Taking Math 32B and 33A at the same time?

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<p>Is this doable? Would you recommend it? Pretty much all the good GEs are gone and I can't find anything else to put in my schedule...so would this be okay? Or do you need knowledge from 32B to do well in 33A?</p>

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<p>Exact same thread on the same topic. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/876118-taking-32b-33a-same-time-suciding.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/876118-taking-32b-33a-same-time-suciding.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But anyway, you can try taking 33B since I was told it’s independent of 32B. Which is what I’m doing.</p>

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<p>No, I can’t think of any calculus in 33A. It would help to know what someone means when they refer to R^n, but I guess you should already have some feel for that anyway. I don’t see any problem with it.</p>

<p>From what I’ve heard, it’s not a good idea to take 33B before 33A. At the very least, the math department highly recommends taking 33A before 33B.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. And yeah, probably would have been a good idea for me to actually use the search function before posting…but who does that? :P</p>

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<p>Not me, since the search function is poop.</p>

<p>@ThisCouldBeHeavn
Ah okay. I should relay this to my friend.</p>

<p>33A and 32B for me now.</p>

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<p>Why is it, then, that for Chemistry Majors, they aren’t required to take 33A, and go straight to 33B right after finishing 32B? Would that be suicide then, since from what I gather from your discussion, 33A is a necessity for 33B?</p>

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<p>The professor will give a short review of finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors (topics in linear algebra) before proceeding with chapter 9 in 33B. But it’s better to take 33A before 33B so that you can become a expert at finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and be familiar with properties of matrices.</p>

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<p>The Math department website refers to it as a “concession to the Chemistry Department.” I haven’t taken 33B, so I don’t know exactly how much it overlaps. Finding eigenvalues isn’t especially hard. Finding eigenspaces is probably a bit harder to understand without 33A, but not impossible.</p>

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<p>I’m actually a chem major but I’m still going to take 33A. Math is not my strongest area, so the last thing I would want to do is jump ahead, especially considering my course load is pretty heavy.</p>

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<p>i’m taking math 32B, math 33A, and math 33B next quarter. haha</p>

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<p>Mmm wow, good luck with that. Haha.</p>

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<p>Thanks. It’s because I just changed my major and I’m a 2nd year. good luck to you too!</p>