<p>Hi guys, I'm just wondering my options for math.</p>
<p>Background:
4 on AP Calc BC
5 on Subscore.
As both semesters in AP Calc BC.
800 Math SAT I
800 Math SAT II</p>
<p>Would I be able to take this list of math classes next year?
Math 1B
Math 53
Math 54</p>
<p>I know 1B is a pre-req for 53/54 but it seems like a lot of people go straight to 53/54.</p>
<p>If it matters, I'm aiming for a Statistics/CS double major.</p>
<p>yeah it’ll be fine, sounds like a ****ty hw schedule, but itll work out</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html</a></p>
<p>Take a look at the old final exams for Berkeley math courses to check your knowledge against what students who have completed the Berkeley math courses should know.</p>
<p>Note that the Math Department advises skipping 1B only with a 5 on BC, although the College of Engineering allows skipping 1B with a 4 on BC (but advises that students with a 4 take 1B anyway).</p>
<p>53 and 54 can be taken simultaneously; they are not prerequisites to each other. However, 1B does contain some introductory differential equations material that is often not included in other (high school or college) calculus courses, so you may have to self-study that if you skip 1B.</p>
<p>It may be safer, if you are not completely confident in the 1B material to take this schedule or something similar, if you want to take the math courses as quickly as possible:</p>
<p>Fall: CS 61A, Math 1B, 2 other courses*
Spring: CS 61B, Math 53, Math 54, 1 other course**
Fall: CS 61C, 3 other courses**</p>
<ul>
<li>Breadth, R&C, or CS 70
** Any of the above, or EE 42, Statistics 133, Statistics 134</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for the quick responses! I’m considering either your recommended schedule or the current one I have but my main factor in choosing to take Math 53/54 early is because I want to quickly fulfill pre-reqs so that I don’t have to worry so much after the Fall.</p>
<p>Note that the honors math courses (H1B fall, H53 spring, and H54 fall) tend not to fill up, if you are interested in those.</p>
<p>Note also that you can start taking some upper division statistics courses before completing Math 53 and 54. Prerequisites, according to [General</a> Catalog - Statistics Courses](<a href=“http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Statistics&p_dept_cd=STAT]General”>http://general-catalog.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Statistics&p_dept_cd=STAT) :</p>
<p>133: none
134: “one year of calculus” (Math 1B)
135: 134, 133 recommended, “linear algebra” (Math 54)</p>
<p>If you want to substitute Statistics 200A-200B for 134-135, then you do need to complete Math 53 and 54 first.</p>