UC Berkeley EECS - AP Credit Transfer

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<p>Of course! If you take AP Calculus BC test and get a 5, Berkeley will award you 8 units worth of credit so you only have 112 more units to take here.</p>

<p>Here are some helpful AP tests to take to reduce the workload in EECS. I will list them in order of importance and effect reducing your course load:

  • AP Calculus BC: definitely take it and get a 5 so you don’t have to take Math 1A and 1B
  • AP English Lang/Lit: doesn’t matter which one; take one and get at least 4 since it will reduce one of the R&C requirements
  • AP Physics C Mechanics: get a 5, and skip out of Physics 7A
  • Up to 2 humanities AP’s that are counted toward Humanities/Social Science requirement: this includes Art History, Macro or Micro Economics, World History, U.S. History, European History, U.S./Comparative Government, and Psychology.
  • AP Chem: Counted towards 11 units of natural science
  • AP Bio: Counted towards 11 units of natural science</p>

<p>This webpage pretty much has everything you need to know regarding EECS. (<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/Notes/12-13ugradhandbook.pdf[/url]”>New Grads: As Soon As You Arrive - EECS at Berkeley)
After you take the AP exams, I would definitely spend your summer thinking about which option in EECS you would like to take.</p>

<p>Also use our undergraduate handbook for College of Engineering (<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/COE_Announcement_2012-2013.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/COE_Announcement_2012-2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) and read it whenever you can since you find new small piece of information every time you read.</p>