>taking something out of order I'd say the important thing to do is to really see what is and isn't necessary. At my college, it was very common to skip prereq

>taking something out of order I'd say the important thing to do is to really see what is and isn't necessary. At my college, it was very common to skip prerequisites and so on. My favorite class as a sophomore was a graduate applied mathematics class where I skipped both prerequisite undergraduate classes. At first I'd assumed from the course catalog that it wouldn't have been feasible and didn't even bring it up with my advisor, but then a couple of friends pointed me to it.