<p>Well, the thing about classes at Berkeley is that nobody checks you for your prereqs. So even someone who didn’t take Math 1A (or AP Calculus) could still take CS 61A.</p>
<p>Besides, CS 61A (or at least, when I took it) does really use calculus. When I took CS 61A, pretty much the only time they mentioned calculus stuff was when they talked about Newton’s Method, and even then, you didn’t really have to be a calculus expert to understand the concept and its usage.</p>