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PHYSICS 5A · Dis 1A

Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy

Fall 2026Athaide, E.J.5 units

Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Closed.

75 of 75 enrolled.

Read 25 minutes ago. This is a recent reading, not a live seat count.

Its lecture reads closed (302 of 302 enrolled): you attend both, so this seat is not one you can take while that holds. No waitlist listed.

Meets

M 2:00pm-2:50pm

This discussion only. You also attend Lec 1.

Final

Tue 8 Dec, 11:30am to 2:30pm

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 7 hours ago.

Grades

3.36

Predicted GPA

Historical records across all instructors; 8,298 letter grades
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Seats are held for entering students who enroll through New Student Orientation sessions beginning July 2, 2026. New student restrictions will be lifted on September 15, 2026 at 8 a.m. Wait lists are not possible because of the three-part structure (lecture, discussion, and laboratory). Students who retake Physics 5A must enroll in all three sections: lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Once enrolled, send an e-mail to mtran@physics.ucla.edu with your name, student ID number, and quarter in which you originally took the laboratory. You will be manually enrolled in the G99 laboratory. Any student attempting to hold a spot for another student is violating Student Conduct Code 102.23d and may be referred to the Office of the Dean of Students. See https://pa.ucla.edu/physics-and-astronomy-enrollment-information.html for more information.

The new-student hold ended on 15 September. This class is also Undergraduate Students Only, which the end of the new-student hold does not lift.

Restrictions read 9 hours ago.

When it meets

This discussion and its linked lecture.

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11am
12pm
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Dis 1A

2pm-2:50pm

Lec 1

8am-9:15am

Lec 1

8am-9:15am

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  • Dis 1A

    M 2:00pm-2:50pm

  • Lec 1 (required lecture)

    TR 8:00am-9:15am

Physics and Astronomy Building 1434A

Grades

3.36

Predicted GPA

Historical records across all instructors; 8,298 letter grades

Of the 6 people in the grade record for PHYSICS 5A, the 2 with the most grades: TUNG, NATHAN C at 3.37 over 2,836 grades and BAUER, DAVID JEFFREY at 3.19 over 2,455 grades.

A range
59%
P/NP
<1%
D/F/W
4.4%

Full grade history for PHYSICS 5A

What students say

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No assignment details are available in this review summary. Based on 226 reviews; source checked about 2 months ago. Missing details do not mean there are no papers or exams. Check the current syllabus.

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Will it still be here

high risk chance of closing before your enrollment pass.

Final enrollment per term from four years of grade data. Summer excluded: different population, different pass structure.

  • 19021F
  • 18622W
  • 17022S
  • 18122F
  • 18323W
  • 17123S
  • 19723F
  • 18724W
  • 18324S
  • 18424F
  • 18425W
  • 18125S
  • 29725F
Enrollment by term: 21F 190, 22W 186, 22S 170, 22F 181, 23W 183, 23S 171, 23F 197, 24W 187, 24S 183, 24F 184, 25W 184, 25S 181, 25F 297

Peak 297 · most recent 25F at 297

Seats over time

Filled by 13 over 2 months

1 time reopened
75 of 75 · no seats left
17 Aug 16:4216 Sep 18:4616 Oct 20:50
Checked 168 of the 170 hours with hourly history, 99%. No reading was recorded in 2 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Oct, which is the other 1275 of 1445 plotted.75 of 75 enrolled at the newest reading, 25 minutes ago, and no seats left. Seats from 17 Aug 16:42 to 16 Oct 20:50, 62 to 75. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist. Flat between dots joins recorded counts; changes between reads may be missed. The line starts when dibs first saw this section rather than reaching back before it existed. The last one is the last time dibs read this section, moved or not: 25 minutes ago.

Show the readings (41)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
16 Oct 20:50 75 75 closed - 168 of 216, 46 no hourly record
7 Oct 21:50 75 75 closed - no hourly record
7 Oct 21:12 74 75 open - no hourly record
15 Sep 11:32 75 75 closed - no hourly record
15 Sep 03:52 63 75 open - no hourly record
15 Sep 00:02 64 75 open - no hourly record
14 Sep 20:32 63 75 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 22:40 64 75 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 18:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 15:40 64 75 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 13:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 11:40 64 75 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 10:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
2 Sep 09:40 64 75 open - no hourly record
1 Sep 01:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 23:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 22:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 21:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 19:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 16:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 15:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 13:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
31 Aug 12:40 64 74 open - no hourly record
28 Aug 09:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
28 Aug 00:40 63 72 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 19:40 64 72 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 11:28 63 72 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 10:55 63 71 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 08:55 63 72 open - no hourly record
27 Aug 01:55 63 71 open - no hourly record
26 Aug 23:55 61 71 open - no hourly record
26 Aug 22:55 63 71 open - no hourly record
26 Aug 01:40 61 71 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 17:55 62 71 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 16:55 62 69 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 14:55 62 71 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 13:55 62 69 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 11:55 62 71 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 10:55 62 69 open - no hourly record
21 Aug 09:55 62 71 open - no hourly record
17 Aug 16:42 62 69 open - -
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