Difficulty of simultaneous majors

ucbalumnus
Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:19:22 +0000

Math: 53 or 54 if you want to learn more math (or are considering later work in math heavy economics or finance) and find the material in the [sample Math 1A and 1B finals](http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html) to be stuff you know well (and some people find these courses’ subject matter less difficult than 1B anyway). 1B or 16B if you want to be a typical pre-Haas / pre-med academic sandbagger (the curve may be harder than you think because lots of other students do this).

On history AP, it does not fulfill any [Political Science major requirements](Requirements for the Major | UC Berkeley Political Science).

So the net effect of your AP credit is:


Fulfill R&C A (4 on English Language).
Fulfill foreign language requirement (5 on Spanish Language) if not already done.
Reduce by one the number of math courses needed (5 on Calculus BC – you need to take one instead of two math courses for Haas) and allow taking a more advanced math course like Math 53 or 54.
Allow you to skip Chemistry 1A if you want to take Chemistry 1B or 3A (4 on Chemistry).
Give you a bunch of units to improve class standing.


If you try for the proposed simultaneous majors, you have basically saved two courses with your AP credit (one R&C, one math).