<p>Hey guys, so I'm a math major and I got a B in calc 1 and a C in calc 2 and for TAG it said I needed a minimum gpa of 3.0 in one year of approved calculus. Does this mean I don't qualify for TAG?</p>
<p>Are you sure mathematics is the major you want to pursue? I ask this because I think math is probably the least understood major by young undergraduates. The nature of upper division (junior & senior year) math courses is very abstract and different from the work you see in the lower division calculus series. I can’t tell you how many peers I’ve come across who started out as math majors with a naive idea that their success in computational classes like Calc 1,2,3 Differential Equations only to find themselves uninterested in the material they were being taught in their Abstract Algebra, Analysis classes. Linear Algebra is perhaps the first class to offer a simplistic view of the basic proof writing process that is essential to upper division mathematics. </p>
<p>My best advice would be to grab a hold of an analysis textbook (my pick “Yet Another Introduction to Analysis” by Victor Bryant) and see if this is the kind of material that truly interests you. </p>
<p>Or assuming you took Calc classes using a James Stewart-esque textbook consider checking out Tom Apostol’s Calc Text for a Calculus textbook that provides a nice bridge between lower division Calc classes and an upper division Advanced Calculus (Real Analysis) Course. </p>
<p>If after all of this you find upper math to not be your thing I would suggest that you look into majors such as:</p>
<p>Actuarial Science
Engineering (any type Electrical, Chemical, Petroleum, Mechanical etc)</p>
<p>Just FYI, there is no actuarial science major at UCI.</p>
<p>True DAT. IF you’re really brilliant at thinking outside the box, then try transfer to math. Rest assure you will be confused learning proofs.</p>
<p>I was actually thinking of becoming an actuary but as yahoowizard said there is no actuarial science at UCI which is fine because a major in math or economics still completes the requirements to become an actuary. Thanks for the replies guys but I’m quite set on being a math major.</p>