# Physics (PHYS) courses

Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://avc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-27/department/physics

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### PHYS 101 — Introductory Physics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** Completion of MATH 135 or MATH 140 This course is the first part of a two-semester algebra-trig introductory physics course.
- **C-ID:** PHYS 105
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phys.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Topics covered are: kinematics, Newton's laws, statics, linear momentum, linear-rotational analogs, rotational dynamics, energy and its transformation, gravitation, fluids, heat and thermodynamics.

### PHYS 102 — Introductory Physics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of PHYS 101.
- **C-ID:** PHYS 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phys.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

This course is the second part of a two-semester algebra-trig introductory physics course. Topics covered are mechanical waves, sound, electrostatics, current and DC circuits, magnetism, light and optics, and modern physics.

### PHYS 110 — General Physics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 150 or MATH 150H.
- **Advisory:** Completion of PSCI 101.
- **C-ID:** PHYS 205
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phys.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Eligibility of ENGLC 1000 or ENGLC 1000H or placement by multiple measures. This course is the first part of a three-semester calculus-based introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. Topics covered are kinematics, Newton's laws, statics, linear momentum, linear-rotational analogs, rotational dynamics, energy and its transformation, fluids, gravitation, and oscillations.

### PHYS 120 — General Physics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of PHYS 110.
- **Advisory:** Eligibility for ENGLC 1000 or ENGLC 1000H or placement by multiple measures.
- **C-ID:** PHYS 210
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phys.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 160. This course is the second part of a three-semester calculus-based introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. Topics covered are: electrostatics, electric fields and potentials, capacitance, resistance and current, DC circuits, magnetic fields, magnetic induction, Maxwell's Laws, and AC circuits.

### PHYS 211 — General Physics

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 54 lab hours, 126 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of PHYS 110.
- **Advisory:** Completion of MATH 220.
- **C-ID:** PHYS 215
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/phys.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 160. This course covers geometric optics, lenses, mirrors, optical instruments, wave optics/physical optics and laws of thermodynamics. In addition to these areas, the course contains selected topics from modern physics. These include special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, condensed matter/solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics.