Foothill College
PHYS 4A
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS) · 6 units · used in 686 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Mathematics-physics interrelationships, classical Newtonian mechanics.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCPHYS 4AGENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)Full6 sections · 0 seats reported · 3 instructors
- CRN 20062 · 01Full · 0
- CRN 20063 · 03Full · 0
- CRN 20091 · 04Full · 0
- CRN 20154 · 02Full · 0
- CRN 20678 · 05Full · 0
- CRN 20802 · 06Full · 0
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “Advisory: Students who have not taken physics in high school are strongly encouraged to take either PHYS 2A or 6 prior.”
What this course unlocks
Foothill courses that list PHYS 4A as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use PHYS 4A
ASSIST maps PHYS 4A to a requirement in 686 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- Mechanical Engineering, General OptionFoothill → Cal Maritime
- Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard LicenseFoothill → Cal Maritime
- Marine Engineering TechnologyFoothill → Cal Maritime
- Facilities Engineering TechnologyFoothill → Cal Maritime
- BIOCHEMISTRYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- CIVIL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- PHYSICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- LIBERAL STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BIORESOURCE AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- PHYSICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- COMPUTER ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- GENERAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATERIALS ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MANUFACTURING ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- ARCHITECTURE, B. ArchitectureFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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