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PHYSICS 1C · PHYS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity

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

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Magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, inductance, and alternating current circuits. Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, light, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction. Special relativity.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: course 1A, 1B, Mathematics 32A, 32B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 33A.

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all of
  • PHYSICS 1A
  • PHYSICS 1B
  • MATH 32A
  • MATH 32B

BruinTree reads · Corequisite

confidence 1.00 · from text
MATH 33A

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

PHYSICS 1C

  • 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
  • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
    • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother 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 Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
  • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
    • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

5 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 20 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

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

PHYSICS 1C47 more beyond

  • 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 Geophysics
      • EPS SCI 136BApplied Geophysics
      • EPS SCI 136CField Geophysics
    • PHYSCI 166Animal Physiology
      • EE BIOL 106Experimental Marine Invertebrate Biology
    • EE BIOL 170Animal Environmental Physiology
    • EE BIOL 243Animal Communication
  • PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
    • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratoryanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics8 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 112Thermal Physics3 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics7 more beyond
      • CHEM M120Soft Matter Laboratory
      • PHYSICS 128Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
      • PHYSICS 140BQuantum States of Matter1 more beyond
    • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysics
  • A&O SCI 145Atmospheric Physics: Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols
  • PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratory
  • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics6 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics1 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Soundanother path to it
      • ASTR 143Planets and Exoplanets
      • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets
      • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamos
    • PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism6 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 110BElectricity and Magnetism5 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 127General Relativityanother path to it
      • ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
    • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 200BIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics II: Oceans and Atmospheres
      • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamosanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 127General Relativity
    • EPS SCI 211Mathematical Methods of Geophysics
  • BIOENGR C106Topics in Bioelectricity for Bioengineers
  • PHYSICS 108Optical Physics
  • PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
  • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability
  • PHYSICS 118Electronics for Physical Measurements
  • PHYSICS M122Introduction to Plasmas in the Laboratory, Space, and Engineering
    • EC ENGR 285APlasma Waves and Instabilities
      • EC ENGR 285BAdvanced Plasma Waves and Instabilities
  • C&S BIO M150Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches
    • 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
    • C&S BIO 198AHonors Research in Computational and Systems Biology
      • C&S BIO 198BHonors Research in Computational and Systems Biology
  • PHYSICS 123Atomic Structure
  • PHYSICS 124Nuclear Physics
  • CH ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing

66 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 courses over 3 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.