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PHYSICS 105A · PHYS 105AAnalytic Mechanics

Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Newtonian mechanics and conservation laws, gravitational potentials, calculus of variations, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, central force motion, linear and nonlinear oscillations.

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Requisite: course 32. Corequisite: Mathematics 33B.

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PHYSICS 32

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MATH 33B

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PHYSICS 105A

  • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
    • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)another path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications1 more beneath
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)another path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
  • MATH 33BDifferential Equations
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it

2 direct requisites. Showing 34 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PHYSICS 105A

  • PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
    • PHYSICS 110BElectricity and Magnetism
      • PHYSICS 108Optical Physics
      • PHYSICS 127General Relativityanother path to it
      • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 150Physics of Charged-Particle and Laser Beamsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 180EPlasma Physics Laboratory
    • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Soundanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 127General Relativity
    • PHYSICS 170NComputational Physics and Astronomy Laboratory
  • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
  • ASTR 143Planets and Exoplanets
  • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics1 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 112Thermal Physics
      • PHYSICS 140AIntroduction to Solid-State Physics
      • PHYSICS 140BQuantum States of Matteranother path to it
      • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planetsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics1 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 112Thermal Physicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 115CQuantum Mechanics5 more beyond
      • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 128Cosmology and Particle Astrophysicsanother path to it
      • CHEM C115BAdvanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory II1 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 180FElementary Particle Laboratory
      • PHYSICS 235Quantum Simulation for Physics
      • CHEM C215BAdvanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory II3 more beyond
    • CHEM M120Soft Matter Laboratory
    • PHYSICS 128Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
    • PHYSICS 140BQuantum States of Matter
      • PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physics4 more beyond
    • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysics
    • PHYSICS 150Physics of Charged-Particle and Laser Beams
    • PHYSICS M180GSoft Matter Laboratory
  • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
  • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamos
  • PHYSICS 170EIntroduction to Symbolic Computation
  • PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
    • PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motionanother path to it
  • EPS SCI 200BIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics II: Oceans and Atmospheres
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamosanother path to it
  • PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
  • PHYSICS C287ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
    • PHYSICS C287BBiological Physics II: Life in Motionanother path to it
  • EPS SCI 200CIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics III: Plasmas —Aeronomy and Interplanetary Medium
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamosanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 240Space Plasma Physics
  • PHYSICS C287BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
  • EPS SCI 211Mathematical Methods of Geophysics

14 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 51 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.