PHYSICS 1C

Physics 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.

P/NP or letter grading.

Requisites

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

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BruinTree reads · Corequisite

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MATH 33A

Requires

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

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