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Dibs Fall 2026

A&O SCI

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

62 courses on record · 13 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

62 courses

Lower division 11

Lower division courses in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
1 Climate Change: From Puzzles to Policy GE 3.14 n=1,128 1 section
1L Climate Change: From Puzzles to Policy--Laboratory GE 3.65 n=256 1 section
2 Air Pollution GE 3.87 n=2,015 1 section
2L Air Pollution Laboratory GE 3.85 n=343 1 section
3 Meteorology and Extreme Weather GE 3.40 n=636 1 section
3L Meteorology and Extreme Weather Laboratory GE 3.66 n=145 1 section
M7 Perils of Space: Introduction to Space Weather GE 3.79 n=88 1 section
19 Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars no letter grades
51 Fundamentals of Climate Science 3.46 n=68
M71 Introduction to Computing for Geoscientists 3.47 n=54
90 Introduction to Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 3.45 n=57

Upper division 22

Graduate 29

Graduate courses in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
200A Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid 3.74 n=54 1 section
200B Introduction to Dynamics of Earth System 3.68 n=62 1 section
200C Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanic Radiation, Physics, and Chemistry 3.76 n=44
200D Scientific Communication for Atmospheric and Oceanic Scientists 3.76 n=55
201A Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I 3.69 n=13 small sample
202 Introduction to Ocean Science 3.67 n=13 small sample
M203A Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry 3.60 n=27
203B Introduction to Atmospheric Physics 3.70 n=12 small sample
C204 Introduction to Machine Learning for Physical Sciences 3.83 n=85
209 Climate Change Assessment 3.76 n=14 small sample
211 Planetary Wave Dynamics and Teleconnections in Atmosphere/Ocean 3.72 n=8 small sample
217 Regional Climate Dynamics 3.79 n=10 small sample
C227 Advanced Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology 3.77 n=11 small sample
M235 Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics and Climate 3.69 n=12 small sample
C240B Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Oceans 3.78 n=9 small sample
M250A Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics no grade history
270 Seminar: Atmospheric Sciences 3.85 n=28 1 section
271 Seminar: Atmospheric Dynamics 3.59 n=2 small sample
274 Seminar: Atmospheric Composition and Processes no letter grades
M275A Current Research in Space Physics no grade history
296A Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Ocean Dynamics of Atmosphere no grade history
296B Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Boundary Layers, Clouds, and Climate no grade history
296D Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Climate Dynamics no grade history
296E Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Numerical Modeling of Atmosphere and Ocean no grade history
296F Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Hierarchical Modeling of Ocean/Atmosphere System no letter grades
296H Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Recent Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry no grade history
296J Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Experimental Mesoscale Meteorology no grade history
296N Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate Modeling and Analysis no grade history
296P Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric Chemistry of Air Pollution, Aerosols, and Climate no grade history

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.