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PHYS 4C
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and Thermodynamics · 6 units · used in 492 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This is an introductory studies course in static and dynamic fluids, mechanical and non-mechanical waves, geometrical and physical optics, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:21 PM UTCPHYS 4CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and ThermodynamicsOpen3 sections · 90 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 39631 · 60Open · 30
- CRN 39632 · 61Open · 30
- CRN 39834 · 01Open · 30
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
PHYS 4BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism- and
Catalog wording: “PHYS D004B; and MATH D001D or MATH D01DH (may be taken concurrently)”
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list PHYS 4C as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use PHYS 4C
ASSIST maps PHYS 4C to a requirement in 492 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ARCHITECTURE, B. ArchitectureDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIOCHEMISTRYDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIORESOURCE AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- CHEMISTRYDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- CIVIL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- GENERAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING STUDIESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MANUFACTURING ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MARINE SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATERIALS ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATHEMATICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- PHYSICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- PHYSICSDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Anthropology B.S. - Biological Anthropology ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- BiochemistryDe Anza → Humboldt State
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