Courses in the SIO Department
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This page displays the current 2022-23 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.
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Courses at Scripps Oceanography
Course | Course Title | Fall Quarter | Winter Quarter | Spring Quarter | Summer |
CCS 101 | Carbon Neutrality at UC | Polonik, P | |||
CCS 102 | Research Persp/Climate Change | Prather, K | |||
CCS 123 | PolicyPolitics Climate Change | Gabriel, C | |||
ESYS 10 | Intro to Environmental Systems | Aluwihare, L | |||
ESYS 90 | Undergraduate Seminar | Talley, L | |||
ESYS 101 | Environmental Biology | Taylor, J; Diaz, 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 | |||
ESYS 187B | Senior Internship Project II | STAFF | |||
ESYS 187C | Envir Sys/Senior Seminar | STAFF | |||
MBC 258 | Marine Consrv/Comm Practicum 1 | Murray, S | |||
MBC 259 | Marine Consrv/Comm Practicum 2 | Murray, S | |||
SIO 1 | The Planets | Stegman, D | |||
SIO 3 | Life in the Oceans | Aburto Oropeza, M | |||
SIO 10 | The Earth | Borsa, A | Cook, G | ||
SIO 12 | History of Earth & Evolution | Peach, C | |||
SIO 15 | Natural Disasters | Laske, M | |||
SIO 16 | Geology of the National Parks | Gee, J | |||
SIO 20 | The Atmosphere | STAFF; Flatau, P | |||
SIO 30 | The Oceans | Castillo, P | |||
SIO 35 | Water | Driscoll, N | |||
SIO 40 | Life and Climate on Earth | Barbeau, K | |||
SIO 45 | Volcanoes | Cook, G | Cook, G | ||
SIO 46GS | Global Volcanism | Cook, G | |||
SIO 50 | Intro to Physical Geology | Cook, G | Cook, G | ||
SIO 60 | Exp/Oceanic & Atmospheric Sci | Ricke, K; Lucas, A | |||
SIO 65 | Geosciences Seminar | Cook, G | |||
SIO 75 | Geological History of Earth | Van Allen, E; Gee, J | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - An Introduction to Volcanoes | Cook, G | Cook, G | ||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Microbiome Science | Gilbert, J | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - TBD | Lyons, D | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Drugs from the Sea? | Gerwick, W | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Minerals, Crystals, and Gems | Cook, G | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Rocks that Rock! | Cook, G | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Photography and Science | Aburto Oropeza, M | |||
SIO 87 | First-year Seminar - Physics in Surfing | Sandwell, D; Morzfeld, M | |||
SIO 90 | Undergraduate Seminar | Chamberlain, E | Lucas, A | STAFF | |
SIO 100 | Geological Field Methods | Norris, R; Gee, J | |||
SIO 101 | California Coast Oceanography | Aluwihare, L; Decima, M | |||
SIO 102 | Introduction to Geochemistry | Day, J | |||
SIO 103 | Introduction to Geophysics | Parnell-Turner, R | |||
SIO 105 | Sedimentology & Stratigraphy | Driscoll, N | |||
SIO 107 | Water Pollution | Schartup, A | |||
SIO 108 | Paleoclimatology | Charles, C | |||
SIO 109R | Bending/Curve: Climate Change | Forman, F | |||
SIO 110 | Intro GIS & GPS for Scientists | Batchelor, H | |||
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; Andersson, A | |||
SIO 120 | Mineralogy | Cook, G | |||
SIO 121GS | Geology of the Alps | Cook, G | |||
SIO 123 | Microbial Env Systems Biology | Allen, A | |||
SIO 125 | Biomechanics of Marine Life | Taylor, J | |||
SIO 126 | Marine Microbiology | Palenik, B | |||
SIO 128 | Microbial Life in Extreme Env. | Bartlett, D | |||
SIO 132 | Introduction to Marine Biology | Hechinger, R; Kacev, D | STAFF | ||
SIO 133 | Marine Mammal Biology | Baumann-Pickering, S; Kacev, D | |||
SIO 134 | Intro/Biological Oceanography | Barton, A | |||
SIO 135 | Satellite Remote Sensing | Sandwell, D; Fricker, H | |||
SIO 136 | Marine Biology Laboratory | STAFF; Bowman, J; Kacev, D | STAFF; Bowman, J; Wegner, N; Kacev, D | ||
SIO 139 | Current Research in Marine Bio | Kacev, D | Kacev, D | ||
SIO 141 | Chem Prin of Marine Systems | Pomeroy, R | |||
SIO 143 | Ocean Acidification | Andersson, A | |||
SIO 145 | Intro Field Method Bio Ocean | STAFF | |||
SIO 147 | Applications of Phylogenetics | Rouse, G | |||
SIO 152 | Petrology and Petrography | Van Allen, E | |||
SIO 153 | Geomorphology | Rivera-Collazo, I | |||
SIO 155 | Whole Earth Geochemistry | Day, J | |||
SIO 160 | Intro to Global Tectonics | Fialko, Y | |||
SIO 161 | Seismology | Fan, W | |||
SIO 162 | Structural Geology | Wright, V | |||
SIO 164 | Underwater Archaeology | STAFF | |||
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 | Xie, S | |||
SIO 174 | Chemistry of Atmosph and Ocean | Dickson, A; Russell, L | |||
SIO 175 | Analysis Ocean/Atmosph Data | Merrifield, M | |||
SIO 176 | Observ Physical Oceanography | Straneo, F | |||
SIO 177 | Fluid Dynamics | Becker, J | |||
SIO 178 | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Becker, J | |||
SIO 179 | Ocean Instruments and Sensors | Martz, T | |||
SIO 181 | Marine Biochemistry | STAFF; Shipp, L | |||
SIO 182 | Envr & Exploration Geophysics | Constable, S | |||
SIO 186 | Microbiomes Across Environmnts | Gilbert, J | |||
SIO 187 | Stat Methods in Marine Biology | Kacev, D | Kacev, D | ||
SIO 189 | Pollution, Environmnt & Health | Hamdoun, A | |||
SIO 190 | Special Topic/Earth/Ocean/Atmo - Prof. Issues/Bioinformatics | Gaasterland, T | |||
SIO 190 | Special Topic/Earth/Ocean/Atmo | Sandin, S | |||
SIO 190 | Special Topic/Earth/Ocean/Atmo - Introduction to Acoustics | Merrifield, M | |||
SIO 295S | Marine Biodiversity&Conservatn | STAFF | |||
SIO 295LS | Lab Marine Biodivrsty&Consrvtn | STAFF | |||
SIOB 218 | Ocean & Coastal Law and Policy | Murray, S | |||
SIOB 242C | Marine Biotechnology III | Gaasterland, T | |||
SIOB 243 | Ecologcl/Med Aspcts-Naturl Prd | Gerwick, W | |||
SIOB 262 | Marine Chemical Biology Seminr | Gerwick, W | Moore, B | ||
SIOB 262 | Marine Chemical Biology Seminr - 20 | Gerwick, W | |||
SIOB 265 | Marine Chemical Ecology | Jensen, P | |||
SIOB 269 | IFER Forum | Gneezy, A | Braswell, G | STAFF | |
SIOB 270A | Fisheries Oceanography | Petrik, C | |||
SIOB 271 | Marine Zooplankton | Decima, M | |||
SIOB 272 | Advanced Statistical Technique | Sandin, S | |||
SIOB 275A | Benthic Ecology | Leichter, J | |||
SIOB 276 | Quant Theory/Population&Commun | Sugihara, G | |||
SIOB 276L | Quantitative Ecology Proj Lab | Sugihara, G | |||
SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences - Parasites/Food Webs & Ecosystm | Hechinger, R | |||
SIOB 278 | Seminar in Ocean Biosciences - Classics in Ecology | Leichter, J | |||
SIOB 279 | Ecology Seminar/BO | Allen, A | Allen, A | Allen, A | |
SIOB 280 | Biological Oceanography | Franks, P | |||
SIOB 282 | Phytoplankton Diversity | Palenik, B | |||
SIOB 285 | Physical-Biological Interactns | Franks, P | |||
SIOB 286 | Marine Sci, Econ & Policy - Sustainable Seafood | Smith, J; Mesnick, S | |||
SIOB 286 | Marine Sci, Econ & Policy - Approaches to Marine Conservat | Aburto Oropeza, M | |||
SIOB 291 | Biology Graduate Research Pres | Hamdoun, A | Allen, E | STAFF | |
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - BO Grad Student Presentations | Bowman, J; Decima, M | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - How to Write a Thesis Proposal | Franks, P | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - Data Anlysis/Modleing Tchnques | Semmens, B | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - Survey Design & Analysis | Brazier, E | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - Marine GIS | Batchelor, H | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - Marine Cell Biology | Hamdoun, A | |||
SIOB 296 | Special Topics/Ocean Bio - Intro to Programming w/ R | STAFF; Mongiardino Koch, N | |||
SIOB 297 | Marine Biology Seminar | Allen, E | Allen, E | Allen, E | |
SIOC 202A | Fundamentals of Wave Physics | STAFF; Mackinnon, J | |||
SIOC 202B | Fundamentals of Wave Physics | Hildebrand, J; Stramski, D | |||
SIOC 203A | Intro to Applied Mathematics | Llewellyn Smith, S | |||
SIOC 203B | Intro/Applied Mathematics II | Llewellyn Smith, S | |||
SIOC 203C | Intro/Applied Mathematics III | Young, W | |||
SIOC 205 | Estuarine & Coastal Processes | Giddings, S | |||
SIOC 207A | Fundamentals/Dig Sign Process | Meyer, F | |||
SIOC 207B | Digital Signal Processing I | Rao, B | |||
SIOC 207C | Digital Signal Processing II | Vasconcelos, M | |||
SIOC 207D | Array Processing | Rao, B | |||
SIOC 208 | Seminar/Applied Ocean Sciences | Hildebrand, J | Hildebrand, J | Merrifield, M | |
SIOC 209 | Special Topics - Digital Signal Processing | Meyer, F | |||
SIOC 209 | Special Topics - MATLAB Bootcamp | Giddings, S | |||
SIOC 209 | Special Topics - Acoustical Oceanography | Buckingham, M | |||
SIOC 210 | Physical Oceanography | Purkey, S | |||
SIOC 211A | Ocean Waves I | Mackinnon, J | |||
SIOC 211B | Ocean Waves II | Feddersen, F | |||
SIOC 212A | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I | Eisenman, I | |||
SIOC 212B | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II | Cessi, P | |||
SIOC 214A | Intro To Fluid Mechanics | Giddings, S | |||
SIOC 216A | Intro/Physics of Complex Systm | Werner, B | |||
SIOC 217A | Atmospheric & Climate Sci I | Evan, A | |||
SIOC 217B | Atmospheric & Climate Sci II | Lutsko, N | |||
SIOC 217C | Atmospheric & Climate Sci III | Norris, J | |||
SIOC 217D | Atmospheric & Climate Sci IV | Russell, L; Keeling, R | |||
SIOC 219 | Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra - Observational Oceanography Sem | Lucas, A | |||
SIOC 221A | Anlys/Physicl Oceanograph Data | Alford, M | |||
SIOC 221B | Analysis/Physical Ocean Data | Gille, S | |||
SIOC 222 | Underwater Bioacoustics | Baumann-Pickering, S | |||
SIOC 228 | ML for Physical Applications | STAFF; Shi, Y | |||
SIOC 235 | Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction | Xie, S | |||
SIOC 237C | Optical-Bio Interactions/Ocean | Stramski, D | |||
SIOC 290S | Climate Math and Science | STAFF | |||
SIOC 291S | Introduction to Climate Policy | STAFF | |||
SIOC 296 | Climate Science & Policy Forum | Gabriel, C | |||
SIOG 200A | Geophysics Research Skills I | Fricker, H | |||
SIOG 200B | Geophysics Research Skills II | May, D | |||
SIOG 200C | Geophysics Research Skills III | Parnell-Turner, R | |||
SIOG 223A | Geophysical Data Analysis I | Morzfeld, M | |||
SIOG 223B | Geophysical Data Analysis II | Agnew, D | |||
SIOG 224 | Internal Constitution/Earth | Laske, M; Stegman, D | |||
SIOG 225 | Physics of Earth Materials | Fialko, Y | |||
SIOG 227A | Introduction to Seismology | Shearer, P | |||
SIOG 227C | Advanced Seismology II | STAFF; Fan, W | |||
SIOG 228 | Research Seminar | Allen, E | Kacev, D | STAFF | |
SIOG 230 | Introduction to Inverse Theory | Constable, C | |||
SIOG 232 | Ethical & Professional Science | Constable, C; Constable, S | |||
SIOG 233 | Intro to Computing at SIO | Shearer, P | |||
SIOG 234 | Geodynamics | Sandwell, D | |||
SIOG 236 | Satellite Remote Sensing | Sandwell, D; Fricker, H | |||
SIOG 237 | Space Geodesy | Fialko, Y | |||
SIOG 239 | Special Topics in Geophysics - GPS/GNSS & Earth Crust Motion | Haase, J | |||
SIOG 240 | Marine Geology | Gee, J; Charles, C | |||
SIOG 242 | Rates and Dates | Aarons, S | |||
SIOG 249 | Spec Topics in Marine Geology - Shipboard Knowledge Production | Norris, R | |||
SIOG 251 | Whole Earth Geochemistry | Day, J | |||
SIOG 260 | Marine Chemistry | Barbeau, K; Schartup, A | |||
SIOG 263 | Aqueous Chemistry | Dickson, A | |||
SIOG 268 | Seminar Marine Chem & Geochem | Dickson, A | Martz, T | ||
SIOG 269 | Spec Topics/Marine Chemistry - Communicating Environmntal Sci | Diaz, J | |||
SIOG 269 | Spec Topics/Marine Chemistry - Marine Chemistry Lab | Martz, T | |||
SIOG 269 | Spec Topics/Marine Chemistry | Wright, V | |||
SIOG 275 | Paleoethnobotany | d'Alpoim Guedes, J |