Cognitive Science - Math

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<p>Let's say I'm going for a BS in Cognitive Science, perhaps with a MBA in mind. Out of the math requirements below, which seem like matches for someone interested in a very high GPA and a possible Economics major: </p>

<p>Mathematics 11
Mathematics 20A-B-C-D-E-F
Mathematics 15A or CSE 20
Mathematics 15B or CSE 21</p>

<p>My math skills are fine but not enough to let me comfortably get an A, I don't think. I'm interested in math that will be practical for business (marketing) with an emphasis on statistics. Should I take the 15 series or CSE 20 and 21, and should I take Math 11 before all those? Which courses in the 20 series should I consider? Which professors do you recommend?</p>

<p>Your input is immensely appreciated! Thank you.</p>

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<p>Huh. That’s strange. I’m getting a BS in cognitive science and I took the 10 series which counted towards my degree.</p>

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<p>I plan on taking the 20 series. ;)</p>

<p>The 10 series counts too. You already knew that.</p>

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<p>Take Math 20A, B, C and 20F. You don’t really get to pick which professor you want because the professors are different each quarter. But if you ever get a chance, take Professor Stevens!</p>

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<p>take 20 series for sure. if you are considering an econ major, you will need 20f to access some of the more advanced econ courses</p>

<p>and 20 abcf are easy as ****</p>

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<p>sorry to intrude on your thread hormones, </p>

<p>but I was wondering, is it possible to jump from the Math 10 Series to the Math 20 Series?</p>

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<p>tennisfan123,
I think you can. I’m pretty sure that with calculus, you can jump around however you like. Someone should confirm that though.</p>

<p>clarkfobes, happyhappy,
Thanks for the sound advice. I’ll keep it in mind. :)</p>

<p>Anybody have some insight on Math 11, CSE 20, and other statistics classes?</p>

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<p>Math 11 is just stats, similar to cogs14 ive heard
CSE 20 is discrete math, ive heard its a ***** of a class</p>

<p>If you are sure you want cog sci just do 10ABC/11.</p>

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<p>tennisfan123,
Apologies, I really didn’t know what I was talking about - I think if you want to do the 20 series, you either have to qualify beforehand (ie. by AP score) or start with the 20 series from the get-go. I don’t think you can just go between 10 and 20 series as you like. </p>

<p>Arctic,
Well, I might go in another direction so I’m taking the 20 series in case. What do you know about Math 15A and 15B?</p>

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<p>MATH 15A/B are CSE20/21… the two are the same class. CSE20 is hard, not sure about CSE21,gotta ask a cse friend.</p>

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<p>@tennisfan:</p>

<p>only under SPECIAL circumstances can you transfer your math 10abc credits to math 20abc… what those “special” circumstances are, i don’t know, but that’s what it says on the course catalog.</p>

<p>10abc is a joke compared to 20abc. just take the 20 series. you won’t have to worry about transferring credit and it’s not that hard</p>

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<p>Oh. I thought Math 15A would be like the 10 series version of CSE 20.</p>

<p>Is discrete mathematics like an extension of statistics? I have an eye out for a MBA in the future… I feel as though Discrete Math would be a good investment.</p>

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<p>Discrete math doesn’t really have that much to do with statistics. I took CSE 21, and apparently the first 2 weeks in my class was a review of CSE 20. In 21 I learned mathematical logic and proof-writing, graph theory, set theory, combinatorics and probability (which I guess can be considered statistics), and a couple of algorithms for each topic (especially graph theory). I also learned about runtimes (little and big O, theta, and omega).</p>

<p>Check this out for an overview: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I think my dad summarized it perfectly: “In calculus, you learn very little notation to solve a large number of problems. In discrete math, you learn a ton of notation to solve a small number of problems.”</p>

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<p>CSE 20 if you’re leaning towards computer science, 20F otherwise…</p>

<p>20F will be useful for Cogs109 which you’ll need later on, and it’s useful for econ too. </p>

<p>My 2nd choice for you would be math 11, although I heard it’s a little harder.</p>

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<p>So it sounds like 20ABCF and Math 11 for me, thanks to all for the advice. </p>

<p>How is Math 11 hard? I read that it was more probability theory and less computation, but I’m not sure how that makes it harder.</p>

<p>Also, do you mind specifying why 20F is useful for Econ? I’m not sure what it really is besides linear algebra. Thanks!</p>

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<p>MATH11 is not probability theory. Probability theory is the study of stochasticity and dependence of variables. That’s just elementary statistics. Should be easy.</p>

<p>20F is more of simple “Linear Programming” rather than the more theoretical “Linear Algebra”. It helps since most applications in Econ are really just optimization problems given ‘V’ set of constraints–being able to use Linear Programming instead of Lagrangians is a great shortcut.</p>

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<p>hormones: you dont need 20ABCF and Math 11, thats 5 math classes, the B.S only requires 4. COGS14 is pretty similar to Math 11 i’ve heard</p>

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<p>im doing a BA in Cog Sci and that means i only need three math courses: i already completed math10a/b however can i take math 11 instead of math 10c as said in the cog sci website. however i went onto muir ges, it says that i need to take 10a/b/c…but i remember that i can take math 11 instead of 10c for muir too…</p>

<p>am i correct?</p>

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<p>not sure about Muir’s requirements but pretty sure 10a/b and math 11 will work. I would personally take the extra math class and get the B.S, I think it sounds better than a B.A. the difference is 1 math class and like 3 electives…</p>