PHYSICS 118 · PHYS 118Electronics for Physical Measurements
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Provides students with opportunity to apply basic knowledge of circuit design for purpose of building stand-alone circuits with function related to control or measurement. Examples of physics-oriented projects include radio-frequency detection and measurement of mechanical resonances of bar, FM transmitter, speed of sound using radio-frequency pulsed ultrasound, sun-following pointers, cosmic ray detector.
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, 1C, 117, Mathematics 32A, 32B, 33A.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 118
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- 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
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
6 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 24 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
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.