GlueEater

So my back up plan to Haas is Econ, which, yes I know, is just as hard to get into as Haas.

I was looking at some of the pre-req courses for the Econ major and it says:

At least one semester of the calculus/statistics requirement must be completed at UC Berkeley.

Do they mean "1 semester of Calc AND Stats"? Or do they mean "1 semester of either the Calc requirement OR the Stats requirement"

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Where it says:

Major Requirements: Economics 100A and 100B, or 101A and 101B, Econometrics (either Economics 140 or 141) and five upper division economics courses. All courses must be taken on a letter-graded basis (please see handbook).

Does 'Major Requirement" mean that it's a pre-requisite and that I have to complete it before I apply to transfer?

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For the Haas breadth/pre-reqs, it says that we may not use micro and macro econ to complete any breadth requirements. But the Berkeley Econ pre-reqs requires Econometrics. Does that mean we can use Econometrics to fulfill some of the breadth requirements?

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How do you know what Econ classes at your school is the equivalent of what econ classes at Berkeley?

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Major Requirements: Economics 100A and 100B, or 101A and 101B, Econometrics (either Economics 140 or 141) and five upper division economics courses.'

How can you take upper division courses if you are transfering for the Jr year?

lol that's all I can think of.

hotelmoscow

assist.org is a great help

Laguna

Major Requirements section means those are classes you need to take before you graduate to fulfill econ degree. So Econ 100A and 100B or 101A and 101B along with econometrics must be taken for your degree Then you also need 5 upper div econ courses (doesn't matter which as long as they are allowed by the department)

Thedude44

Wait are you transferring into Berkeley or are you already a Berkeley student?

GlueEater

So I don't have to complete those BEFORE I transfer right? They're just part of the things I do while I'm AT Berkeley (god willing)?


I'm going to UCD and transfering from there (yeah stupid if I wanna transfer, I know), so assist.org wouldn't work for me would it?

GlueEater

I will be transfering INTO Berkeley.

duogmeg

"Major Requirement" means, simply, that it's a course required for completion of your major (i.e., not GE or an elective). The "major requirement" label does not mean that a course is a prerequisite: it means that it's either a upper division (which you wouldn't be able to do upper div. @ a CC, you'd do those after you transfer) or lower division course that comprises part of your degree program. Prerequisites are basically lower division major requirements. After you finish those @ a CC, then, when you transfer, you move on to upper division stuff.

Thedude44

No assist won't work for you. Also There is no back up majors/alternative majors when transferring to Berkeley. You have to pick econ in the college of letters and sciences or you need to pick Haas.

GlueEater

oooooo, that's not good. How much easier would Econ be than Haas?

I guess I'll just do freshman year and whether or not I get a 4.0 will be the deciding factor in whether I choose Haas or Econ. But even then Haas is a crap shoot.

Kinda a downer, but thanks for letting me know.

GlueEater

I have a question about APs. Haas doesn't give credit for AP psych and AP Enviro. But UC Davis does. So can I use those for the breadth reqs? Because at Davis I get credit for Environmental and Resource Sciences 10, 4 units. Would that fulfill the physical science breadth req?

For AP Psychology I get credit for Psychology 1, also 4 units. Would this knock out one of the SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES?

Also, on the Haas pre-reqs and breadth page, it says 1 course? Just how much is one course? How many units equal 1 'course'? How long is a 'course'? Say a class I'm taking is only giving me 2 units, does that still amount to 1 'course'?

Sorry for all the course/unit questions. I'm in high school and I have no idea what a unit. Or how many units a class equals, what they're used for, what's considered alot etc.

feuerwerke

@GlueEater: for how many times you've posted on CC, you'd think you'd have a better idea of units/classes/etc.

REGARDLESS, i think that's a good question (the one about AP classes and if they count towards haas's standards for pre-reqs). i wish i knew the answer to that.


help for glue eater, anyone??

GlueEater

Yeah, I'm a little thick

bump?