Prerequisite issue: UC Berkeley "high demand major"- College of Letters & Science

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trying to transfer as a 3rd year Fall 2018

-3.7 GPA
-student govt, a few leadership roles in clubs, 2 volunteering roles
-met general prerequisites for the college of letters & science
BUT not the major(public health), I am missing a 4 credit science class (can be filled with bio 2)

UC Berkeley state they won’t accept summer 2018 courses :frowning:
I can not take the class this spring because I am taking biology 1 this spring to fill the first part of the Prerequisite

debating if I should take biology 1 and 2 (at the same time) at a community college this spring and/or cross Registration (if this even works, I’ll have to go beg the department head)
or
change into a different major in the same college----But my transfer application question states my intended major is public health

I really painted myself into a corner by not taking science classes, I didn’t know that I wanted public health till it was too late for me to take bio 1…
there is a comment section at the application to explain my situation but it just sounds like excuses-so I don’t want to do this

(oh and I can’t take bio 1 and just different science Prerequisite courses due to the number of credits that is required, need 7, bio 2 is 4 credits, bio 1 is 3)

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One of the two biology courses requires the other one as a prerequisite?

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If you cannot take biology 2 with biology 1 due to it being a prerequisite, can you take biology 1 and two of the other possible biology courses to earn sufficient units of biology courses?

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Honestly, even if they admitted you, it wouldn’t be to your advantage because you wouldn’t have the required prerequisites to declare the major. Public Health is an impacted major, so they may not even take applications after your first semester. If you’re 100% sure you want the Public Health major and nothing else, your best bet is probably to wait and apply next year (or go to another college where you have met the prerequisites). If your eventual goal is just to work in Public Health but you’re willing to major in something else, major in something that you’re eligible for now and then go to graduate school in Public Health. From what I hear, most people in that field need a graduate degree anyway.