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PHYS 4D
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Modern Physics · 6 units · used in 185 transfer pathways
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- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course is an introduction to special relativity and quantum mechanics. Nuclear physics, elementary particles, and other selected topics are treated as time allows.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:21 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
PHYS 4CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Fluids, Waves, Optics and ThermodynamicsCatalog wording: “PHYS D004C”
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
Transfer pathways that use PHYS 4D
ASSIST maps PHYS 4D to a requirement in 185 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ELECTRICAL 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
- ChemistryDe Anza → Humboldt State
- ChemistryDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Energy Systems EngineeringDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Environmental Resource EngineeringDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Forestry B.S. - Forest Hydrology ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- GeologyDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Mechanical EngineeringDe Anza → Humboldt State
- OceanographyDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Physical ScienceDe Anza → Humboldt State
- PhysicsDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Physics B.S. - Astronomy ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- AstrophysicsDe Anza → UCLA
- BiophysicsDe Anza → UCLA
- PhysicsDe Anza → UCLA
- PhysicsDe Anza → UCLA
- Biology B.S. + CredentialDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Biology B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Biology B.S., Molecular Biology ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
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