Schedule Advice for a second year

<p>Next fall, i'll be a 2nd year intended math major, and a possible physics minor. Do you guys have any schedule advice, suggestions as to whether this is too much, too little, telebear phasing, etc. Thanks.</p>

<p>Math H54
Physics H7A
Comp Sci 3L
4th class (Possibly stats 21), or a fun decal</p>

<p>Total of 14-16 Units</p>

<p>Just a little background, by next fall I'll have already taken math 1B (A+), math 53 (?), and math 55(?), so I have a fair idea of what the lower div math classes are like.</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

<p>anybody at all?</p>

<p>what scores are you getting on midterms in math 53 & 55?</p>

<p>A minor in a science is quite useless unless your major is also a science. It is more often that people major in a physics and minor in math because physics is math heavy.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>So far, I’m getting solid A’s on my math midterms. </p>

<p>As far as the physics minor, I was thinking of doing it more for interest than practicality, because I plan on pursuing math more. I was hoping on going to grad school for math eventually. </p>

<p>Do you think it would simply be a waste of time to pursue the physics minor? I was holding back from the major particularly because I wanted to be able to fit some math graduate classes in during my fourth year.</p>

<p>Do you like USING math or PROVING math?<br>
The nature the math changes drastically going from lower div to upper div math courses.</p>

<p>I prefer theory more than just calculation. Of the lower divs, I prefer 55 to the calculations more common in 53 and 1B. I’m particularly looking forward to classes like math 115 and number theory type math which I’ve read about a bit on my own, and I guess that’s what I would like to ultimately pursue at some point.</p>

<p>I think your schedule looks good. You should take 4 solid classes. It is very doable. Just make sure that your honors classes have good professors. An honors class with a horrible professor is not worth taking.</p>

<p>BTW, as a CS major I’d like to recommend a CS minor to you, seeing that you’re taking CS 3. It’s far more useful and applicable than a physics minor, but will probably involve more time commitment since there are programming projects.</p>

<p>Thanks Orochi, I have checked out the professors for h54 and h7a, and they seem better than the professors teaching the regular lectures. Perhaps I’ll go for a solid 16 units than 12 solid units and 2 relaxed ones.</p>

<p>Sorry for the double post, I didn’t see your second comment. </p>

<p>I have heard that the CS major is a great complement to the math major, I just don’t think I have the interest to fully commit to the 61 series and beyond. I think I’m going to take cs3 and then take a few of the 9 series seminars, just to get comfortable with a handful of languages. Thanks for the tip though, best of luck with that program.</p>