<p>I recently filled out my UC application and chose Architecture as my major, influenced mainly by my dad who said that it was a well-demanded field to go into. The problem with this is that I really have no interest in Architecture, and the major is inside the College of Environmental Design, so I would only have a selection of 3 majors to choose from if I wanted to change majors.</p>
<p>Also, I've been researching lately and I've developed a keen interest in having Applied Math as a major.</p>
<p>What I was wondering is if I can change my major from Architecture to Applied Math, even though Applied Math is a major within the College of Letters & Sciences.</p>
<p>If I could change to the College of Letters & Sciences before starting any semesters at UC Berkeley, how would I be able to do that?</p>
<p>Also, if I couldn't switch to a different college at UC Berkeley until I completed some semesters in the Environmental Design college, would some of the courses I'd be taking flexible, like pre-requisites that I'd have to take as a Applied Math major as well?</p>
<p>I am also interested in knowing this as well. Except I’m changing from a major in the Engineering school(Comp Sci BS) to a major in L&S(Comp Sci BA).</p>
<p>You’ve already said it in the post yourself that you’d rather do applied math. Even though college is a time of exploring, if you don’t want to do it in the first place then there’s no point in wasting time and energy just to please your dad.
I am an architecture student who just finished her 3rd semester, and let me tell you–architecture is a ton of work. The first class you take is Environmental Design 1, which in my opinion doesn’t give a very good overview of architecture, nor does it have anything to do with applied math. You’d probably be best off doing your Breaths first.</p>
<p>I think it should be easy to switch into L&S in most circumstances after one semester. You need to have decent grades but I wouldn’t worry. You probably don’t need to take any major-specific classes your first semester, so I’d look at classes that help you towards both the architecture and math majors and start with those.</p>