{
  "college": "woodland-community-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "PHYS",
  "name": "Physics",
  "sourceUrl": "https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=209",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "PHYS-1A",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "1A",
      "title": "General Physics I",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of MATH21",
      "cid": [
        "PHYS 105"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This is a trigonometry-based survey of general physics. It covers the basics of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, heat, wave and oscillatory motion. It is designed for biological science students, including those in pre-medical, pre-dental, physical and occupational therapy, agricultural, and forestry programs.",
      "notes": [
        "Letter Grade Only",
        "Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in PHYS2A or PHYS3A",
        "Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 5",
        "Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys/#phys-1a",
          "subject": "PHYS"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHYS-1B",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "1B",
      "title": "General Physics II",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of PHYS1A or PHYS2A + PHSY3A",
      "cid": [
        "PHYS 110"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This is a trigonometry-based survey of general physics. It covers the basics of electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, circuits, optics, light, and modern physics. It is designed for biological science students, including those in pre-medical, pre-dental, physical and occupational therapy, agricultural, and forestry programs.",
      "notes": [
        "Letter Grade Only",
        "Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in PHYS2B or PHYS3B",
        "Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 5",
        "Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys/#phys-1b",
          "subject": "PHYS"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHYS-4A",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "4A",
      "title": "Mechanics",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of MATHC2210; Concurrent enrollment in or satisfactory completion of MATHC2220",
      "cid": [
        "PHYS 205"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Overview of the field of physics, its position and significance relative to the sciences, followed by a detailed study of mechanics. Primarily for architecture, chemistry, engineering, geophysics, and physics majors.",
      "notes": [
        "Letter Grade Only",
        "Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 5",
        "Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "PHYS-4B",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "4B",
      "title": "Electromagnetism",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of PHYS4A; Concurrent enrollment in or satisfactory completion of MATHC2220",
      "cid": [
        "PHYS 210"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering, is part of a three-semester calculus based physics series. Core topics include electrostatics, magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and Maxwell’s equations.",
      "notes": [
        "Letter Grade Only",
        "Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys/#phys-4b",
          "subject": "PHYS"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHYS-4C",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "4C",
      "title": "Thermodynamics, Light, and Modern Physics",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours",
      "prerequisite": "Satisfactory completion of PHYS4B; Concurrent enrollment in or satisfactory completion of MATH1C",
      "cid": [
        "PHYS 215"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering, is part of a three-semester calculus based physics series. Core topics include thermodynamics, optics, light, relativity and quantum physics.",
      "notes": [
        "Letter Grade Only",
        "Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "PHYS-500",
      "subject": "PHYS",
      "number": "500",
      "title": "Support for PHYS 4A",
      "units": "0",
      "hours": "16–32 lecture hours",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "This course provides support and hands-on practice of foundational skills necessary for calculus-based physics. Intended for students who are concurrently enrolled in PHYS4A at Woodland Community College. Topics include dimensional analysis, free body diagrams, vectors, and derivations of fundamental equations in physics. Concepts are taught in the context of classical mechanics.",
      "notes": [
        "Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit)"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}