Physics
Class Schedule
2025 Spring Schedule
20 classes scheduled
PHYS 2B
GENERAL PHYSICS
5 units
- Description: Lectures, demonstrations, and problems in thermal physics; electricity and magnetism and fluids.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 2A.
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-002B-01
Course Number (CRN): 40585
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
PHYS 2C
GENERAL PHYSICS
5 units
- Description: Lectures, demonstrations, and problems in waves; optics; introductory quantum mechanics; atomic physics; and nuclear physics.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 2B.
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-002C-01
Course Number (CRN): 40628
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
Section: PHYS-002C-02
Course Number (CRN): 41065
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
PHYS 2CM
GENERAL PHYSICS: CALCULUS SUPPLEMENT
1 unit
- Description: Application of calculus to physics topics and problems in thermodynamics, waves, optics and modern physics.
- Prerequisite: MATH 1B or 1BH.
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 2C.
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 1 hours lecture per week. 12 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-02CM-01V
Course Number (CRN): 40128
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online synchronous
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This synchronous virtual online class has regularly scheduled class meetings live with the instructor (e.g., Zoom) on specific days and times, as noted in the class schedule.
PHYS 4A
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 units
- Description: Mathematics-physics interrelationships, classical Newtonian mechanics.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1B or 1BH.
- Advisory: Advisory: Students who have not taken physics in high school are strongly encouraged to take either PHYS 2A or 6 prior.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 96 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-004A-01
Course Number (CRN): 40563
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004A-02
Course Number (CRN): 40564
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004A-03
Course Number (CRN): 40565
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004A-04
Course Number (CRN): 40624
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
PHYS 4B
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 units
- Description: Classical electricity and magnetism.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 4A.
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1C.
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 96 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-004B-01
Course Number (CRN): 40566
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004B-02
Course Number (CRN): 40567
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004B-03
Course Number (CRN): 40568
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
PHYS 4C
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 units
- Description: Thermodynamics; mechanical, acoustical, and electromagnetic waves; optics.
- Prerequisite: Prerequisites: MATH 1C and PHYS 4B.
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 96 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-004C-01
Course Number (CRN): 40569
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004C-02
Course Number (CRN): 40746
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
Section: PHYS-004C-03
Course Number (CRN): 41053
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
Section: PHYS-004C-04
Course Number (CRN): 41054
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
PHYS 4D
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 units
- Description: Special relativity, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, particle physics.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 4C.
- Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2A.
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 96 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-004D-01
Course Number (CRN): 40570
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Open
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
15 of 15 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Additional costs for online materials or content in place of or in addition to a textbook may be required.
PHYS 70R
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS
1 unit
- Description: Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Physics beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 3 hours lab per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: CSU
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-070R-01
Course Number (CRN): 40217
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Waitlist
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
PHYS 71R
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS
2 units
- Description: Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Physics beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 6 hours lab per week. 72 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: CSU
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-071R-01
Course Number (CRN): 40218
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Waitlist
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.
PHYS 72R
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS
3 units
- Description: Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Physics beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 9 hours lab per week. 108 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: CSU
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-072R-01
Course Number (CRN): 40219
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Waitlist
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members. For more information please contact the Student & Faculty Support Center help desk at fhgethelp@fhda.edu or call (650)308-8067.
PHYS 73R
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS
4 units
- Description: Provides an opportunity for the student to expand their studies in Physics beyond the classroom by completing a project or an assignment arranged by agreement between the student and instructor. The student is required to contract with the instructor to determine the scope of assignment and the unit value assigned for successful completion. Students may take a maximum of 6 units of Independent Study per department.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 12 hours lab per week. 144 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: CSU
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
Section: PHYS-073R-01
Course Number (CRN): 40220
Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/27/2025
Waitlist
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): $0-$50$0-$50 indicates course/section uses materials that may be free of charge or may cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: Independent study courses are offered through agreements with individual faculty members. To enroll, students must meet with an instructor who then submits an independent study contract during the first two weeks of the quarter. Students must discuss enrollment and potential projects with interested faculty members.