# Transfer Preparation Requirements

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college/requirements-for-mathematics-majors
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college

## Major Information

- [Applied Mathematics](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=072)
- [Financial Actuarial Mathematics](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?id=385)
- [Mathematics](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=540)
- [Mathematics/Applied Science](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=545)
- [Mathematics/Economics](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=778)
- [Mathematics for Teaching](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=389)
- [Mathematics of Computation](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=536)

## Major Preparation Requirements

### Required courses for all mathematics majors

- One and a half years of calculus through multivariable
- Linear algebra OR differential equations

### Strongly recommended courses

- Complete the full calculus series including linear algebra and differential equations
- One introductory course in C++

Additional requirements for the Mathematics majors can be found at [math.ucla.edu](https://ww3.math.ucla.edu/).

## Department Homepage

- [Mathematics Department](https://ww3.math.ucla.edu)

\* Financial Actuarial Mathematics and Mathematics/Economics are highly selective. Demand for these majors significantly exceeds space available.

\* Students are classified as pre-majors until lower-division preparation courses are completed at UCLA.

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