<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am a transfer student and need to take my 61 series and discrete math in order to declare my major in L&S. I am wondering if it is a good idea to take 61A and 61C both at the same time? Then take 61B and CS 70 in spring semester. I have some C++ programming skill from my community college. Thank you for any suggestion!!</p>
<p>61C assumes a knowledge of Java and data structures early on. The other side of the 61B pre-req on that is programming maturity/style, but you’ve probably got that already. But for the hadoop/mapreduce project you’ll be working in Java, so if you’re not familiar you’ll need to pick that up on the fly.</p>
<p>Taking two of the 61 classes together is generally not recommended. It’s a lot of work, regardless of whether or not you know the material. But as a transfer, you’re probably going to double something up. If summer is an option for you it might help clear up your schedule, but 61_ starts next Monday so if you’re going that route act fast. :P</p>
<p>You should also be planning ahead for upper division classes, if you’re not planning to take a fifth semester make sure you’ll be able to fit in enough upper division units without losing your sanity.</p>
<p>You can check the course web sites to see how much of CS 61B you already know:
<a href=“CAS - Central Authentication Service”>http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes-eecs.html</a></p>