Courses in the SIO Department

This page displays the current 2025-26 plan for classes in the SIO Department, including those in the Climates Change Studies (CCS), Environmental Systems (ESYS), Marine Biodiversity & Conservation (MBC), and Climate Science & Policy (CSP) programs.  Please be aware that all listings are tentative, and class offerings and instructors are subject to change.  Please refer to the Schedule of Classes for times and locations, when available. For course descriptions, either click on the course number or see  the UC San Diego General Catalog.

For additional information on future course offerings in the SIO Department please see the additional info page.  For Summer course offerings, please visit https://summersession.ucsd.edu/.

Courses at Scripps Oceanography

Course Course Title Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter Summer
CCS 101 Carbon Neutrality at UC STAFF
CCS 102 Research Persp/Climate Change Prather, K
ESYS 10 Intro to Environmental Systems Shipp, L
ESYS 101 Environmental Biology Bowman, J; Taylor, J
ESYS 102 The Solid and Fluid Earth Haase, J
ESYS 103 Envrnmntl Chall: Science & Sol Lerner, A
ESYS 187A Senior Internship Project I Hetherington, E; Shipp, L
ESYS 187B Senior Internship Project II Hetherington, E; Shipp, L
ESYS 187C Envir Sys/Senior Seminar Shipp, L; Hetherington, E
SIO 1 The Planets Stegman, D
SIO 3 Life in the Oceans Hetherington, E Aburto, O
SIO 10 The Earth Borsa, A
SIO 15 Natural Disasters Laske, M
SIO 16 Geology of the National Parks Stegman, D
SIO 20R The Atmosphere Russell, T
SIO 25 Climate Change and Society Hildebrand, J Hildebrand, J
SIO 30 The Oceans Gille, S; Aluwihare, L Siegelman, L
SIO 35 Water Driscoll, N
SIO 40 Life and Climate on Earth Barbeau, K
SIO 45 Volcanoes Cook, G
SIO 50 Intro to Physical Geology Cook, G Cook, G
SIO 60 Exp/Oceanic & Atmospheric Sci Ricke, K
SIO 65 Geosciences Seminar Capaldi, T
SIO 75 Geological History of Earth Norris, R
SIO 87 First-year Seminar - Weather in San Diego Norris, J
SIO 87 First-year Seminar - Minerals, Chrystals & Gems Cook, G
SIO 87 First-year Seminar - Volcanoes Cook, G
SIO 87 First-year Seminar Aburto, O; Cook, G Cook, G
SIO 100 Geological Field Methods Odlum, M
SIO 101 California Coast Oceanography Aluwihare, L
SIO 102 Introduction to Geochemistry Day, J
SIO 103 Introduction to Geophysics Parnell-Turner, R
SIO 104 Paleobiology & History of Life Norris, R
SIO 105 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Driscoll, N
SIO 107 Water Pollution Schartup, A
SIO 110 Intro GIS & GPS for Scientists Wright, V
SIO 111 Introduction to Ocean Waves Feddersen, F
SIO 112 Data Science in Geophysics Morzfeld, M
SIO 113 Comp & Data Analysis in Geosci May, D
SIO 115 Ice and the Climate System Fricker, H
SIO 116 Climate Change & Global Health Benmarhnia, T
SIO 117 Physical Basis/Global Warming Keeling, R
SIO 119 Physics and Chem of the Oceans Send, U
SIO 120 Mineralogy Cook, G
SIO 121 Biology of the Cryosphere Bowman, J
SIO 122 Ecological Developmental Bio Lyons, D
SIO 125 Biomechanics of Marine Life Taylor, J
SIO 132 Introduction to Marine Biology Hechinger, R; Kacev, D
SIO 133 Marine Mammal Biology Kacev, D
SIO 134 Intro/Biological Oceanography Barton, A
SIO 135 Satellite Remote Sensing Fricker, H
SIO 136 Marine Biology Laboratory Kacev, D; Shipp, L Kacev, D
SIO 137 Ecosystems & Fisheries Petrik, C
SIO 139 Current Research in Marine Bio Kacev, D
SIO 143 Ocean Acidification Andersson, J
SIO 144 Intro to Isotope Geochemistry Day, J
SIO 145 Intro Field Method Bio Ocean Choy, A
SIO 147 Applications of Phylogenetics Betancur, R
SIO 153 Geomorphology Capaldi, T
SIO 160 Intro to Global Tectonics Fialko, Y
SIO 161 Seismology Fan, W
SIO 162 Structural Geology Wright, V
SIO 166 Environmental Archaeology Jiménez Cano, N
SIO 167 Geoarchaeology Dunseth, Z
SIO 170 Volcanology Cook, G
SIO 171 Intro to Physical Oceanography Rudnick, D
SIO 172 Physics of the Atmosphere Norris, J
SIO 173 Dynamics of Atmos & Climate Lutsko, N
SIO 174 Chemistry of Atmosph and Ocean Aluwihare, L
SIO 175 Analysis Ocean/Atmosph Data Merrifield, M
SIO 176 Observ Physical Oceanography Merrifield, S
SIO 177 Fluid Dynamics Becker, J
SIO 178 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Becker, J
SIO 179 Ocean Instruments and Sensors Martz, T
SIO 181 Marine Biochem & Physiology Tresguerres, M
SIO 183 Phycology: Marine Plant Biolgy Smith, J
SIO 187 Stat Methods in Marine Biology Kacev, D
SIO 188 Biology of Fishes Arcila, D
SIO 190 Special Topic/Earth/Ocean/Atmo Hechinger, R; Kacev, D
SIOB 262 Marine Chemical Biology Seminr Lukowski, A
SIOB 270 Pelagic Ecology Petrik, C
SIOB 271 Marine Zooplankton Decima, M
SIOB 272 Advanced Statistical Technique Sandin, S
SIOB 273 Professional Ethics in Science Leichter, J
SIOB 274 Natural History Below the Tide Leichter, J
SIOB 276 Quant Theory/Population&Commun Sugihara, G
SIOB 276L Quantitative Ecology Proj Lab Sugihara, G
SIOB 278 Seminar in Ocean Biosciences Baumann-Pickering, S
SIOB 279 Ecology Seminar/BO Barton, A Barton, A Barton, A
SIOB 280 Biological Oceanography Baumann-Pickering, S; Allen, A
SIOB 284 Marine Invertebrates Rouse, G
SIOB 291 Biology Graduate Research Pres Allen, E
SIOB 296 Special Topics/Ocean Bio Lyons, D
SIOB 297 Marine Biology Seminar Allen, E Allen, E Allen, E
SIOB 298 Spec Studies/Marine Sciences Rouse, G Aburto, O
SIOC 200A Ocean Acoustics&Signal Proc I Lin, Y
SIOC 200B Ocean Acoustics&Signal Proc II Lin, Y
SIOC 200C Ocean Acoustics&Signal ProcIII Lin, Y
SIOC 202A Fundamentals of Wave Physics Lin, Y
SIOC 202B Fundamentals of Wave Physics Stramski, D
SIOC 203A Intro to Applied Mathematics Becker, J
SIOC 203B Intro/Applied Mathematics II Llewellyn Smith, S
SIOC 203C Intro/Applied Mathematics III Young, W
SIOC 207A Intr/Digital Signal Processing Meyer, F
SIOC 208 Seminar/Applied Ocean Sciences Merrifield, M Merrifield, M Merrifield, M
SIOC 209 Special Topics Benmarhnia, T; Levy, M; Siegelman, L
SIOC 210 Physical Oceanography Purkey, S Purkey, S
SIOC 211A Ocean Waves I Mackinnon, J
SIOC 212A Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I Eisenman, I
SIOC 217A Atmospheric & Climate Sci I Evan, A
SIOC 217B Atmospheric & Climate Sci II Norris, J
SIOC 217C Atmospheric & Climate Sci III Lutsko, N
SIOC 217D Atmospheric & Climate Sci IV Keeling, R
SIOC 220 Observatns/Lg Scale Ocean Cir Rudnick, D
SIOC 221A Anlys/Physicl Oceanograph Data Alford, M
SIOC 221B Analysis/Physical Ocean Data Gille, S
SIOC 224 NumericalModel/ClimateSys Eisenman, I
SIOC 228 ML for Physical Applications Shi, Y
SIOC 235 Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Xie, S
SIOC 237A Introduction/Ocean Optics Stramski, D
SIOC 251 Radiation in the Atmosphere Evan, A
SIOG 200C Geophysics Research Skills III Fan, W Fan, W
SIOG 223A Geophysical Data Analysis I Constable, C
SIOG 223B Geophysical Data Analysis II Agnew, D
SIOG 225 Physics of Earth Materials Fialko, Y
SIOG 227A Introduction to Seismology Gabriel, A
SIOG 227B Advanced Seismology I Laske, M
SIOG 228 Research Seminar Diaz, J Kacev, D Chin, E
SIOG 229 Gravity and Geodesy Borsa, A
SIOG 230 Introduction to Inverse Theory Constable, C
SIOG 231 GeoElectromagnetism Constable, C
SIOG 232 Ethical & Professional Science Constable, C
SIOG 233 Intro to Computing at SIO Shearer, P
SIOG 234 Geodynamics Sandwell, D
SIOG 235 Computational Inverse Problems Morzfeld, M
SIOG 236 Satellite Remote Sensing Fricker, H
SIOG 237 Space Geodesy Haase, J
SIOG 238 Numerical Methods May, D
SIOG 239 Special Topics in Geophysics Fan, W Sandwell, D; May, D; Shearer, P
SIOG 239 Special Topics in Geophysics - Radar Interfermetry Sandwell, D
SIOG 239 Special Topics in Geophysics - Seismology Seminar Gabriel, A
SIOG 240 Marine Geology Parnell-Turner, R
SIOG 242 Rates and Dates Odlum, M
SIOG 249 Spec Topics in Marine Geology Norris, R
SIOG 252A Intro to Isotope Geochemistry Day, J
SIOG 260 Marine Chemistry Barbeau, K
SIOG 267 Marine Chemistry Laboratory Martz, T
SIOG 288 Communicating Environ Sci Diaz, J