Eleanor Roosevelt College

Quantitative and Formal Skills

This two course requirements may be taken for letter or P/NP grade.  Choose two courses from the list below. Courses in bold are offered in fall quarter.

Courses intended for non-math, non-science/engineering majors and
non-Pre-Medical Students

FORMAL LOGIC

  • LIGN 17  — Making & Breaking Codes
  • PHIL 10 — Introduction to Logic
  • PHIL 12  — Logic & Decision Making

STATISTICS

  • COGS 14  ‡ — Design & Analysis of Experiments
  • POLI 30  ‡ — Political Inquiry
  • PSYC 60  ‡ — Introduction to Statistics
  • SOCI 60  ‡ — The Practice of Social Research
  • CSE 3 — Fluency in Information Technology
  • MAE 5  — Quantitative Computer Skills
  • MATH 11 (and *11L) - Elementary Probability & Statistic
‡ Not recommended during your first quarter at UC San Diego.
* 11L not required by ERC but is course co-requisite
 

Courses intended for math, science/engineering majors and Pre-Medical Students

MATHEMATICS

  • MATH 3C # — Pre-Calculus
  • MATH 4C # — Pre-Calculus, Science & Engineering
  • MATH 10A, 10B, 10C — Calculus
  • MATH 20A, 20B, 20C — Calculus, Science & Engineering

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

  • CSE 5A — Introduction to Programming I
  • CSE 8A, 8B ** — Intro. to Computer Science; Java
  • CSE 11 ** — Intro. to Computer Science; Java
  • ECE 15—Engineering Computation
  • COGS 18 — Intro. to Programming for Cognitive Science
  • MAE 9 — C/C++ Programming

**  Available only to CSE majors Fall quarter
#  Prerequisite for the calculus sequence. Take only if you need calculus for your major.
 

Majors requiring the 10 series of Calculus:

Economics, All Biology (except Molecular), ANY pre-med (unless major requires 20 series), Psychology (BA),
Cognitive Science (BA), Environmental Systems, some Environmental Science

Majors requiring the 20 series of Calculus:

Earth Science, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Science (BS), all Engineering/Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Math, some Environmental Science, Management  Science, Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts, Psychology (BS). If you want to leave as many possible major options open, take the 20 series.


Planning your Math Courses if you need to Take Calculus

Calculus Sequence

Check the UC San Diego General Catalog for appropriate choices for your major.  Refer to your math placement results to determine your starting point.
Math placement website: http://mathtesting.ucsd.edu/


Math Course Placement Based on AP/IB Scores

AB Advanced Placement Exam

Official Score Enroll in:
1 Take MATH Placement Exam
2 MATH 10A or 20A
3 MATH 10B or 20A
4 MATH 10B or 20B
5 MATH 10B or 20B
 

BC Advanced Placement Exam

Official Score Enroll in:
1 Use AB sub-score /Take
MATH Placement Exam
2 MATH 10A or 20A
3 MATH 10C or 20B
4 MATH 10C or 20C
5 MATH 10C, 20C, or 31AH

IB Exam

Official Score Enroll in
Score of 5, 6 or 7 MATH 10B or 20B
*For more information, consult the Math Placement Office