Recent SemestersFall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025Class Size32 studentsCredits4PrerequisiteMATH 003B, PHYS 004A Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1DescriptionThis is the third semester of a three-semester physics course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering. PHYS 004C is composed of topics that, together with PHYS 004A and PHYS 004B, constitute all of the topics included in the calculus based physics sequence. Topics to be studied include wave motion, heat, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, the concept of entropy, the nature and propagation of light, the laws of reflection and refraction for plane and spherical waves, interference, diffraction, and modern physics including wave-particle duality, matter waves, and special relativity. Instructors emphasize problem solutions using calculus.Usually HeldTue 2:05pm–5:15pm, Tue Thu 10:55am–1:00pm, Mon 5:25pm–8:35pm, Mon 6:00pm–9:25pm 