<p>I've been accepted to Berkeley for EECS, but I also have a strong interest in Physics, so I'm considering also taking a Physics minor. I have some questions regarding this:</p>
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<li><p>I've heard the course load for EECS is pretty intense at Berkeley. How much more work would I have to add on if I were to pick up a minor in Physics?</p></li>
<li><p>I've taken the AP Physics C tests and have gotten 5's, so I'm able to skip out of Physics 7A for EECS. However, the Physics major does not allow a student to skip out of Physics 7A with AP credit. Is this also true for the Physics minor?</p></li>
<li><p>Since I've already had a decent background in physics (Physics B, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M), and I have a genuine interest in learning physics, should I take the Honors series (H7A-C), or should I stick with the regular Physics 7A-C (considering I'll probably a heavy workload with EECS)?</p></li>
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<p>I've also taken AP Computer Science A as well as Data Structures and did pretty well in those classes, so I'll have an advantage for the first year in my CS classes.</p>
<p>It would be a good idea to try the Physics 7A final exams at <a href=“https://tbp.berkeley.edu/students/exams/physics/”>https://tbp.berkeley.edu/students/exams/physics/</a> to see if it makes sense to skip it with your AP credit. You can also compare with the Physics H7A final exams.</p>
<p>However, the physics department does not allow skipping Physics 7A using AP credit. The physics minor requires five upper division physics courses (137A, 110A or 105, and three others) in addition to the lower division courses (Physics 7A, 7B, 7C and Math 1A, 1B, 53, 54) that can also be used for EECS major requirements. You may be able to fit it all in if you choose courses very carefully, and/or have substantial useful subject credit going in that frees up some space for more electives.</p>
<p>AP CS A is like part of CS 61B (the former AP CS AB used to be accepted to fulfill CS 61B). Data structures taken at a community college may or may not fulfill CS 61B; see <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> to check. Note that this does not fulfill CS 61A (unless you also took CIS 61 at Laney College, apparently the only community college course that is accepted for CS 61A).</p>