<p>Each division at each UC has its own breadth requirements, and may or may not accept IGETC in place of them. Check each campus and division for specifics.</p>
<p>ucbalumnus, in your opinion would it be better to take the American Culture course at Berkeley as a CS applicant, or take it at a local CC during the summer? If I take it at a CC, obviously it would be much easier than taking an equivalent course at Cal, but I somehow want to “try” the feeling of taking a humanities/social science course at Cal 
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<p>And will the american culture course, assuming it’s an upper division one, count as one of the two courses outside of the major department for L&S graduation requirement? Thanks</p>
<p>Ah so i still have to take humanities no matter what</p>
<p>Also, can i start enrollment in the summer?</p>
<p>^ why not?
You only need two humanities why you are at CC (4 if you count the 2 english classes, which is required for everyone). The other 2 upper division humanity courses will be taken at Cal</p>
<p>Just do the humanities online if you don’t want to come to class.</p>
<p>Alright so I’ll probably take calc 2 so I can start physics in the fall.</p>
<p>How manageable is multivariable + phyisics 4a, linear algebra + physics 4b, and differentials + physics 4c. it seems I have to do that sequence because my CC is on the semester system and i want to transfer in 2 years.</p>
<p>Very manageable, I took multivariable, linear, mechanics and 2 other humanities, and still had plenty of sleep + free time for other activities. For multivariable, I recommend reviewing all the stuff in AP Calc AB because it’s just higher-dimensional of those stuff. </p>
<p>For linear, KhanAcademy is your friend. In my experience, most lower-division linear alg teachers really suck at doing examples in class and just instead ramble on proof and such. Khan does the other way around - lots of examples.</p>
<p>Mechanics is pretty easy so don’t worry, so as differential
E&M, Relativity/Waves/Heat can be challenging, so be prepared for those classes. </p>
<p>Hope that helps. Very manageable and doable in 2 years, as long as you stay on top of the material and understand what you do. P/NP the humanities (not English) if you can (check Cal EECS policy, I’m not sure) and spend time on those technicals since they play a huge part in your admission to top universities like Cal</p>
<p>Re: #22</p>
<p>If available, it is always desirable to cover as many requirements as you can before transfer (although requirements that are prerequisites to other courses have first priority). You can always take additional humanities and social studies after transfer, but you will be less constrained in choosing them knowing that you won’t have a requirement that you need to fulfill.</p>
<p>Yes, a course fulfilling American Cultures at Berkeley can also fulfill other requirements.</p>
<p>Re: #25</p>
<p>Freshmen and sophomore engineering majors typically take math and physics courses together. Note that some schools (including Berkeley) combine linear algebra and differential equations in one course, so be sure to take both to avoid having to partially repeat that course after transfer. It is some advantage to have completed multivariable calculus and/or differential equations before taking the physics course that includes electricity and magnetism, but that is not generally mandatory since most students will not have completed them due to time and schedule constraints.</p>
<p>Thanks, I guess I’ll wait and see if I can get into Cal first before deciding. As of right now, my fall schedule, if admitted, is CS 61B, CS 61C, EE 42 and an American Culture course. But if that’s too much, I’m willing to do the AC course at Foothill/De Anza during the summer and/or drop 1 of the technicals</p>
<p>For summer, will you be doing CS 61A and CS 70 at Berkeley if admitted to CS at Berkeley?</p>
<p>Four courses (15 to 16 units) during a regular semester is about a normal course load. However, CS 61B and CS 61C will involve more time consuming programming work. Many CS majors take two such higher workload courses per semester, but taking three such courses in one semester can be tough. Be careful of humanities and social studies courses that have very large amounts of reading or large term projects, as these courses can be high workload (not all humanities and social studies courses are high workload, though).</p>
<p>Well I might have some time to finish both because I’m starting the fall semester at multivariable, so it’ll take 3 semesters to complete the math, so I can do physics 4c last semester with all the math done.</p>
<p>It is still ok to apply even though I am missing a prereq because it seems like there’s no way I can complete engr3, but I don’t want to limit myself to just Cal/UCLA/UCD</p>
<p>^ Sure, missing a pre-req is no big deal. But try your best to complete it. I have no idea what engr3 is (circuits), but like I said, it’s better to overdo yourself a little bit at CC than hurt you and your junior-year schedule at a UC :)</p>
<p>Re: ucbalumnus
Yes, that’s what I plan to do if admitted. Depends on how I do in 61A, I will revise my schedule accordingly. If 61B + 61C is too much, I’m going to trade one for either Math 104 or an upper division econ to complete the two upper division courses outside of my major for L&S requirement.</p>
<p>Be aware that the Berkeley Math Department says that [“Math</a> 104 is a particularly demanding class and should be taken later in your program.”](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/majoring-mathematics]"Math”>Majoring in Mathematics | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley)</p>
<p>Math 104 may be helpful if you choose Economics/Math C103 as your economics course. Math 113, 115, and/or 116 may be more applicable to CS, particularly cryptography. Among other economics courses, Economics 101A, 119, and 138 may be of interest.</p>
<p>How well you handle proofs in CS 70 may be an indicator of how well you will handle a proof-oriented math course like Math 104 or 113.</p>
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<p>It is ok to apply without completing prerequisites that are unavailable at your community colleges, though it is best to try to complete at many as possible, even if you have to go to several community colleges to get them, in order to minimize “catch up” courses after transfer.</p>
<p>i guess they’ve changed it but back when i was making my academic plan for engineering for UCLA/UCI the ‘engineering’ classes were not requirements. they were listed as “additional degree requirements for this major that may be met
with community college courses” which means they are not REQUIRED for transfer but will count towards your degree if you take them at a CC.</p>
<p>Re: ucbalumnus,</p>
<p>Thank you for the link. I just check the schedule that Summer Session offerings for CS 61A and 70 have both been full. Well, actually 61A hasn’t been completely full yet, but there are 9 seats left with 17 on the waitlists already… CS 70 is even worse, all seats are claimed, and there are 7 on the waitlists. Do you know if they reserve a couple of seats for transfer students? Or do I have near-zero chance of getting in any of those classes assuming I first got admitted on 4/27?</p>