<p>Given that they appear to be enforcing prerequisites, he ought to repeat Math 161 or take Math 152 to cover the material (presuming he has AP credit for 151, which is listed as a prerequisite for either 161 or 152).</p>
<p>Physics 132 lists at least concurrent enrollment with Math 153 or 162. Since it involves electricity and magnetism, which is relatively [math</a> intensive](<a href=“Maxwell's equations - Wikipedia”>Maxwell's equations - Wikipedia), it would be a bad idea to take it with insufficient math background.</p>
<p>The “good” news is, if he takes Math 161 or 152 in the winter quarter and delays Physics 132 to the spring quarter, he merely falls back to the normal sequence (for students entering without AP credit) from being one quarter ahead (due to AP credit). It should not be a problem assuming he does not get D or F grades again and pays attention to the schedules and course sequencing.</p>