# Physics (PHYS) courses

Woodland Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=209

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

### PHYS-1A — General Physics I

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATH21
- **C-ID:** PHYS 105
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md)
- 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

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.

### PHYS-1B — General Physics II

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of PHYS1A or PHYS2A + PHSY3A
- **C-ID:** PHYS 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md)
- 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

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.

### PHYS-4A — Mechanics

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of MATHC2210; Concurrent enrollment in or satisfactory completion of MATHC2220
- **C-ID:** PHYS 205
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade Only
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 5
- Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C

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.

### PHYS-4B — Electromagnetism

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of PHYS4A; Concurrent enrollment in or satisfactory completion of MATHC2220
- **C-ID:** PHYS 210
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/phys.md)
- Letter Grade Only
- Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C

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.

### PHYS-4C — 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
- **C-ID:** PHYS 215
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade Only
- Cal-GETC: 5A, 5C

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.

### PHYS-500 — Support for PHYS 4A

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 16–32 lecture hours
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Satisfactory Progress (Noncredit)

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.