PHYSICS 5B · PHYS 5BPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics
Physics · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Thermal properties of matter, free energy, fluids, ideal gas, diffusion, oscillations, waves, sounds, light, and optics, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.
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Requisite: course 5A.
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PHYSICS 5B
- PHYSICS 5APhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
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PHYSICS 5B5 more beyond
- PHYSICS C186Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
- PHYSICS 192MMethods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory in Physical Sciences
- 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 C286Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
- C&S BIO M150Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches
- BIOENGR CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- COM SCI CM187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- C&S BIO M187Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- BIOENGR CM287Research Communication in Computational and Systems Biology
- COM SCI 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 144Polymer Physics
- PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- MAT SCI 131LDiffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions Laboratory
- PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
- PHYSICS C287ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- CHEM 103Environmental Chemistry
- PHYSICS C287BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
- EE BIOL 128Plant Physiological Ecology
- EPS SCI 136AApplied Geophysics
- EPS SCI 136BApplied Geophysics
- EPS SCI 136CField Geophysics
- MIMG 105Biological Microscopy
- PHYSCI 122Biomedical Technology and Physiology
- A&O SCI 101Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics
- A&O SCI 181Analysis and Prediction of Weather Systems
- A&O SCI 113Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- A&O SCI C115Mesometeorology
- A&O SCI C144Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- A&O SCI C228Mesometeorology
- A&O SCI 229Mesoscale Modeling
- 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
- CHEM C115BAdvanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory II
- CHEM C115CAdvanced Quantum Chemistry: Applications
- EE BIOL M159Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches
- EPS SCI 153Oceans and Atmospheres
- PHYSCI 174Cell Biophysics in Physiology and Disease
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.