PHYSICS 180A · PHYS 180ANuclear Physics Laboratory
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course 124. Students conduct experiments about cosmic ray counting and statistics, radioactive decay law measurement, beta decay spectrometer, and Compton scattering; perform independent data analyses of experimental data; and write scientific report for each experiment.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
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.