<p>@MathAdvising </p>
<p>Is there any chance of me getting into Math 140A fall quarter as an incoming transfer student? Both discussion sections currently say “Full waitlist(0)”. Seems a little bleak to me. Thanks!</p>
<p>@mustafahaider </p>
<p>Our experience is that most Math-CS majors get positions in the same sorts of firms that CS/CE majors do - just not as programmers. Math-CS majors generally fill in the other areas of the industry - so design, marketing, sales, management, etc. Areas that require an analytic mind and an understanding of the general field, but not specific programming language skills.</p>
<p>The pre-major has been discontinued - it exists only as an administrative relic. Students can request entry directly to the Math-CS major (MA30) once the Fall quarter starts.</p>
<p>@MrHerbert </p>
<p>We’ll be looking at enrollments on this coming Monday. We will generally be able to get all students into the class(es) they need by adding sections and moving rooms to find space. </p>
<p>Scott</p>
<p>I’m so confused as to what classes I need to take…Anybody know where I can find what I need? Or can anybody tell me what math classes a computer science major should take?</p>
<p>It’s online. Do you know if you have AP credit for calculus?
<a href=“Home | Computer Science”>Home | Computer Science;
<p>I do not have any ap credit </p>
<p>Then you have to take Math 20A first.</p>
<p>But I already got a 710 on the math portion of the SAT 1, still need to take that?</p>
<p>Also, does anybody know when to start making schedules?</p>
<p>@UCSDcs </p>
<p>As posted by DrGoogle, you should use the 4-year plan from CSE as your guide for what you’ll be taking your first quarters - but just keep in mind that you’ll have some bumps along the way (everybody does) and you just have to remain flexible and willing to make a revised plan with your major advisors as needed.</p>
<p>Your SAT score does not exempt you from taking 20A (that comes from AP credit, A-level exams, IB Higher level math, etc). In fact, the SAT I math does not work for placement into 20A (that comes from the SAT II Math Level 2). If you didn’t take the Level 2, you’ll need to take a placement exam (go to mathtesting.ucsd.edu for dates/times/locations) before you can enroll in a Math class. Pre-calculus courses in high school or community colleges do NOT exempt you from the placement exam.</p>
<p>You’ll be having orientation sessions with your college - go to <a href=“https://admissions.ucsd.edu/events/orientation.html”>https://admissions.ucsd.edu/events/orientation.html</a> and select your college from the list on the right to find out more; international students have additional orientation with the i-center. After that, you’ll get a recommendation from your college counselors for your first quarter classes. You’ll use that to build a quarterly schedule (you can find the schedule of classes at <a href=“Student/Class Info”>Student/Class Info) that fits your courses and time preferences.</p>
<p>You’ll see that a lot of first year classes (like Math 20A) have very low enrollment limits - that’s because we’re holding back seats for new students. Most math sections will be between 36 and 40 students each…</p>
<p>Also note that your first quarter CS programming course will depend a lot on your programming experience - you can find out more at <a href=“Home | Computer Science”>Home | Computer Science;
<p>@UCSDcs, whatever you do take it easy, don’t assume UCSD is easy just because you have a certain math scores. My daughter has much higher scores than you in both SAT 1 and SAT 2 and passed AP Exam with 5 but the math classes at UCSD still blew her out of her comfort zone. She’s normally get As in math, nothing less than A in high school. Same advice with CS class, since some kids come in with zero programming background and some do have tons of hours. It’s not like engineering almost everybody starts from ground zero. For example, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates had programming experience since middle school or earlier. You will definitely meet those types of people at CS classes at UCSD.</p>
<p>Hello i’m a transfer student thinking of attending UCSD as a physics major.
I have all of my lower division math and physics courses completed in my community college.
It seems like UCSD requires its students to take an exam for math 20E, but there’s no mention of math 20F. There is no way to not take this course even though i have already taken it at my college? Assuming that i take E/F in UCSD, i have a feeling that i won’t be able to take upper division physics courses when they are offered, meaning it will take longer for me to graduate and i’ll be left with no class to take. Any suggestion?</p>
<p>@Cdelta </p>
<p>We have many approximations in place for Math 20F - have you checked at <a href=“http://www.math.ucsd.edu/programs/undergraduate-program/transfer-equivalencies/”>http://www.math.ucsd.edu/programs/undergraduate-program/transfer-equivalencies/</a></p>
<p>There are some schools, however, that teach differential equations and linear algebra in one combo course - we generally only give automatic credit for either 20D or 20F in those cases…but students are able to submit a petition (including course syllabi, exam information, homework, whatever documentation they have) to see if they can get credit for both - and those can be approved if the documentation shows that sufficient material in each subject is covered.</p>
<p>If you took courses from out of state - we generally will require a petition as we don’t have approximations in place…the exception is from a group of Washington State community colleges (they’re on the list in the URL above) that we have had a large number of transfers from…</p>
<p>thanks.
even though for my college it doesn’t show anything equivalent to 20F, the date on that thing is OLD.
I’m quite confident that my combo class of ODE/L.Alg class is equivalent(otherwise what would be the point of it being a 5 unit class), i have all the exams, syllabus, etc. I guess ill just have to petition for both.
one last question before i let you go; I see that exam date for 20E is sometime late june- if i miss that date, when is the next exam date? if i take it on the next exam date (after June) would i still have time to register for that class if i don’t pass? </p>
<p>@Cdelta </p>
<p>There will be an exam at the beginning of Fall quarter - and there may be one at the beginning of summer session two (around August 4) but that’s not definite yet. I won’t know if there will be a second exam in the summer until mid-June.</p>
<p>In general, we advise students taking the Fall exam to sign up for 20E ahead of time - it’s easier to drop the course if you pass then it is to add the course if you fail…</p>
<p>To MathAdvising,</p>
<p>I am a potential transfer student and I am curious about the graduation requirements and expectations.</p>
<p>Firstly, I have read that a transfer student must graduate within 8 quarters. Are summer sessions considered in this count? Are summer sessions considered only if a transfer student decides to take summer courses?</p>
<p>Second, when the graduation requirements are met for a particular degree, say Mathematics B.S., is the student encouraged or forced to graduate? I ask this as I am interested in taking more courses than the requirements for the degree and, in the case where I have satisfied the graduation requirements with quarters remaining, I would like to know whether I can continue to take courses in this way.</p>
<p>Regards,
QThrowaway</p>
<p>@QThrowaway
Where does it say transfer students need to graduate in 2 years? It doesn’t say that in the catalog - can you link me where that info is?</p>
<p>I looked back at the pages I read and I misinterpreted the words target average with absolute requirement. I apologize for the misunderstanding.</p>
<p>Although I do have another question. I noticed math 160A and 160B are no longer in the list of Planned Course Offerings (<a href=“http://www.math.ucsd.edu/resources/planned-course-offerings/”>http://www.math.ucsd.edu/resources/planned-course-offerings/</a>) however, these courses are still listed in the course descriptions (<a href=“Mathematics”>http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/courses/MATH.html</a>). Are these courses offered every other year or have they been removed entirely?</p>
<p>@QThrowaway </p>
<p>Regarding your initial question, students are held to a maximum unit limit of 200 units. Transfer students can work with their college to identify exactly how many of their transfer units count towards that max limit - and petitions to go beyond that number can be submitted - but it’s not carte blanche…the approval would only allow you to take required coursework (not allowing you to take more courses for general interest).</p>
<p>As to Math 160A-B. The department currently has only one logician…Professor Sam Buss. Since he teaches courses in a number of topics: logic and computer graphics and the theory of computability; the 160AB course is not offered every year. At this point, I doubt it will be offered every other year…maybe once every three years?</p>
<p>If we are able to hire more logicians, I would expect the course to become more regular…</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I just registered for Math 140A as an incoming transfer, and was placed at #11 on the waitlist. What do you think my odds are of getting into the class?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>