<p>Im probably going to Cal for mech engineering next year and am debating what math class to take. I've taken everything in Calc at a CSU and am in a lower division linear algebra class. Lots of people at Berkeley say its great if you can skip out of Calc because its very tough grading and competitive which will usually kill your GPA. Im worried that I wont be as strong in Calc as I need to be for engineering. How much in depth Calculus appears in engineering classes. I have no problem with integration, derivatives, lots of stuff like that. But I cant remember things like infinite series, things like that.</p>
<p>Infinite series are easily self taught.Skip calc 1 and 2.</p>
<p>What about Multivariable. Its hard for me to remember all the stuff in that class. I remember having a hard time in that class. I ended up getting a B+.</p>
<p>What kinds of things in math are most crucial in engineering classes. Like derivatives and integrals, or linear algebra, or differntial equations, or things in Multivariable like vector calculus.</p>
<p>Important for engineering: solving differential equations, taking derivatives, simple integrals (you'll be given formulas for hard ones, so integration techniques aren't used much), maximization of functions
Sometimes important depending on the field: vector calculus, linear algebra
Less important: Taylor series, infinite series (except for Fourier analysis in EE)</p>
<p>Thats all the stuff I'm good at. So I guess it would make the most sense to skip out of all the really hard math classes, since a lot of the stuff I need work on, wont really show up that much later on. What about Chemistry. I took first semester General Chemistry and am thinking about switching out of CHEM 1A, which I have heard is really competitive because of all the premeds. I dont think Chemistry comes up that much in Mechanical engineering does it?</p>