PHYSICS 170E · PHYS 170EIntroduction to Symbolic Computation
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Students learn to use Mathematica or other programs to solve variety of mathematical problems that arise in physics. Use of skills developed to solve complicated systems, model behavior, and explore in greater depth other advanced physics topics.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Corequisite: course 105A.
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PHYSICS 170E
- PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
- 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)1 more beneath
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity1 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)1 more beneath
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
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