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PHYSICS 5C · PHYS 5CPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics

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

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Electrostatics in vacuum and in water. Electricity, circuits, magnetism, quantum, atomic and nuclear physics, radioactivity, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.

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Requisite: course 5A.

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PHYSICS 5A

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PHYSICS 5C

  • 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
      • LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientistsanother path to it
    • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Studentsanother path to it
    • MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Studentsanother path to it

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 10 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PHYSICS 5C9 more beyond

  • PHYSICS C186Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
  • PHYSICS 192MMethods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory in Physical Sciences
  • A&O SCI 101Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics
    • A&O SCI C110Advanced Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology1 more beyond
      • A&O SCI 181Analysis and Prediction of Weather Systems
    • A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment
      • A&O SCI 121Climate Mitigation Solutions
    • 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 C286Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem
  • BIOENGR M260Neuroengineering
  • 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 Biology1 more beyond
  • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics20 more beyond
    • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
    • PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
      • PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motionanother path to it
    • MAT SCI 131Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions5 more beyond
      • 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
    • CHEM 110BTopics in Physical Chemistry14 more beyond
  • EC ENGR M255Neuroengineering
  • EE BIOL M159Biological Modeling: Mathematical and Computational Approaches
  • EPS SCI 153Oceans and Atmospheres
  • MCD BIO M175ANeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Cellular and Systems Neuroscience
    • MCD BIO M175CNeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • PHYSCI 173Anatomy and Physiology of Sense Organs
  • NEURBIO M200FCellular Neurophysiology
  • NEURO M202Cellular Neurophysiology
    • NEURO M230Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neural Integration
    • NEURO CM272Neuroimaging and Brain Mapping
  • NEUROSC M101ANeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Cellular and Systems Neuroscience18 more beyond
    • PSYCTRY M180Neuropsychopharmacology
    • NEUROSC 101LNeuroscience Laboratory
    • NEUROSC M101CNeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
      • NEUROSC M119LHuman Neuropsychologyanother path to it
    • NEUROSC M116ABehavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
    • NEUROSC M119LHuman Neuropsychology
    • NEUROSC M119NVisual Systemanother path to it
    • NEUROSC CM123Neurobiology of Sleepanother path to it
    • NEUROSC 142Neurophilosophy: Introduction and Assessment from Neuroscience Perspective
  • PHYSCI 111AFoundations in Physiological Science23 more beyond
    • PSYCH M119NVisual System
    • NEURBIO M200FCellular Neurophysiologyanother path to it
    • NEURO M202Cellular Neurophysiologyanother path to it
    • NEUROSC M119NVisual System
    • PHYSCI 110How Cancer Co-Opts Normal Physiology
    • NEUROSC CM123Neurobiology of Sleep
    • PHYSCI 111BFoundations in Physiological Science21 more beyond
    • NEUROSC M145Neural Mechanisms Controlling Movement

24 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.