Questions about being an engineering major

ucbalumnus
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:35:50 +0000

providence12345:

He had solid freshman year (3.67) but no math. He wants to switch his major to physics.



Does have have any calculus from high school? Nevertheless, he is probably at least a semester behind for the physics major if he has not taken any physics (for physics majors) courses, and probably two semesters behind if he has no calculus.

It may be possible to cram a physics major into six semesters (or nine quarters) if he carefully maps the prerequisites of the required courses, and there is no (remaining) prerequisite chain that is longer than that.