<p>So I am originally a Political Science and Media Studies major that dropped Media Studies and is now pursuing Psychology. As many know, I do need to take a stats course as a pre-requisite and was wondering which solution to choose:</p>
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<li>Take the equivalent of Stats 2 at Berkeley City College</li>
<li>Take Stats 2 during summer session</li>
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<p>Any help would be great!</p>
<p>Bump to add another option:</p>
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<li>Take online over summer (Stats 21)</li>
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<p>Well, stats at Berkeley City College would probably be much easier than any Berkeley stats course. Having personally fulfilled the stats requirement over the summer at a community college, I was extremely happy with that decision and felt perfectly prepared when it came time to take Psych 101 (which is the main reason you need the lower division stats course for the major). That said, this recommendation assumes that you, like the typical psych major, hate math with a passion. The community college version will give you basics at what, I assume, is a somewhat watered down level. If you really like math, or want a challenge, or feel you will be missing out on something by taking a significantly easier option, then by all means go with one of the Berkeley courses. It really depends on you and your needs.</p>
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<p>Statistics 2 is probably about as watered down as you can get to begin with.</p>
<p>On the other hand, someone with good knowledge calculus may actually prefer a calculus-based course like Statistics 20 or 21, since some concepts may be easier to understand with calculus than without calculus.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the advice. But I have taken AP Statistics in high school and passed the test (with a 3). So I am not a math person but I have taken a similar course before. I wonder if the online class is hard and if 21 is harder than 2.</p>
<p>AP Statistics and Statistics 2 are probably basically the same (non-calculus introductory statistics courses). A 4 or 5 on AP Statistics would have fulfilled that part of the Psychology major prerequisites.</p>
<p>Have you taken calculus? Statistics 20 and 21 use calculus. This may be harder if you have a hard time with calculus, but may actually be easier if you know calculus well.</p>
<p>Stat 21 didn’t have any calculus whatsoever when I took it.</p>
<p>Interesting… both 20 and 21 list one semester of calculus as a prerequisite.</p>