UC Berkeley EECS Transfer, Question regarding which courses to complete.

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Greetings,

I’m trying to figure out the courses I need to complete to have a strong application to UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering for EECS.

I noticed on the articulation agreement for assist.org that there is a list of course/course series required for admission. From that course series- I plan on completing the equivalents of Physics 7C, Chem1A &AL, Chem1B.

Now I’m wondering how much impact the completion of more than one requirement from this natural science course/course would have on my transfer application? I’m taking for certain the equivalent pre-requisites to Math 1A, 1B, 53, 54; Physics 7A, 7B; English R1A, R1B; in addition to the equivalent to the strongly recommend course of 61B. At my community college district there are no articulated equivalents to CS61A, CS61C, EE16A (or is it EE20, EE40,) and CS70, however I want to take the courses most similar in content to those. [ discrete mathematics, two additional linear algebra courses (linear algebra and graph theory + additional topics in linear algebra) in addition to the requisite linear algebra course, introduction to probability and statistics, electric circuits, and computer organization and assembly language programming]

I’d much rather take these additional courses sooner than later, even though there is no definite articulation agreement for it. Would anybody happen to have any idea as to whether it would be better to take more than one required natural science course/course series?

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I think when it says one of the following it means you only have to have one of them for the degree. Not 100% sure on that, but that’s how I read it.

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You do not need all of Physics 7C, Chemistry 1A/1AL, and Chemistry 1B.

Are you near Laney College (which has CS 61A) or Diablo Valley College (which has CS 61C)?

EE 16A and 16B are replacing EE 20 and EE 40. I doubt any CC has any of them besides possibly EE 40 (which won’t really help complete requirements since EE 20 will no longer be offered by the time you transfer).

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Thanks. I am not near Laney or Diablo Valley Colleges. I’m attending college at Cypress and Fullerton in Orange County.

I figure I’ll just take Physics 7C and Chem 1A/AL, along with the additional but non-equivalent/agreement articulated courses in math, circuits, and programming to fulfill the 60 unit requirement. Using assist.org I have not found any nearby colleges that offer CS 61A, CS 61C or any articulated EE courses.

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Be sure to take at least two additional humanities or social studies courses, preferably in subjects that you will want to take upper division courses in after transfer. If your CCs have courses fulfilling the UCB American cultures requirement, you may want to include such a course.

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I took Political Science - American Gov’t and Microeconomics my first semester. By taking an American cultures course am I satisfying an additional degree requirement?

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Yes, although the AC requirement allows using the same course for that and other H/SS requirements.

Kind of moot, though, since ASSIST says that Cypress and Fullerton CCs do not have any such courses.

Note that UCB introductory economics is one course for both micro and macro, so some upper division courses may need both topics as prerequisites.

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Hah Yes. Thanks for looking that up for me.

Additionally, if I were to apply for transfer this fall, would I have the potential to be accepted if I still had two required courses to complete in the spring? I could take 21 units this Fall and 17 units in the spring to have completed 60 units and the required core(?) courses plus CS 61B. But if full completion of all the required courses is necessary by the time of application, I much rather spread this course load across the next year and take some time doing extracurricular activities. I would still be needing Linear Algebra + Differential Equations and Data Structures in the spring.

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Most applicants will have some remaining prerequisites in progress. Admission offers will be conditional on completing them with high enough grades.

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Cool! Appreciate the answers!

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If you want to preview the Berkeley EE and CS courses, look here:
http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes-eecs.html

Here is the humanities and social studies requirement for the Berkeley College of Engineering:
http://engineering.berkeley.edu/student-services/degree-requirements/humanities-and-social-sciences