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PHYSICS 1C · Dis 1C

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity

Fall 2026Zhu, Y.5 units

Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Open, 5 seats left.

38 of 43 enrolled.

Read 3 hours ago. The latest refresh is overdue. Seats and instructors may have changed since. Check the registrar before enrolling.

Meets

W 10:00am-10:50am

This discussion only. You also attend Lec 1.

Final

Wed 9 Dec, 8:00am to 11:00am

One exam for the whole class, Los Angeles time.

Read 21 hours ago.

Grades

3.31

Predicted GPA

Historical records across all instructors; 4,121 letter grades

dibs has seen this section open 8 times since 17 August. The last time was 1 October.

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From the registrar

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.

The new-student hold ended on 15 September.

Restrictions read 21 hours ago.

When it meets

This discussion and its linked lecture.

Mon
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Thu
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10am
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Lec 1

10am-11:50am

Dis 1C

10am-10:50am

Lec 1

10am-11:50am

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    W 10:00am-10:50am

  • Lec 1 (required lecture)

    TR 10:00am-11:50am

Physics and Astronomy Building 2748

Grades

3.31

Predicted GPA

Historical records across all instructors; 4,121 letter grades

Of the 15 people in the grade record for PHYSICS 1C, the 2 with the most grades: MCKEOWN, DANIEL FREDERICK at 3.29 over 641 grades and TUNG, NATHAN C at 3.19 over 577 grades.

A range
52%
P/NP
<1%
D/F/W
3.6%

Full grade history for PHYSICS 1C

What students say

dibs measures outcomes: grades, seats, how fast it fills. For what the class is actually like to sit in, BruinWalk has the reviews.

What the work looks like

  • 3 exams, 2 mentions in past reviews
  • 5 quizzes, 2 mentions in past reviews
  • Problem sets mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews
  • Presentations mentioned, no number given, 1 mention in past reviews

Based on 380 reviews; source checked about 2 months ago. dibs counts only what a review actually states, so a kind of work nobody mentioned is absent rather than zero.

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.

  • 12121F
  • 14922W
  • 13222S
  • 11622F
  • 18423W
  • 14023S
  • 11323F
  • 15424W
  • 17224S
  • 18024F
  • 16825W
  • 9825S
  • 11125F
Enrollment by term: 21F 121, 22W 149, 22S 132, 22F 116, 23W 184, 23S 140, 23F 113, 24W 154, 24S 172, 24F 180, 25W 168, 25S 98, 25F 111

Peak 184 · most recent 25F at 111

Seats over time

Nothing read since 16 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over the 2 months before that, freed 3 seats.

8 times reopened
38 of 43 · 5 left
17 Aug 16:4216 Sep 17:1816 Oct 17:53 · 3 hours ago
Checked 168 of the 596 hours with hourly history, 28%. No reading was recorded in 428 hours. dibs had no hourly record before 21 Sep, which is the other 846 of 1442 plotted.38 of 43 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 5 left. Seats from 17 Aug 16:42 to 16 Oct 17:53, 41 to 38. 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, and that was 3 hours ago. It is where the line stops, not where the count is now.

Show the readings (49)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
16 Oct 17:53 38 43 open - 2 of 4
16 Oct 14:42 38 43 open - 21 of 68
13 Oct 19:02 39 43 open - 2 of 5
13 Oct 15:32 39 43 open 0 of 2 3 of 8
13 Oct 08:52 39 43 open - 22 of 77
10 Oct 04:42 39 43 open 0 of 2 9 of 39
8 Oct 14:42 38 43 open 0 of 2 6 of 18
7 Oct 21:12 37 43 open 0 of 2 2 of 5
7 Oct 17:42 38 43 open 0 of 2 2 of 4
7 Oct 14:12 37 43 open 0 of 2 12 of 41
5 Oct 22:52 38 43 open 0 of 2 7 of 21
5 Oct 02:02 39 43 open 0 of 2 5 of 11
4 Oct 16:42 38 43 open 0 of 2 6 of 39
3 Oct 02:12 40 43 open 0 of 2 18 of 50
1 Oct 01:32 41 43 open 0 of 2 2 of 4
30 Sep 22:02 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 2 of 4
30 Sep 19:22 41 43 open 0 of 2 9 of 30
29 Sep 14:22 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 13 of 41
27 Sep 22:42 43 43 waitlist 1 of 2 13 of 42
26 Sep 05:22 41 43 open 0 of 2 11 of 35
24 Sep 19:42 42 43 open 0 of 2 8 of 25
23 Sep 19:02 43 43 waitlist 1 of 2 2 of 5
23 Sep 15:32 41 43 open 0 of 2 2 of 4
23 Sep 12:02 42 43 open 0 of 2 9 of 29
22 Sep 08:32 41 43 open 0 of 2 3 of 8
22 Sep 01:32 42 43 open 0 of 2 2 of 8, 4 no hourly record
21 Sep 18:42 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 no hourly record
21 Sep 14:42 42 43 open 0 of 2 no hourly record
21 Sep 04:12 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 no hourly record
21 Sep 00:02 42 43 open 0 of 2 no hourly record
20 Sep 21:42 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 no hourly record
20 Sep 19:12 42 43 open 0 of 2 no hourly record
17 Sep 19:22 43 43 waitlist 0 of 2 no hourly record
17 Sep 15:52 41 43 open 0 of 2 no hourly record
17 Sep 12:22 40 43 open 0 of 2 no hourly record
15 Sep 11:32 43 43 closed - no hourly record
14 Sep 20:32 39 43 open - no hourly record
14 Sep 17:22 41 43 open - no hourly record
14 Sep 10:22 39 43 open - no hourly record
11 Sep 04:40 41 43 open - no hourly record
3 Sep 01:40 42 43 open - no hourly record
26 Aug 01:40 39 43 open - no hourly record
25 Aug 22:55 41 43 open - no hourly record
25 Aug 21:55 40 43 open - no hourly record
23 Aug 01:55 41 43 open - no hourly record
20 Aug 01:55 40 43 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 23:55 41 43 open - no hourly record
19 Aug 21:55 40 43 open - no hourly record
17 Aug 16:42 41 43 open - -
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