<p>Hi everyone so I am transferring to UCLA in the fall for math and I was wondering if there's any other math majors here who could comment on their experience going from lower division to upper division. Comments from UCLA transfers are preferable but chime in regardless of where you transferred! At UCLA specifically I was wondering if you're transitioned into writing proofs or literally thrust into the matter and the overall difficulty of classes. Also are teachers approachable and how are lectures, etc. Thank you!</p>
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<p>[UCLA</a> Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://www.math.ucla.edu/ugrad/courses/index.shtml]UCLA”>http://www.math.ucla.edu/ugrad/courses/index.shtml) describes the math courses at UCLA.</p>
<p>The likely core upper division courses are the following:</p>
<p>110 series (abstract algebra)
115 series (linear algebra)
131 series (real analysis)</p>
<p>You may want to ask the UCLA Math Department directly which is the most appropriate first upper division course (probably not 131A or 131AH because its description says that “As a result of the emphasis upon rigor and proof technique, Math 131A is regarded by many students as the most difficult undergraduate mathematics course.”). Berkeley suggests its linear algebra course as the first upper division math course, but UCLA may differ.</p>
<p>If you can, taking a discrete math course (either at community college or UCLA Math 61) may introduce you to proof techniques before you take upper division math courses.</p>