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PHYSICS 1A · PHYS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics

Physics · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravitation.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32A.

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  • MATH 31A
  • MATH 31B

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MATH 32A

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

PHYSICS 1A

  • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
    • MATH 1Precalculus
  • 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

3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

PHYSICS 1A41 more beyond

  • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields51 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativityanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)another path to it
    • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturinganother path to it
    • EC ENGR 10Circuit Theory I4 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)18 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)another path to it
    • PHYSICS 4ALPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
    • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics28 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetismanother path to it
  • A&O SCI 51Fundamentals of Climate Science
    • A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment
    • A&O SCI 121Climate Mitigation Solutions
    • A&O SCI 123Climate Adaptation Solutions
  • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity51 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetismanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physicsanother path to it
    • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturinganother path to it
    • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
  • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)12 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetismanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physicsanother path to it
    • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamicsanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 152Physics of Earth
  • ASTR 81Fundamentals of Astrophysics3 more beyond
    • ASTR 115Introduction to Galactic Astronomy5 more beyond
    • ASTR 117Introduction to Extragalactic Astrophysics4 more beyond
    • ASTR 127Stars from Birth to Death
    • ASTR 142Data and Computation in Astrophysics
  • PHYSICS 4ALPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics2 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing
    • EC ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing1 more beyond
    • EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysicsanother path to it
  • PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism3 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • EE BIOL 128Plant Physiological Ecology
    • EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysics2 more beyond
  • BIOENGR 100Bioengineering Fundamentals2 more beyond
    • BIOENGR 110Biotransport and Bioreaction Processes3 more beyond
    • BIOENGR C131Nanopore Sensing
    • BIOENGR 176Principles of Biocompatibility1 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics13 more beyond
    • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysics
  • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratory
  • C&EE 91Statics
    • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials1 more beyond
    • C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids5 more beyond
    • C&EE 132Dynamics of Rigid and Flexible Structures3 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods4 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics11 more beyond
    • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets1 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 108Optical Physics
  • C&S BIO M150Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches3 more beyond
    • COM SCI CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
    • BIOENGR CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
    • C&S BIO M187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology

67 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 courses over 2 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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