_Kuperman | ||
| 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 | SP18_Stramski/J. Hildebrand | SP17_Stramski | |
| SIOC 203A | Introduction to Applied Mathematics I | FA15_LlewellynSmith | ||
| SIOC 203B | Introduction to Applied Mathematics II | WI19 Smith | WI17_LlewellynSmith | |
| SIOC 203C | Introduction to Applied Mathematics III | SP19 Young | ||
| SIOC 204 | Acoustics | SP18_Buckingham | ||
| SIOC 206 | Land Surface Hydrology | |||
| SIOC 207A | Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing | |||
| 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 | FA16_Giddings / FA16_Thompson |
| SIOC 209 | Special Topics: Winter Quarter | WI18_Thompson | ||
| SIOC 209 | Special Topics: Spring Quarter | SP18_Xie | ||
| SIOC 210 | Physical Oceanography | FA17_Purkey/Mackinnon | FA16_Talley | |
| SIOC 211A | Ocean Waves I | WI19 Falk | WI18_Feddersen | WI17_Feddersen |
| SIOC 211B | Ocean Waves II | |||
| SIOC 212A | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I | WI19 Eisenman | WI17_Eisenman | |
| SIOC 212B | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II | SP19 Cessi | SP18_Cessi | |
| SIOC 213 | Turbulence and Mixing | |||
| SIOC 214A | Introduction to Fluid Mechanics | FA17_Giddings | FA16_Giddings/Hendershott | |
| 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 | FA16_Russell | |
| SIOC 217B | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences II | WI19 Xie | WI18_Eisenman | WI17_Norris, J. |
| SIOC 217C | Atmospheric and Climate Sciences III | SP17_Ramanathan / J. Norris | ||
| 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 | FA16_Alford | |
| 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 | SP17_Feddersen | |
| SIOC 219 | Theoretical Oceanography Seminar | |||
| SIOC 220 | Observations of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation | SP19 Purkey | SP17_Roemmich | |
| SIOC 221A | Analysis of Physical Oceanographic Data (A) | FA18_Gille | FA17_Gille | FA16_Gille |
| SIOC 221B | Analysis of Physical Oceanographic Data (B) | WI19 Rudnick | ||
| SIOC 221C | Data Analysis Laboratory | FA18_Alford | FA17_Alford | FA16_Alford |
| SIOC 222 | Underwater Bioacoustics | SP17_Baumann-Pickering/Sirovic | ||
| SIOC 235 | Ocean Atmosphere Interaction | SP19 Xie | SP17_Xie | |
| SIOC 237A | Introduction to Ocean Optics | SP17_Stramski | ||
| 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 | |||
| SIOC 250 | Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics | FA18_Norris, J. | FA16_Norris, J. | |
| SIOC 251 | Radiation in the Atmosphere | |||
| SIOC 254 | Science of Climate Change | |||
| SIOC 261 | Nearshore Physical Oceanography | SP17_Feddersen | ||
| SIOC 267 | Biogeochemistry | |||
| SIOC 290S | Climate Math | S317_Chen | S316_Chen | |
| SIOC 291S | @Climate | S317 | S316 | |
| SIOC 292 | Introduction to Climate Science & Policy | WI17_Conway | ||
| SIOC 296 | Special Topics: Climate Science & Policy Forum | WI19 Jensen | WI17_Russell | |
| SIOG 222 |
Introduction to Industry Seismic Reflection Methods and Applications |
WI19_Srnka | ||
| SIOG 223A | Geophysical Data Analysis I | |||
| SIOG 223B | Geophysical Data Analysis II | SP18_Agnew | ||
| SIOG 224 | Internal Constitution of the Earth | |||
| SIOG 225 | Physics of Earth Materials | FA17_Agnew | FA16_Fialko | |
| SIOG 226 | Introduction to Marine Geophysics | |||
| SIOG 227A | Introduction to Seismology | WI19 Shearer | WI18_Shearer | WI17_Shearer |
| SIOG 227B | Advanced Seismology I | |||
| SIOG 227C | Advanced Seismology II | |||
| SIOG 228 | Research Seminar | WI19 Teranes | WI18_Castillo / SP18_Castillo | FA16_Castillo |
| SIOG 229 | Gravity and Geomagnetism | WI19 Borsa/C. Constable | WI18_Borsa/C. Constable | |
| SIOG 230 | Introduction to Inverse Theory | FA16_Constable, C. | ||
| SIOG 231 | Introduction to EM Methods in Geophysics | |||
| SIOG 232 | Ethical and Professional Science | |||
| SIOG 233 | Introduction to Computing at SIO | FA18_Shearer | FA17_Shearer | FA16_Shearer |
| SIOG 234 | Geodynamics | FA18_Sandwell | ||
| SIOG 236 | Satellite Remote Sensing | SP19 Sandwell | SP18_Sandwell | SP17_Sandwell |
| SIOG 237 | Space Geodesy Seminar | WI19 Fialko | ||
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Fall Quarter | |||
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Winter Quarter | WI17_Stegman/Blackman | ||
| SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics: Spring Quarter | SP17_Stegman/Blackman | ||
| SIOG 240 | Marine Geology | FA17_Charles/Gee | ||
| SIOG 242 | Geochronologic Methods and Applications | SP19 Willenbring | ||
| SIOG 244 | Shape and Structure of the Ocean Floor | SP17_Lonsdale | ||
| 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 | WI18_Castillo/Chin | WI17_Castillo/Severinghaus | |
| SIOG 252B | Advanced Isotope Geochemistry I | |||
| SIOG 252C | Advanced Isotope Geochemistry II | |||
| SIOG 253 | Interactions of Oceanic Plates and the California Margin | FA17_Lonsdale | FA16_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 | WI18_Barbeau/Martz | ||
| SIOG 261 | Introduction to Rheology of Solid Earth | SP18_Pommier | ||
| SIOG 263 | Aqueous Chemistry | |||
| SIOG 268 | Seminar in Geochemistry and Marine Chemistry | |||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Fall Quarter | |||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Winter Quarter | WI17_Andersson | ||
| SIOG 269 | Special Topics in Marine Chemistry: Spring Quarter | |||
| SIOG 275 | Paleoethnobotany | FA18_d'Alpoim Guedes | ||
| SIOB 242A | Marine Biotechnology I: Tools and Methods | FA17_Fenical/L.Gerwick | ||
| SIOB 242B | Marine Biotechnology II: Applications | WI18_Jensen/Fenical | ||
| SIOB 242C | Marine Biotechnology III: Intro to Bioinformatics | SP17_Gassterland | ||
| SIOB 243 | Marine Paleoecology | |||
| SIOB 248 | Evolution of Earth's Biosphere | |||
| SIOB 262 | Marine Chemical Biology Seminar | WI19 Moore | WI18_W.Gerwick / SP18_Jensen | FA16_Fenical / WI17_Jensen |
| SIOB 264 | Biosynthesis of Marine Natural Products | |||
| SIOB 270 | Pelagic Ecology | |||
| SIOB 270A | Fisheries Oceanography | |||
| SIOB 271 | Marine Zooplankton | |||
| SIOB 272 | Advanced Statistical Techniques | WI19 Sandin | ||
| SIOB 273 | Professional Ethics in Science | SP17_Dayton / Leichter | ||
| SIOB 274 | Natural History Below the Tides | |||
| SIOB 275A | Benthic Ecology | |||
| SIOB 275B | Natural History of Coastal Habitats | |||
| SIOB 276 | Quantitative Theory of Populations and Communities | FA17_Sugihara | ||
| SIOB 276L | Quantitative Ecology Project Lab | SP19 Sugihara | WI17_Sugihara | |
| SIOB 277 | Deep-Sea Biology | 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 | FA16_Azam | ||
| SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences: Winter Quarter | WI18_Azam | ||
| SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences: Spring Quarter | |||
| SIOB 280 | Biological Oceanography | FA16_Franks | ||
| SIOB 281 | Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry of Marine Organisms | SP18_Tresguerres | ||
| SIOB 282 | Phytoplankton Diversity | FA16_Palenik | ||
| SIOB 283 | Phycology: Marine Plant Biology | |||
| SIOB 284 | Marine Invertebrates | WI17_Rouse | ||
| SIOB 285 | Physical-Biological Interactions | SP19 Franks | SP17_Franks | |
| SIOB 286 | Marine Science, Economics and Policy | WI19 Sandin | WI18_Sandin | WI17_Levin |
| SIOB 287A | Marine Microbial Ecology | SP17_Azam | ||
| SIOB 287B | Microbial Physiology | |||
| SIOB 288 | Marine Microbial Laboratory | |||
| SIOB 289 | Pollution, Environment, and Health | FA16_Hamdoun | ||
| SIOB 290 | Marine Biology | WI17_Holland | ||
| SIOB 291 | Biology Graduate Research Presentations | |||
| SIOB 292 | Communicating Science to Informal Audiences | |||
| SIOB 293 | Applications of Phylogenetics | |||
| SIOB 294 | Biology of Fishes | WI19 Hastings | WI18_Hastings | |
| SIOB 295 | Behavior and Ecology of Fishes | SP17_Hastings | ||
| SIOB 296 | Special Topics in Marine Biology: Fall Quarter | WI19 Archer | FA16_Mengerink / FA16_Burton | |
| SIOB 296 | Special Topics in Marine Biology: Winter Quarter | WI18_Archer | WI17_Hughes | |
| 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 |