Recent SemestersSpring 2027, Spring 2026Class Size24 studentsCredits4PrerequisitePHYSICS 004B - Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1DescriptionPHYSICS 004C is the calculus-based study of temperature and the zeroth law of thermodynamics, the kinetic theory of gases, heat and the first law of thermodynamics, entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, geometrical optics, interference, diffraction and polarization of light, theory of special relativity, failures of classical physics, an introduction to quantum physics, and a survey of atomic, nuclear and particle physics.Usually HeldTue 1:00pm–3:50pm, Mon Wed 2:30pm–3:45pm, Tue 4:00pm–5:15pm 