Mathematics is the study of shape, quantity, pattern and structure. Desjardins, BSc, MSc, MSc, PhD (UTM, CLTA)Īssociate Professors Emeriti, Teaching Stream If I can do this, you can do this, and we can maybe even help each other out or something.Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate) I just pretend the textbook is my teacher, which in a lot of classes is truly the case, and like I said, lately I have discovered khanacademy, which speeds up learning a lot.
I know it sounds crazy, but for one, I won’t really be doing a whole lot else this summer except for brushing up on some other subjects, and two, I am a HS dropout and already had to teach myself elementary, intermediate, and most of college algebra, as well as trigonometry. I’m thinking about teaching myself Calc I (M408C UT Austin) in about 8 weeks of intensive study (May 10th-June 30th), then taking a self-paced online extension course in Calc II (M408D) from July 1st-August 31st, and then during the add/drop week trying to add Discrete Mathematics (M325) or Advanced Calculus (427K) for the fall semester. Use khanacademy and your school tutoring center for support. Jw, I definitely think you can do it if you commit yourself to studying. Of course, it is totally up to how your curriculum is structured. But I didn’t have any problems with the same material in calculus 3 (which is done in xyz plane, rather than xy plane).įor me it is important to kill a math / science earlier so I can move on with my upper-level study. The only confusing part of calculus II would be the integration. Kill liberal arts over summer - good idea too. Some schools, however, have easier professors in the summer (don’t ask me which, a big state university…) and everyone just takes the hardest science / math class during the summer.Īt CCNY the summer math section is 3 hours each day, 3 or 4 days per week. SO if you meet 4 times a week three times a week it is equivalent to the regular semester. Regular semester you probably meet at most 3 times a week (we have either twice a week, or three times a week, and the latter is shorter per class, of course). Honestly, I’d push Calc II to the Fall semester if I were you.
CALCULUS 2 UF SERIES
It will free up time for you to learn Sequences and Series at the end of the class. If you know all of those topics before you go into the class, then it will be a breeze. If you do attempt the 6 week class you should study 4 key things (beforehand) which will get you through it: The class moves at such a fast pace that you can be quickly left behind. The biggest problem would be getting “stuck” on a topic that you don’t learn adequately. Just sitting in a class like Calc II for 3.5 hours straight is difficult, but you still have to learn the material. You’d have to go to class for 3.5 hours a day, four days a week. Even in a 12 week session I had to go 4 days a week for 1:30 or 1:45 a day.Ħ week session would probably be a little insane for Calc II.
I took Calc II in a 12 week summer session last year and it wasn’t too bad. I have seen a lot of posts saying the summer is a nightmare, but I want to think wisely as knocking it out sooner will be convenient. What do you know about taking Calculus II over summer B versus in a regular semester? Do students typically favor one mode over the other? Is the class considered easier, harder, or about the same? I am not worried about the difficulty as much as the demanding workload of a summer class, especially Calculus II. The increased speed of material may prove to be too fast for me to master the concepts. I am worried that the fast pace of the summer classes will not work out well with Calculus II, which I am aware is a challenging class. I will most likely score a 4 or 5 on the exam coming up. I am in AP Calculus AB right now, and I am doing well. I am researching potential classes to sign up for to take in the Summer B session, and I am considering taking Calculus II over the summer as one of my classes (the other would be something less rigorous - probably a lower level general education requirement). I will be entering UF this Summer B as a freshman I plan to study industrial and systems engineering.
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