<p>So I'm trying to apply to berkeley this year, and I was at a stand-still between political economy and economics. The Math Class I registered for this fall was MATH 121: Calculus for Life Sciences, Economcs and Social Sciences, but when I checked assist it showed that you could take either MATH 1A or MATH 16A for economics at berkeley. Upon checking the difference between MATH1A and MATH16A, I found out that MATH16A was similar to what I was talking basically a watered down calculus class with out all the theory. But when I checked assist to make sure it was compatible with my CC it showed that I need to take MATH 150: Calculus for Engineering and Sciences to get credit for MATH16A and MATH1A. Why would berkeley make me take MATH150 (engineering sciences) inorder to get credit for MATH16A if it is a watered down verison of MATH1A. I know assist says to take MATH 150, but can I take MATH 121 instead? Should I call and try to make an argument or is it completely set-in stone? Any help would be appreciated </p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you need to take Math 150 (Calc 1 & 2 was math 170 & 190 at my school). These are required pre-requisites. My Berkeley adviser made sure I was taking these classes in order to transfer as an econ major.</p>
<p>“Calculus for Engineering and Sciences”</p>
<p>I don’t get how this is water downed.</p>
<p>“MATH 121: Calculus for Life Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences”</p>
<p>This is a the obvious water-downed version.</p>
<p>its probably because the watered down calculus track at Berkeley is much more rigorous than the watered down calculus course at your CCC. For example, math 16B covers topics such as the poisson distribution and infinite series which is probably not covered in your CCC’s 2nd semester of calculus for life science. It is very unlikely that they’ll let you substitute a course different from the one on assist. Also, with how competitive the economics major is, you’re just giving them another possible reason to not admit you.</p>
<p>And if you are interested in graduate school in economics, you’ll want to take the same math courses that math, physics, and engineering majors take, at least to the sophomore level (multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations). After transferring, you’ll want to take the “more math” version of intermediate micro/macro economics, and probably some junior/senior level math courses.</p>