A&O SCI 130
California's Ocean
Description: Lecture, four hours. Recommended requisite: course 103 or M105. Circulation, biogeochemistry, biota, water quality, measurement techniques, computational modeling, conservation, and management for California's coastal ocean, including coastal measurement cruise and term project (paper and presentation). Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2025 - This class was actually fun and pretty interesting. Firstly, there are guest lectures almost every week talking about different topics of California's Oceans. Not only are you getting an introduction to different fields, but you are exposed to various professors talking about their research (if you were interested in getting into that). As someone who has no experience in coding, MATLAB was not very fun in learning. MAKE FRIENDS in the class who have some experience in coding to help you out if you don't have any coding experience. While the professor does provide a crash course into the language, I can genuinely say I was confused for half of the time there, but HE IS REALLY NICE. Super understanding, willing to spend time working through problems, and just talk about life when he has the time. He is a professor that actually cares about his students. The final is a group presentation and a paper about analyzing a certain aspect of California's Oceans (using your coding skills you learned in class) which was not too bad. Find good group mates, pick a topic early, and get the analysis done asap since the paper creeps up faster than you think. Would definitely recommend!
Spring 2025 - This class was actually fun and pretty interesting. Firstly, there are guest lectures almost every week talking about different topics of California's Oceans. Not only are you getting an introduction to different fields, but you are exposed to various professors talking about their research (if you were interested in getting into that). As someone who has no experience in coding, MATLAB was not very fun in learning. MAKE FRIENDS in the class who have some experience in coding to help you out if you don't have any coding experience. While the professor does provide a crash course into the language, I can genuinely say I was confused for half of the time there, but HE IS REALLY NICE. Super understanding, willing to spend time working through problems, and just talk about life when he has the time. He is a professor that actually cares about his students. The final is a group presentation and a paper about analyzing a certain aspect of California's Oceans (using your coding skills you learned in class) which was not too bad. Find good group mates, pick a topic early, and get the analysis done asap since the paper creeps up faster than you think. Would definitely recommend!
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