PHYSICS 1CH · PHYS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)
Physics · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Enriched preparation for upper-division physics courses. Same material as course 1C but in greater depth; recommended for Physics majors and other students desiring such coverage.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: courses 1AH or 1A, 1BH or 1B, Mathematics 32A, 32B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 33A. Recommended corequisite: Mathematics 33B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textBruinTree reads · Corequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textBruinTree reads · Recommended
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 1CH
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
8 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 30 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 1CH4 more beyond
- PHYSICS 4BLPhysics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism
- EE BIOL 128Plant Physiological Ecology
- PHYSCI 166Animal Physiology
- EE BIOL 106Experimental Marine Invertebrate Biology
- EE BIOL 170Animal Environmental Physiology
- EE BIOL 243Animal Communication
- PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
- ASTR 145High-Energy Astrophysics
- PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
- PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
- PHYSICS C287ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- CHEM 103Environmental Chemistry
- PHYSICS C287BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
- PHYSICS 18LModern Physics Laboratory
- PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
- PHYSICS 127General Relativity
- EPS SCI 211Mathematical Methods of Geophysics
- EPS SCI 152Physics of Earth
- PHYSICS 108Optical Physics
- PHYSICS 114Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
- MAT SCI 225Materials Science of Surfaces
- CHEM C113BQuantum Chemistry Methods
- CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 114HPhysical Chemistry Laboratory (Honors)
- CHEM C115AAdvanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory I
- PHYSICS 123Atomic Structure
- PHYSICS 124Nuclear Physics
- EPS SCI 153Oceans and Atmospheres
- PHYSICS 126Elementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 128Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
- PHYSICS 131Mathematical Methods of Physics
- PHYSICS 132Mathematical Methods of Physics
- PHYSICS 192MMethods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory in Physical Sciences
- EPS SCI 200CIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics III: Plasmas —Aeronomy and Interplanetary Medium2 more beyond
- EPS SCI 155Planetary Physics
20 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.