After MATH 2B
Gateway: MATH 2B
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHYSICS coursework.
Generated from University of California, Irvine’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PHYSICS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 91 PHYSICS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 62 more PHYSICS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHYSICS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
A. Required Major Coursesall required
Complete:
B. Psychology Core2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select four from the following:
C. Research Methods2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two from the following:
D. Background in Science2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select six courses from the following list. Selected courses must be taken from, at minimum, three different disciplines:
A. Required Major Coursesall required
Complete the following:
All ofall required
1 course from1 required
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MATH 2B
Gateway: PHYSICS 7E
Gateway: MATH 3A
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYSICS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 113C
6 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 106W
6 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 125B
6 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 138
1 course from1 required
Choose 1choose 1
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
D. Background in Science2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select six from the following:; or; with labs PHYSICS 7LC and PHYSICS 7LD; NOTE: Careful selection should be made in order to satisfy general education requirements and prerequisites for upper-division courses.
E. Upper-Division Core Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select seven courses from the following list. Up to three courses may also be taken from section B and C:
All PHYSICS courses in the UC Irvine catalog
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