<p>My daughter will be a freshman in the College of Engineering studying chem E. From looking at the CoC guide and the credits they grant for APs, it seems like she would be able to complete all her breadth requirements by taking one upper division history course this fall.</p>
<p>She has from APs: 5.3 credits from Chinese, 2.7 from Econ, 2.7 from Government, 3.0 from US History, 3.0 from European history and 4 units from a 5 on the English literature exam. (20.7 total)</p>
<p>College of chemistry does not limit the number of AP's used to satisfy the 19 unit breadth requirement like the College of Engineering, and I'm assuming taking an upper division history course would count as a series for either European History AP or US history AP. A 5 on Eng lit satisfies all reading and composition requirements. I believe she would be able to complete breadth by taking only one course, but it seems too good to be true. Are we missing something? Please offer any insights if you can. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m too far removed to provide any insight into this… If you don’t get clarification via this board, CalSO is a great opportunity to ask the college directly.</p>
<p>You’re absolutely correct that you only need one course, but make sure that course is upper division, in a subject that corresponds to an AP, AND that it satisfies the American Cultures (AC) requirement. The AC requirement (required for all students at Berkeley) is the most annoying, since those courses tend to be time consuming and boring. The AC requirement cannot be satisfied using outside courses except under very specific (and unlikely) circumstances.</p>
<p>I was in the same position as a chemE, but in order to make my breadth classes as easy as possible, I chose to break the requirement into two courses. One was a 1-unit Pass/nopass seminar called Political Science 179 (total joke, no work, offered every semester, counts for series req with AP Gov I believe), and the second was a 4-unit lower division american cultures class (Anthro 2AC). Much less total work than taking an upper division history class!</p>
<p>Wait, it says on the link though that “As part of the 19 units, students are required to complete TWO Breadth Series courses, at least one being upper division, in the same or a very closely allied humanities or social science department(s).” I’m a little confused. Can you only take one course even though it says two if you have enough AP credits? (I am in a similar situation for chemistry major at CoC)</p>
<p>The series includes two courses. One can be satisfied by an AP course, such as AP US History, and the other must be an upper division course in a department that is closely allied to history (for example).</p>
<p>@singh2010
How do you tell which classes qualify to be in the series as your AP classes? Is there a list somewhere?
I can’t believe that taking a 1-unit upper division class actually satisfies the requirement! That’s a great idea! Thanks.</p>
<p>Seems like the College of Chemistry’s breadth requirement for chemical engineering majors is much more lenient than the College of Engineering’s breadth requirement for other engineering majors.</p>
<p>The College of Engineering requires six courses of at least three units each (no using Political Science 179), including:</p>
<ul>
<li>R&C A and B (and B cannot be fulfilled with AP credit).</li>
<li>Two upper division courses.</li>
<li>A series including at least one upper division course.</li>
<li>An American Cultures course.</li>
<li>No more than two lower division courses fulfilled with AP credit.</li>
</ul>
<p>Does anyone know how to find the upper division classes that align with AP classes to satisfy the series requirement for breadth in College of Chem?</p>