<p>I'm at the Honors program at my college and they only offer Calc with Analytic Geo but I could take Applied as a non-honors course. Does anyone know what the difference between the two is and, more importantly, which is easier? I'm coming from high school without having taken AP Calc, Honors Pre-Calc is as far as I've gone.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Applied Calc was a 3 credit class at my college and Analytical Calc w/Geometry was a 5 credit course. Obviously, AC w/ G was much more difficult. AnC w/ G also had a Trig prerequisite, and Applied Calc only needed the Algebra and pre-calc (equivalent) sequence as a prereq. You couldn’t do Applied Calc if you were a STEM major, that was only for the Business/Econ/Liberal Arts majors who needed a higher level math. BTW, Applied Calc was the terminal math in that sequence, and Analytical Calc was the beginning of the STEM sequence (leading to An Calc 2,…Differential Equations…etc…)</p>
<p>What collegemomto3 said. “Applied Calc” sounds like a business or econ major calc class. I think that in those classes, they don’t even equate the definite integral with the area under the curve. Calculus w/ analytic geometry is the class you want to take if you are in a STEM field. The applied one ought to be easier though.</p>
<p>I’m a biomedical sciences major. I’m not taking calc-based physics and I don’t need calc for the MCAT so should I still take the Analytic class?</p>