<p>Of course this is 25 years ago, but…</p>
<p>In the 12th grade, my fall-semester math course was Trigonometry and my spring-semester math course was something called “Analytic Geometry”. I did not have (nor take) AP Calculus credits. I did take Physics in the 11th grade and planned to take advanced Physics in the 12th grade but not enough students signed up so I went and took the Chemistry course.</p>
<p>Still…</p>
<p>My fall-semester freshman math course was Calculus & Analytic Geometry I and I ended up a math major. I could have been a physics major just the same as the first two years are the EXACT SAME for either the math or physics major (at Michigan State).</p>
<p>Side note: I did take Modern Physics (after Physics I, II) and Computational Physics as electives since the Computational Physics course was really a “blow off” (read: easy elective for easy grade of “A”) since I already had Numerical Analysis I & II and there was a bunch of overlap (ha ha ha ha ha).</p>