<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm a current Cal student looking to get some math (I can take the 16 series or 1 series) prereqs out of the way. I am thinking about taking X1A online.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken this course? Would you recommend it, and what is the difficulty level (as difficult as 1A on campus)? </p>
<p>I would rather take 16A, but they don't offer an online X16A course and all the CCs around where I live are filled. I'm not a very strong math student, but I am willing to put in a lot of effort. </p>
<p>Advice/alternatives/your experiences welcome! Thank you!</p>
<p>Have you taken calculus before? If so then I think it shouldn’t be too bad.</p>
<p>My son who just graduated from high school and is still trying to decide whether to accept an offer of admission from CSU Sacramento or go to a CCC and try to transfer to a UC such as Berkeley is taking this online course over the summer. It uses the same textbook, “Calculus, Early Transcendentals” 6th or 7th edition by James Stewart which is the same text and covers the same material as Math 30 at Sac State, Math 1A at UC Berkeley and Math 400 at Cosumnes River College, our local CCC. He is taking X1A because he plans to major in Physics and the course was already closed for the summer and fall semesters at Sac State and Cosumnes before he had a chance to register.</p>
<p>The course is intended for Math, Physical Science and Engineering majors and is probably considerably more difficult than Math 16. My son has just started and has finished the first of 12 modules and is working on the second. He has not found it particularly difficult so far but he did get a score of 720 on the Math section of the SAT which he only took once in March of his Junior year. He has also completed honors Pre-calculus in high school since then. If it is true that you are not a strong Math student, and are not majoring in Math, one of the Physical Sciences or Engineering, you might find this course very challenging and a more in depth study of Calculus then you really need. I am surprised that the UC Berkeley Extension does not offer 16A. 16A would probably meet the needs of more students than 1A since 16A is intended for Biology, Pre-med, Business, Economics and Social Science majors who are probably more numerous than the people, like my son, who need 1A.</p>
<p>Extension courses that begin XB or WXB count on campus, courses that begin X do not.</p>
<p>The UC Berkeley Extension catalog states very clearly that completing Calculus X1A meets the Calculus requirements of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. While the textbook, which is the same one used for Math 1A. 1B and 53 on the Berkeley campus, does discuss some Economics and Business applications for the material covered, it is mainly oriented towards Math, Physical Sciences and Engineering majors. There are Calculus textbooks that are primarily for Business and Economics majors but they may not be up to Haas standards in terms of rigor.</p>
<p>Read here in the section labeled Academic Credit
[Information</a> and Policies — UC Berkeley Extension](<a href=“http://extension.berkeley.edu/info/grades.html]Information”>http://extension.berkeley.edu/info/grades.html)</p>
<p>That course is approved for the evening and weekend MBA program, not for Haas undergrad study. Not for Math department credit as equivalent to Math 1A (or even Math 16A) Beware!</p>
<p>I know this is old but does anyone know what the final is like for Calculus 1A?</p>