<p>If the pre-reqs are offered at your CCC you need to complete them to TAG.</p>
<p>Even as a regular student, completing only two of seven for the major (with all of them offered at your CCC), wiill get you rejected at every UC. Pre-reqs are crucial determinants, along with GPA.</p>
<p>You need to go lay out a plan with a counselor.</p>
<p>I talked to a UCSB math adviser when I was in a similar situation. While you can TAG and get accepted with the TAG, she highly discouraged it if I wanted to graduate in 2 years. Also UCSB you have to appeal to stay for more than 2 years. With a max of 3 years. Up to you though, what are your reasons for wanting to leave Foothill so soon? I used to hate community college and now I am willing to stay a third year to explore other majors and to increase my chances for better schools. Community college really is a good option for most people. Id say try to finish the rest of your requirements before transfer.</p>
<p>Hi Zerglingdude,
As someone who transferred to and then graduated from UCSB with a BS in math, I cannot over-emphasize how important it is to finish the CC math classes before transferring. So yes, the advice given to TheKracken (probably from Christina) was right on the money. Math courses are all but completely hijacked by other disciplines all the way through the second year of calculus, and there are not enough math majors at most universities to teach the subject in bona-fide math classes. So math majors are required to take first and second year calculus courses anyway, despite a feeble connection to future math to be learned.
Because of this wonky path math majors around the country are force into, there is a huge bottle-neck of actual math classes that will greatly change your perspective on the subject. This is ideally done over the span of 3 or 4 years, since learning to use mathematical definitions and proofs for different fundamental subjects usually takes quite a bit of time to adjust to, but transfer students are hit particularly hard by this because they only have 2 (or 3 at the most) years to finish all of these courses.
To help with this up-hill battle, some of the employees at UCSB petitioned the NSF to create a scholarship program specifically for math major transfer students at UCSB that not only offers significant financial help but also mentorship from faculty and graduate students and regular presentations for mathematical enrichment. I would highly recommend applying to this program when you transfer.
UCSB has an excellent math program (although I’m admittedly biased) and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in pursuing a degree in the subject. However, I can’t stress enough how important it is to do as much as you can now to get ahead. Namely, by not only finishing those courses but also finding some entry-level pure math books in a subject you are interested in (graph theory, combinatorics and group theory are all fun subjects to get into–I was also sucked in by Tristen Needham’s Visual Complex Analysis, to give some examples). .
I hope this helps. Good luck! </p>
<p>Hey Icount. Just curious I will only be able to complete calc 1a and 1b (see 1st post for ref links) and would like to apply for the college of creative studies mathematics program. Do you think I should apply, or wait another year? Are you familiar with the CCS program. If so, can you elaborate about what the program is like? Thank You</p>