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PHYSICS 170A · PHYS 170AElectronics for Physics Measurement

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

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Hands-on experimental course to develop understanding of design principles in modern electronics for physics measurements. Broad introduction to analog and digital electronics from practical viewpoint, followed by examination of typical circuits for scientific instrumentation and study of methods of computer data acquisition and signal processing.

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Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), Mathematics 32B, 33A, 33B.

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all of
  • PHYSICS 1A
  • PHYSICS 1B
  • one of
    • PHYSICS 1C
    • all of
      • PHYSICS 1AH
      • PHYSICS 1BH
      • PHYSICS 1CH
  • MATH 32B
  • MATH 33A
  • MATH 33B
  • · parenthetical alternative "(or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" in "1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" — scope is a best reading

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PHYSICS 170A

  • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
      • MATH 1Precalculus
    • 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 32BCalculus of Several Variables
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother 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 Applications
    • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
    • 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 Seriesanother path to it

9 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 37 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 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.