PHYS 21 - General Physics 2

    Recent Professors
    Marc Royster
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    32 students
    Difficulty
    7.4Heavyout of 10
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    PHYS 020 or equivalent college course with a minimum grade of C.
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of PHYS 21
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3
    Description
    This is the second semester of a two-semester introductory physics sequence that does not require calculus. The course combines lectures with hands-on laboratory experiments and is required for students pursuing premedical, predental, prepharmacy, environmental science, and many biology programs, as well as occasionally for architecture or other science majors. Topics included are electricity and magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, and nuclear physics. (C-ID PHYS 110)
    Usually Held
    Mon Tue Wed Thu 8:10am–9:00am