AEO Math Course Selection.

Colleges and Universities A-Z North Carolina State University
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<p>Wazzapnin'. :cool:</p>

<p>I need a bit of help with selecting a math class at NC State. I'll be taking it over the summer through the AEO program. I would like your opinion on the difficulty and the amount of work involved in some of the classes. </p>

<p>I have finished BC Calculus. My top choice at the moment is Linear Algebra. The other choice I would have would be Multivariable Calculus. I see that there are many options I can choose within Linear Algebra, such as Elementary Linear Algebra, Introduction to Linear Algebra and Matrices, and just Linear Algebra. </p>

<p>I am not familiar with the details of these three classes, as I am accustomed to just plain old Linear Algebra generally coming after BC Calculus. But, when I look through the course descriptions, Introduction to Linear Algebra and Matrices seems to best match what I had in mind. </p>

<p>Thus, my question is what course should I take? Should I even take Linear Algebra. or should I go with Multivariable Calculus? I have watched MIT's OCW Linear Algebra video lecture and it seems that I would enjoy it more than Calculus III. What would you recommend? Is there a class that is notorious for being difficult that I should try to avoid? </p>

<p>Thank you very much for your advice.</p>

<p>~ CT.</p>

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<p>Any advice? :)</p>

<p>What is your opinion on taking both Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra at once [since they are corequisites]? Would you discourage it?</p>

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<p>man i have no idea... i've been looking at a lot of calculus text books and multivariable calculus is not much of a step up from bc... as for linear algebra, I don't know enough about this class at state to give you any advice...</p>

<p>try talkin to your high school calculus teacher/math department</p>

<p>best of luck</p>

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<p>It is a very good idea to take both at the same time. A lot of vector calculus in Multivariable Calculus involves Linear Algebra (especially determinants).</p>