UCLA Physics Courses

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Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

A course with no letter grades has no average to report, which is not the same as a course that grades badly.

Lower division 20

Lower division courses in Physics
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
1A	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics GE	3.11 4,710 grades	10 sections
1AH	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors) GE	3.61 269 grades	2 sections
1B	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields GE	3.21 5,033 grades	10 sections
1BH	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors) GE	3.52 201 grades	Not offered
1C	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity GE	3.31 4,121 grades	10 sections
1CH	Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors) GE	3.48 106 grades	Not offered
4AL	Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics	3.95 4,115 grades	13 sections
4BL	Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism	3.90 2,126 grades	10 sections
5A	Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy GE	3.36 8,298 grades	20 sections
5B	Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics GE	3.42 7,166 grades	10 sections
5C	Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics GE	3.37 5,652 grades	15 sections
10	Physics GE	3.43 948 grades	4 sections
11	Revolutions in Physics GE	no grade history	Not offered
12	Physics of Sustainable Energy GE	no grade history	Not offered
17	Modern Physics	3.24 499 grades	3 sections
18L	Modern Physics Laboratory	3.51 96 grades	Not offered
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars		Not offered
32	Mathematical Methods	3.31 479 grades	3 sections
98XA	PEERS Collaborative Learning Workshops for Life Sciences Majors		Not offered
99	Student Research Program		Not offered

Upper division 43

Upper division courses in Physics
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
105A	Analytic Mechanics	3.36 481 grades	Not offered
105B	Analytic Mechanics	3.41 455 grades	2 sections
110A	Electricity and Magnetism	3.26 500 grades	Not offered
110B	Electricity and Magnetism	3.21 532 grades	2 sections
112	Thermal Physics	3.33 352 grades	2 sections
115A	Quantum Mechanics	3.20 530 grades	3 sections
115B	Quantum Mechanics	3.17 532 grades	2 sections
115C	Quantum Mechanics	3.31 452 grades	Not offered
117	Electronics for Physics Measurement	3.48 28 grades	Not offered
M122	Introduction to Plasmas in the Laboratory, Space, and Engineering	3.36 33 grades	2 sections
123	Atomic Structure	3.45 88 grades	Not offered
124	Nuclear Physics	3.35 124 grades	2 sections
126	Elementary Particle Physics	3.48 128 grades	Not offered
127	General Relativity	3.66 166 grades	Not offered
128	Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics	3.54 34 grades	Not offered
131	Mathematical Methods of Physics	3.37 150 grades	Not offered
132	Mathematical Methods of Physics	3.28 113 grades	Not offered
140A	Introduction to Solid-State Physics	3.53 116 grades	2 sections
140B	Properties of Solids	3.66 36 grades	Not offered
150	Physics of Charged-Particle and Laser Beams	3.71 15 grades ·	Not offered
170A	Electronics for Physics Measurement	3.51 119 grades	3 sections
170E	Introduction to Symbolic Computation	3.83 59 grades	Not offered
C170M	Machine Learning for Physical Sciences Laboratory	3.64 57 grades	Not offered
170N	Computational Physics and Astronomy Laboratory	3.60 53 grades	Not offered
180A	Nuclear Physics Laboratory	3.50 51 grades	Not offered
180C	Solid-State Laboratory	3.70 41 grades	Not offered
180D	Acoustics Laboratory	3.45 50 grades	1 section
180E	Plasma Physics Laboratory	3.61 47 grades	Not offered
180F	Elementary Particle Laboratory	3.73 65 grades	1 section
M180G	Soft Matter Laboratory	3.82 84 grades	1 section
180M	Machine Learning for Physical Sciences Laboratory	3.75 21 grades	Not offered
180N	Computational Physics and Astronomy Laboratory	3.35 39 grades	Not offered
180Q	Quantum Optics Laboratory	3.39 84 grades	Not offered
C186	Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem	3.50 112 grades	Not offered
C187A	Biological Physics I: Life at Rest	3.48 32 grades	Not offered
C187B	Biological Physics II: Life in Motion	3.67 34 grades	Not offered
188	Special Courses in Physics	3.48 25 grades	Not offered
188SA	Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators	no grade history	1 section
189	Advanced Honors Seminars	3.83 74 grades	Not offered
192	Undergraduate Practicum in Physics	3.98 561 grades	2 sections
192M	Methods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory in Physical Sciences	3.94 645 grades	1 section
M192S	Introduction to Collaborative Learning Theory and Practice	3.92 278 grades	1 section
197	Individual Studies in Physics	no grade history	1 section

Graduate 46

Graduate courses in Physics
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	Fall 2026
201Q	Modern Physics Research Areas		1 section
210A	Electromagnetic Theory	3.63 108 grades	Not offered
210B	Electromagnetic Theory	3.66 102 grades	Not offered
213B	Advanced Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	3.61 10 grades ·	Not offered
215A	Statistical Physics	3.54 118 grades	Not offered
220	Classical Mechanics	3.55 121 grades	2 sections
221A	Quantum Mechanics	3.64 159 grades	2 sections
221B	Quantum Mechanics	3.66 114 grades	Not offered
221C	Quantum Mechanics	3.61 11 grades ·	Not offered
222A	Plasma Physics	3.79 47 grades	1 section
222B	Plasma Physics	3.79 23 grades	Not offered
222C	Plasma Physics	3.64 12 grades ·	Not offered
226B	Elementary Particle Physics	3.64 7 grades ·	Not offered
226C	Elementary Particle Physics	3.66 8 grades ·	Not offered
226D	Beyond the Standard Model		Not offered
230A	Quantum Field Theory	3.75 48 grades	Not offered
230B	Quantum Field Theory	3.73 28 grades	1 section
230C	Quantum Field Theory	3.59 7 grades ·	Not offered
230D	Quantum Field Theory	3.39 1 grades ·	Not offered
231A	Methods of Mathematical Physics	3.75 32 grades	1 section
231B	Methods of Mathematical Physics	3.87 43 grades	Not offered
232A	Relativity	3.75 17 grades ·	Not offered
232B	Relativity	3.46 8 grades ·	Not offered
237A	String Theory		Not offered
237B	String Theory	3.67 9 grades ·	Not offered
241A	Solid-State Physics	3.77 43 grades	1 section
241C	Solid State Physics	3.64 9 grades ·	Not offered
242A	Advanced Solid-State Theory	3.77 25 grades	Not offered
242B	Advanced Solid-State Theory	3.66 9 grades ·	Not offered
242C	Topology of Condensed Matter	3.62 6 grades ·	Not offered
243J	Special Topics in Solid-State Physics: Topological Phases	3.67 9 grades ·	Not offered
243M	Statistical Mechanics of Living Systems from Active Matter to Immune System	3.66 9 grades ·	Not offered
245	Quantum Computation	3.45 119 grades	4 sections
250	Introduction to Acceleration of Charged Particles	3.61 7 grades ·	Not offered
260	Seminar: Problems in Plasma Physics	3.59 5 grades ·	Not offered
262	Seminar: Physics of the Solid State	3.88 58 grades	Not offered
C286	Neurophysics: Brain-Mind Problem	3.46 15 grades ·	Not offered
291	Research Tutorial: Elementary Particle Theory		1 section
293	Research Tutorial: Current Topics in Physics		1 section
296	Research Topics in Physics		Not offered
375	Teaching Apprentice Practicum		Not offered
495	Teaching College Physics		1 section
596	Directed Individual Studies	no grade history	79 sections
597	Preparation for Master's Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations		2 sections
598	Master's Thesis Research and Writing	no grade history	2 sections
599	PhD Research and Writing	no grade history	73 sections