Recent SemestersFall 2026Class Size24 studentsCredits4PrerequisiteTake 1 group; Take MATH-02 or MATH-02H; Minimum grade C,P; or Take MATH-25 and MATH-26; Minimum grade C,P;; Previously taken ENGL-C1000 (formerly ENGL-01A) is advised. Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3Description<b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025</b></font><br> This course is intended for students other than physics and engineering majors. PHYS-02A is the first semester of a one-year physics course designed to develop major concepts and give an understanding of general principles of physics. This course will also try to relate physics to other areas of knowledge and discuss science in general, and physics specifically, as part of the concept of culture and time. The development of ideas will begin with those of Aristotle and terminate with present-day concepts of the atom and nucleus. PHYS-02A will emphasize the universe, motion, forces in nature, energy, fields, conservation laws, waves, sound, light, and thermal phenomena.Usually HeldMon 2:25pm–5:30pm, Mon Wed 12:35pm–2:00pm 