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PHYSICS 1B · PHYS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields

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

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Fluid mechanics, oscillation, mechanical waves, and sound. Electric charge, field and potential, capacitors, and dielectrics. Currents and resistance, direct-current circuits.

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Enforced requisites: course 1A, Mathematics 31B, 32A. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32B.

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  • PHYSICS 1A
  • MATH 31B
  • MATH 32A

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MATH 32B

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Requires

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

PHYSICS 1B

  • 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
  • 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
  • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 12 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PHYSICS 1B46 more beyond

  • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity43 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 Thermodynamics28 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • EC ENGR 2Physics for Electrical Engineers5 more beyond
    • PHYSICS M122Introduction to Plasmas in the Laboratory, Space, and Engineering1 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)10 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
    • CHEM 113APhysical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics29 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 123Atomic Structure
  • A&O SCI 101Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics
    • A&O SCI C110Advanced Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology2 more beyond
    • A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment1 more beyond
    • A&O SCI 113Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
    • A&O SCI C115Mesometeorology
    • A&O SCI C144Atmospheric Boundary Layer
    • A&O SCI C228Mesometeorology1 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 4ALPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • EC ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing1 more beyond
    • EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysics2 more beyond
    • MECH&AE M183BIntroduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing2 more beyond
    • BIOENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing1 more beyond
    • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturinganother path to it
  • PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • EE BIOL 128Plant Physiological Ecology
    • EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysicsanother path to it
    • PHYSCI 166Animal Physiology1 more beyond
    • EE BIOL 170Animal Environmental Physiology
    • EE BIOL 243Animal Communication
  • BIOENGR C101Engineering Principles for Drug Delivery
  • 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 C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability
  • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods2 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics10 more beyond
    • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets1 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism10 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 200BIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics II: Oceans and Atmospheres1 more beyond
  • PHYSICS 108Optical Physics
  • C&S BIO M150Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches1 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
    • COM SCI CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
    • BIOENGR CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
  • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
  • PHYSICS 118Electronics for Physical Measurements
  • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing

70 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.