PHYSICS 180D · PHYS 180DAcoustics Laboratory
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: courses 112, 114. Study of waves and sound propagation in different media. Students uncover various waves in different phases of matter, including gases, liquids, and superfluids. Description of experiments in terms of hydrodynamic theory. Students gain experience in basic electronics, amplifiers, speakers, microphones, cryogenics, and fast Fourier transforms.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
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.