<p>Is it possible? (I’ve been reading Rudin over the last year or so and doing its exercises, so I don’t think placing into HA will be a problem.)</p>
<p>Usually, this is pretty strictly forbidden by the math department heads, and for good reason. </p>
<p>First, you’re not going to have a whole lot of time outside of Honors Analysis for math. You really shouldn’t be spending more than 20 hours a week on math, and Honors Analysis alone will fill up that 20 hours. Second, other math classes aren’t up to the standards of rigor that HA has, so focusing on HA will maximize your mathematical ability. Adding on a second course won’t change anything, and you’ll likely be impeding your own maturation.</p>
<p>There are exceptions to the rule. I myself took Honors Analysis and Complex Analysis at the same time during Spring Quarter, and performed well in both courses. However, there was quite a bit of content overlap, so it probably would have been easier to just focus on HA. I also never exactly got math department permission to take the course; I took advantage of an error in course registration (haha…), which has probably been fixed since then. </p>
<p>Also, I won’t go too much into this, but reading Rudin itself won’t get you into HA. Knowledge doesn’t exactly equate to ability, and the placement test values ability over knowledge.</p>