Is 16 units too much for first semester EECS (as a transfer)?

ucbalumnus
Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:42:16 +0000

If you have had discrete math at your CC, then CS 70 should be at least partially a review.

CS 195 has just lectures (1.5 hours per week), readings, and three small papers, according to [CS 195 Social Implications of Computing](CS 195 Social Implications of Computing) . If you want to emphasize CS, it may be interesting enough that it won’t feel like work.

If you were able to handle 17 units + 15 hours of working per week before, then you can give a 17 unit schedule a try from the start; it is easier to drop one than to add something later and have to catch up.

Another option to consider if you want to emphasize CS, in order to clear prerequisites as quickly as you can:

CS 61A
CS 61B
CS 70
UD H/SS AC course
optional CS 195

With the above, two of the courses will be partially review. What CS 61B assumes from CS 61A appears to be mainly mastery of recursion and the use of Unix computers like in the labs, so consider how well you know those before deciding to take CS 61B concurrently with CS 61A: [CS 61B: Course overview](CS 61B: Course overview)

Another option is this:

CS 61A
CS 47B
CS 70
UD H/SS AC
CS 195

for a total of 14 units, although CS 47B may be more than 1 unit of work.

The CS 47B page indicates what you are assumed to know, and what the course includes: [url=http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~selfpace/studyguide/47B.sg/Output/intro.html]Introduction[/url]