PHYSICS 108 · PHYS 108Optical Physics
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Interaction of light with matter; dispersion theory, oscillator strength, line widths, molecular scattering. Coherence theory, Kirchhoff formulation of diffraction theory, crystal optics, optical rotation, electro and magneto optical effects. Additional topics of fundamental or current interest.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), 110B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.75 · from text- · parenthetical alternative "(or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" in "1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" — scope is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 108
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
- PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
- PHYSICS 110BElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
7 direct requisites. Showing 41 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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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.