Course Selection

[ajacquez]

Hey guys,
I'm currently taking classes at a local uni to get my math background up with one of the hopes being to apply to MFE programs in a year or so. I was wondering what classes would be useful for pre-reqs. When I look through the site Calc 1-3, differential equations, and linear algebra are fairly straight forward in regards to selecting the classes. However, people often just list statistics and probability but what should those classes cover to make sure they're good preparation?

 

[AppliedMath]

Courses like Probability and Statistics are rather standard. My assumption is that your school joins Prob with Stat as "Class 1", then has 2 more Stat Clasess 2,3. This is really all you need. It's more about how much you can remember once you're done. I've taken stat classes more than once, and interestingly, many do not really teach more than the top 4-5 probability distributions.

What you should do is find the "cheat sheet" for Cals 1, Calc 2, Calc 3, Prob, Stat 1, Stat 2, and Lin Alg/DIff Eq.
(e.g. linear algebra cheat sheet - بحث Google )

If there's something on the cheatsheet that isn't on your syllabus, you can get the gist of it, and know what to look up on your own. Not sure your location, but most community colleges do a good job of getting the right content into their math classes. If you're paranoid, go to www.berkeley.edu and read the blurbs for the equivalent classes as a comparison. I feel confident that your program will have what it needs. Courses numbered 100+ are "upper division" (i.e. prerequisites completed and now major is declared).

• Mathematics (MATH) < University of California, Berkeley
  • Look at the following, and compare to your course catalog
  • Math 1A - Calc 1 part 1
  • Math 1B - Calc 1 paart 2
  • Math 53 - Multi Variable
  • Math 54 - Lin Alg and Diff Eq
• Statistics (STAT) < University of California, Berkeley
  • Look at
  • Stat 134 - Prob
  • Stat 135 - Stat
  • (or Stat 20 [lower division] - Prob + Stat