<p>does berkeley have GE reqs? or do u study right ahead to your major?</p>
<p>i would like to bump this</p>
<p>It depends on what college you're in. For College of Letters and Sciences (the largest college), the requirements are as follows:
-American Cultures - many courses fulfill this req.
-Biological Sciences
-Physical Sciences
-International Studies
-Arts and Literature
-Historical Studies
-Philosophy & Values
-Social & Behavioral Studies</p>
<p>These courses cannot be bypassed with AP credit. There is also 2 semesters of Reading & Composition requirement; however, if you got a 5 on the AP Eng Literature, you can pass out of both semesters; a 4 will pass you out of the first half. The first half can also be fulfilled with a 4 or 5 on the AP Eng Language.</p>
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<p>okay cool but what about college of engineering? is it the same? or same but with little difference</p>
<p>"These courses cannot be bypassed with AP credit."</p>
<p>Can these GE courses be bypassed if previously taken at a community college? I'll try to see if I can talk to anyone from Berkeley's office, but if anybody else knows, that'd be great.</p>
<p>For L&S, yes, community college courses can be used for breadth if they transfer over via the agreement. You can find the course equivalents on <a href="http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D">www.assist.org</a>. I have a couple breadth requirements transferred from my local community college.</p>
<p>what about college of engineering?</p>
<p>Engineering students are required to take 6 social science courses which act as "breadth reqs. for engineering."</p>
<p>thanks! . .</p>
<p>Isn't it 6 social science/humanities courses (not just social sciences)?</p>
<p>humanities includes foreign languages too right? </p>
<p>what are the social science classses like?</p>
<p>Psychology, economics, linguistics are some of the most popular ones I can think of right now. They are like other classes. I don't know. For econ, you often get problems sets. You just study the subject through the methodology of the subject you're studying, about which you'll learn. They mostly revolve around textbooks, with some non-textbooks involved sometimes. Some people enjoy them, others not. Many people find something interesting about the study of language or human behavior, for example, but some could care less.</p>