Which Calculus

**David03** · 05-09-2006, 05:26 PM

Calc I for bus/life/soc or Calc & analytic Geom I.

I need one more math class to go with my two year chem degree. Which would be better or the easiest.

**OSTIE** · 05-09-2006, 06:19 PM

Not sure if I totally understand what the first calculus class all covers, but if your a chem major, you definately want one that would better suit your major.... In this case, I think choice 2 would better suit ur major, but I think will also be the most difficult....

**JohnboyF** · 05-09-2006, 06:22 PM

Calc for Business i can give you the topic lists

1) Future, Present values and annuites
2) Matricies , Matriceis problems
3) Probabilty
4) Curve Sketching ( max min)
5) Deratives ( chain product quotient rule)
6) partial deratvies

I took it for my Business course i got 65 in Highschool and 74 in University.

**RuhlFreak55** · 05-09-2006, 06:24 PM

i thought regular calc one was pretty easy....got an A+...not sure what that other option is

**mcpeepants** · 05-09-2006, 06:49 PM

i would recommend taking a differential equations class, a programming language (mathematica or something like that), or a statistics class. Take differential equations only if you have taken or know the materials Calc 1 and 2 (limits and derivitives, derivitve rules and applications, integrals, integral techniques and applicaitons)

**Sepsis** · 05-09-2006, 07:11 PM

business calc is by far the easiest in my oppinion

***Billy_Bathgate*** · 05-09-2006, 10:35 PM

the first is easiest IMO

although analytical geometry is easy as hell too

its a tough call, personally i hate statistics stuff, so i would go with the second. isnt not hard, just crap to remeber.

ive taken calc 1, 2, 3, diff eq/anyl geo , boundary value problems

after the last one i was like...uh enough..im almost a math major

cal 1 though, IMO is not hard at all. derivitives are really easy to do once you get your rythem. and the first half of the class is mostly with graphs and limits, so that may or may not be easy for you.

**PhishStasH** · 05-09-2006, 11:07 PM

I would go w/ the 2nd IMO. I personally hate statistics and never made less than an A in mathematics until I took Biostatistics. Even got A's in Calc 2 and 3.

**Prada** · 05-10-2006, 12:18 AM

Matrices is more linear algebra.
Some people have difficulty with derivatives and/or limits.
IMO if your comfortable with that you should be alright.

**Tren Bull** · 05-10-2006, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by David03

Calc I for bus/life/soc or Calc & analytic Geom I.

I need one more math class to go with my two year chem degree. Which would be better or the easiest.

it sounds like you got the choice between business calc and science calc. you should go for cal 1 for bus/life/soc. calc and analytic geomitry is probably the calc meant for scientists / engineers (which means itl be alot harder).

**Tren Bull** · 05-10-2006, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by FaizakaFez

Calc for Business i can give you the topic lists

1) Future, Present values and annuites
2) Matricies , Matriceis problems
3) Probabilty
4) Curve Sketching ( max min)
5) Deratives ( chain product quotient rule)
6) partial deratvies

I took it for my Business course i got 65 in Highschool and 74 in University.

man, you're trippin. partial dericatives is in calc 3 (the one meant for scientists/engineers)

**Tren Bull** · 05-10-2006, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by mcpeepants

i would recommend taking a differential equations class, a programming language (mathematica or something like that), or a statistics class. Take differential equations only if you have taken or know the materials Calc 1 and 2 (limits and derivitives, derivitve rules and applications, integrals, integral techniques and applicaitons)

you need alot of math behind you before you take diff eq. thats a pretty high up math class

**PhishStasH** · 05-10-2006, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by Tren Bull

you need alot of math behind you before you take diff eq. thats a pretty high up math class

Hah, was thinking the same thing. Isn't like Calc 3 a pre-req for Diff Eq?

**OSTIE** · 05-10-2006, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by PhishStasH

Hah, was thinking the same thing. Isn't like Calc 3 a pre-req for Diff Eq?

Its usually different for every school, but as I recall, that was the sequence I had to take.... Diff Eq was alot easier for me than calc 3.... I think I barely pulled off a C+ in Calc3, but set the curve for just about every exam in Diff. Eq.... go figure....

Its been only a year and a half since Ive taken those classes and I cant remember most of that sh!t anyways...

BTW, since you would be applying this math in a scientifical environment more than a business environment, i would still go with the engineering calc even though it will probably be harder...

**Tren Bull** · 05-10-2006, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by PhishStasH

Hah, was thinking the same thing. Isn't like Calc 3 a pre-req for Diff Eq?

yea it is. diff eq is the highest math class they offer at my school (its a community college)

**JohnboyF** · 05-10-2006, 09:29 PM

I don't know tren we did Partial Dertatives in 1st year uni for the last couple of weeks.

**Tren Bull** · 05-10-2006, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by FaizakaFez

I don't know tren we did Partial Dertatives in 1st year uni for the last couple of weeks.

you mean you are doing partial derivatives in calc 1? wtf?

**JohnboyF** · 05-10-2006, 09:44 PM

Yea man it was a full year course its wasnt too hard but we did do partial dertvies finding the max and min with partial dertatives dont remember it no but we did do it