Do I need chemistry series or just one class to transfer into EECS?

Transfer Students
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Hello,

I am planning on applying to transfer to EECS at UC Berkeley from a community college. I was reading over the prerequisites and it says one course or course series is required . Chemistry 25 is listed as well as Chemistry 26. Chemistry 25 as being equivalent to Chem 1A & 1AL, at UCB, while Chemistry 26 is listed as equal to Chem 1B.

I am taking chemistry 25 right now , but I am wondering if this fall i will need to take Chemistry 26 or I am already done with the prerequisites after this summer?

Also side question. Would taking only courses that fulfill the prerequisites for EECS be enough to meet the requirements transfer in? Or would I need to add extra classes to meet the requirements to transfer in?

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Since you did not name the community college, the rest of us can only guess.

Los Medanos College has CHEM 25 and 26. Here is its ASSIST report to UCB EECS:
http://web2.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=2&sia=MEDANOS&ria=UCB&ia=UCB&oia=MEDANOS&aay=16-17&ay=16-17&dora=EECS

Presumably, this is the portion you are asking about:


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                   Natural Science required for admission:                   

<h2>             One course or course series required from the list below:      </h2>

<h2>[...]</h2>

CHEM 1A  &  General Chemistry         (3)|CHEM 25    General College         (5)
CHEM 1AL    General Chemistry         (1)|           Chemistry 

<h2>            Laboratory                   |                                      </h2>

CHEM 1B    General Chemistry          (4)|CHEM 26    General College         (5)
                                         |           Chemistry 
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The “course series” is only applicable if more than one course is listed together. At UCB itself, CHEM 1A and 1AL would be a course series that could fulfill the requirement, but CHEM 25 at LMC covers both of them, so you would need just CHEM 25 if you chose that course.

Note that the ASSIST reports for UCB EECS also show which AP scores can fulfill requirements.

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You need to fulfill base UC requirements for transfer at http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/preparing-admission/minimum-requirements/index.html , although you may cover most of all of them anyway if you are doing the major prep and breadth courses. For prospective transfers to the UCB College of Engineering, it is best to take at least two humanities and social studies courses (beyond English composition) for breadth purposes, in order to reduce the number of courses needed after transfer (especially if your community college does not offer all of CS 61A, 61B, 61C, 70 and EE 16A, 16B, requiring “catch up” after transfer).

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Thank you ucbalumnus and yes Los Medanos College is my community college so that really helped. When you say i should take more humanities and social studies courses. If I already have world history and us history ap scores ( both 5) and a psychology ap score (5). Would that be enough to cover it? I also will have both my English courses completed by the end of this summer, so would that also prevent me from having to catch up.

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And another side note, sorry! Would taking pre reqs, this time for UC Davis , next summer( I will need Phys 42 which is another semester) be ok? Or do I need all of them this fall/spring year in order to even be considered for admission

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Re: #3

UCB CoE H/SS requirement is at https://engineering.berkeley.edu/academics/undergraduate-guide/degree-requirements/humanities-and-social-sciences , along with AP credit at https://engineering.berkeley.edu/academics/undergraduate-guide/exams .

Things to note:

  • Of the 6 required H/SS courses, 4 of them (2 for English R1A and R1B, 2 others) can be completed before transfer (2 must be upper division, so they cannot be taken at a community college).
  • AP credit can be used for 2 of the courses. Of the English courses, only R1A can be satisfied by AP credit.

From this, you can figure out what you need to take before transfer. Of course, you also need to pay attention to GE requirements or IGETC for other campuses you are considering.

Re: #4

UCs want to see all required-for-admission courses completed by the spring before transfer (i.e. not the summer immediately before you start at the four year school, although if you do squeeze in an optional course then, you can transfer it).

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If you’re applying for a competitive major at Davis, not completing all pre-reqs by spring before transfer is pretty much a guaranteed waitlist