<p>For chemical engineering, you have to apply to change college into the College of Chemistry. Non-chemical engineering majors can use AP Chemistry credit to skip Chemistry 1A, but Chemical Engineering majors must take Chemistry 4A and 4B freshman year.</p>
<p>For math, consider the advice from the Math Department and the College of Engineering with respect to choosing a math course if you have AP credit:
[Advanced</a> Placement (AP) Examinations | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/ap-exams]Advanced”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/ap-exams)
[Choosing</a> an Appropriate First Math Course — UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html]Choosing”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html)
Note that the College of Engineering page contains sample Math 1A final exam questions that you can try if you are undecided as to whether to skip Math 1A and go directly to Math 1B (or H1B, the honors version which typically has fewer than 30 students as opposed to a few hundred).</p>
<p>If you choose to start in Math 1B or H1B, consider taking Physics 7A or H7A in your first semester, since physics is a crucial course in many engineering prerequisite sequences; being a semester ahead in physics will allow you more schedule flexibility later.</p>
<p>A 4 or 5 on AP English Literature will fulfill the A part of the Reading and Composition requirement. If you are in the College of Engineering, you still have to take the B part. Reading and Composition courses are prefixed by R, such as English R1A and Rhetoric R1B (the A and B suffixes indicate which half they fulfill). A few Reading and Composition courses are not suffixed; check the catalog description for which half they fulfill. Each instructor will have his/her own reading list, so you may want to visit the department web sites to see which instructors have the reading lists most interesting to you.</p>
<p>A 4 or 5 on both AP Economics tests is considered to be equivalent to Economics 1 by the Economics Department, so you can take more advanced Economics courses if you like. AP Economics and AP US History may otherwise be considered generic humanities and social studies courses for the College of Engineering breadth requirement; they can also be linked to upper division courses in those subjects to fulfill the series requirement in the breadth requirement. More information here:
<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hss-humanities-current-list/HSS%20NEW%20REQ.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hss-humanities-current-list/HSS%20NEW%20REQ.pdf</a></p>
<p>A suffix of AC indicates an American Cultures course, of which you must take at least on before graduation.</p>
<p>There is one problem you may face, which is that CalSO orientations for freshmen occur before AP scores are given, so you may have to guess the correct math and Reading and Composition course to take. For math, reviewing the previous Math 1A final exam questions should give you a good idea of what math course you should select. You may choose to delay the Reading and Composition course until spring and take some other humanities or social studies course in the fall in order to avoid the unknown AP score problem.</p>
<p>Choose the earliest CalSO orientation for first pick of courses.</p>
<p>Suggested schedule, assuming you are confident in math based on the old final exams:</p>
<p>Physics 7A or H7A
Math 1B or H1B
Humanities or Social Studies[1]
Additional Course[2]
Engineering 92[3]</p>
<p>[1] May be Reading and Composition if you are confident in your AP score.
[2] Chemistry 4A if you are seriously considering Chemical Engineering. Otherwise, choose another course that you may need for majors you are considering, such as Engineering 7, Engineering 10, Computer Science 61A.
[3] And Chemical Engineering C96 if you are seriously considering Chemical Engineering. These are 1-unit seminar courses to give students an idea of what engineers do.</p>
<p>More resources for new students in the College of Engineering can be found here:
[New</a> Student Information — UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students]New”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students)
<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/advising%20handbbk%2011-12.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/advising%20handbbk%2011-12.pdf</a></p>
<p>The College of Chemistry under which Chemical Engineering is can be found here:
[College</a> of Chemistry - University of California at Berkeley - Prospective Undergraduate Information](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/current_undergrad.php]College”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/current_undergrad.php)</p>