Difficulty of simultaneous majors

<p>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</a> Math 1A and 1B finals](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/new-students/choosing-an-appropriate-first-math-course.html]sample”>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).</p>

<p>On history AP, it does not fulfill any [Political</a> Science major requirements](<a href=“http://polisci.berkeley.edu/undergrad/requirements/post/]Political”>Requirements for the Major | UC Berkeley Political Science).</p>

<p>So the net effect of your AP credit is:</p>

<ul>
<li>Fulfill R&C A (4 on English Language).</li>
<li>Fulfill foreign language requirement (5 on Spanish Language) if not already done.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Allow you to skip Chemistry 1A if you want to take Chemistry 1B or 3A (4 on Chemistry).</li>
<li>Give you a bunch of units to improve class standing.</li>
</ul>

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