PHY 2053

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Physics 1

4 credits

Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer

Physics

Gen Ed: Physical Sciences

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Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 6 majors, and 23 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

From UF's official model plans and critical tracking, aggregated by TrackPilot.

Scheduled in 11 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 4 (sophomore year) and part of critical tracking for 6 majors.

Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

Architecture

Construction Management

Computer Science, CLAS

Food Science

Interior Design

Marine Sciences, CLAS

Microbiology and Cell Science, CALS

Microbiology and Cell Science, CLAS

Nutritional Sciences

+1 more majors

Prerequisites

Chain shows catalog-listed prerequisite courses.

No prerequisites. Open to take anytime.

Common alternatives

Courses students weigh against this one (TrackPilot-curated; confirm against your major's requirements).

PHY 2048 · Physics with Calculus 1

Calculus-based vs algebra-based Physics 1. Engineering requires PHY 2048; most pre-health tracks accept PHY 2053.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as PHY 2053.

PHY 2053L · 7 plans

PHY 2048 · 4 plans

PHY 2048L · 4 plans

What it unlocks

23 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

AOM 4461 · Sustainable Agricultural Systems

APK 3220C · Biomechanical Basis of Movement

CHM 4130 · Instrumental Analysis

CHM 4130L · Instrumental Analysis Laboratory

FOS 4410C · Introduction to Unit Operations in Food Processing

PCB 4723C · Physiology and Molecular Biology of Animals

PHY 2053L · Laboratory for PHY 2053

PHY 2054 · Physics 2

PHZ 4710 · Introduction to Biological Physics

VME 3001 · The Dog

VME 3002 · The Cat Class

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In 11 of 81 model plans

Critical tracking for 6 majors

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