PhysicsPHYS

72 PHYS courses at UC Santa Cruz, from every term currently in the catalog.

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• PHYS 1APhysics for Everyone5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2026
• PHYS 1BPhysics for Everyone5 cr · GE SR · Winter 2027
• PHYS 2The Physicist's Toolbox2 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 5AIntroduction to Physics I5 cr · GE MF · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 5BIntroduction to Physics II5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2027, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• PHYS 5CIntroduction to Physics III5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 5DIntroduction to Physics IV5 cr · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 5LIntroduction to Physics I Laboratory1 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 5MIntroduction to Physics II Laboratory1 cr · Winter 2027, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• PHYS 5NIntroduction to Physics Laboratory III1 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6AIntroductory Physics I5 cr · GE MF · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6BIntroductory Physics II5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6CIntroductory Physics III5 cr · GE SI · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6LIntroductory Physics I Laboratory1 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6MIntroductory Physics II Laboratory1 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6NIntroductory Physics III Laboratory1 cr · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 6PPreparation for Physics 62 cr · Summer 2026
• PHYS 11The Physicist in Industry2 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 15AHonors Introduction to Physics I5 cr · GE MF · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 15CHonors Introduction to Physics - III5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 80CThe Cosmos5 cr · GE SI · Summer 2026
• PHYS 80SPhysics in Sports and Recreation5 cr · GE SI · Summer 2026
• PHYS 102Modern Physics5 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 105Mechanics5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 107Introduction to Fluid Dynamics5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 110AElectricity, Magnetism, and Optics5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 110BElectricity, Magnetism, and Optics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 112Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 115Computational Physics5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 116AMathematical Methods in Physics5 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 116CMathematical Methods in Physics5 cr · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• PHYS 129Particle Physics and Astrophysics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 130Multiwavelength Astronomical Techniques5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 133Intermediate Laboratory5 cr · GE SR · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 134Physics Advanced Laboratory5 cr · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• PHYS 135Astrophysics Advanced Laboratory5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 137Advanced Optics Laboratory5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 138Quantum Information Science Laboratory5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 139AQuantum Mechanics I5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 139BQuantum Mechanics II5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 150Quantum Computing5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 152Physics and Machine Learning5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 156Applications of Quantum Materials5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 160Practical Electronics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 171General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 182Scientific Communication for Physicists5 cr · Winter 2027, Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• PHYS 197Summer Intensive Research in Physics10 cr · Summer 2026
• PHYS 202Introduction to Teaching in Physics1 cr · Fall 2025
• PHYS 205Introduction to Research in Physics2 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 210Classical Mechanics and Thermal Physics5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 212Electromagnetism I5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 214Electromagnetism II5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 215Introduction to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 216Advanced Topics in Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 217Quantum Field Theory I5 cr · Fall 2025
• PHYS 218Quantum Field Theory II5 cr · Winter 2026
• PHYS 219Statistical Physics5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 221AIntroduction to Particle Physics I5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 221BIntroduction to Particle Physics II5 cr · Winter 2026
• PHYS 222Quantum Field Theory III5 cr · Winter 2027
• PHYS 226General Relativity5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 231Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 232Condensed Matter Physics5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 251Group Theory and Modern Physics5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 262Phase Transformations in Materials5 cr · Spring 2026
• PHYS 291CDevelopments in Theoretical Particle Physics2 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 291DExperimental High-Energy Collider Physics2 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 291EApplied Physics2 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 291FExperimental High-Energy and Particle Astrophysics Seminar2 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 291GCondensed Matter Physics Research Seminar2 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
• PHYS 291HPhysics Education and Communication Seminar2 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• PHYS 292Seminar0 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025