<p>I have been looking at the lecture slides/syllabus for Math 20E, and it looks identical to the stuff we are covering now (and will be covering for the remainder of the semester) in my Calc III class @ CC.</p>
<p>I've been admitted to UCSD for Fall 2012, and don't really want to waste my time retaking this course. Is there some reason why I should, or would it be okay to test out of it?</p>
<p>Has anyone else tested out of Math 20E?</p>
<p>Here's the slides:
<a href="http://ccom.ucsd.edu/%7Eastern/20E/finalReviewSlides.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://ccom.ucsd.edu/~astern/20E/finalReviewSlides.pdf</a></p>
<p>I’m in the same situation, also transferring in Fall 2012. Everything on those slides my Calc III class has already covered, or will cover within the next few weeks… so it definitely seems like a waste of a class to just review it.</p>
<p>I don’t exactly need the class as a requirement for my major, but since it’s a prerequisite for a couple other COGS classes that I’d want to take later on, attempting to test out of at least sounds like a good idea.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, you can check Assist.org, but it won’t do you any good. Math 20E has no exceptions as UCSD believes any equivalent math 20E course at a community college is inferior to theirs. It’s quite annoying but the only way to get credit for the class is by taking their waiver exam. The actual content of the class is pretty much the same as any other vector calculus class you would take. If you can skip it by passing the waiver exam, then do so. If this poses a problem (as it did for me because I took the class over a year ago by the time I transferred), then you will most likely end up having to retake it. It’s the only UC to do this for vector calculus which is pretty stupid but it is what it is.</p>
<p>Also another annoying aspect is that last year, the only open slots to take the waiver exams were at the beginning of fall quarter. For this year, they don’t even have it up on the site for registration dates (which is odd because even my community college was more organized for these sort of issues when dealing with pre-req waiver exams). This will pose a problem when registering for classes. So you can’t take the waiver exam before you register for fall quarter, meaning if you don’t pass the waiver exam, it’s pretty much too late to register for it during fall, and instead you’ll have to wait til winter quarter to take math 20E.</p>
<p>On a final note, make sure you double check all of your classes because UCSD is notorious for not accepting a lot of your transfer classes and instead offering these waiver exams to get credit for them.</p>