<p>Hi all, I'm a freshman in the engineering school. I am in the process of transferring to the business school, but I have to up my GPA. I am taking Calc 2 this semester, but I won't need it if I go to business. However, if I don't like Business and somewhere down the line, I go back to engineering, I don't want to have to retake Calc 1 again. But if I take Calc 2, I know that I will have to put it A LOT of time in the material, and it may take me away from my other classes...so I may not be able to up my GPA to get admission to the business school. I like Calculus, and I would have taken it and gotten the B if I didn't have to worry about my GPA...but it'll be really risky if I go through with it. My other classes this semester have a pretty decent workload altogether....what do you guys think?</p>
<p>Are you sure that you will be able to transfer back into the engineering school if you get bored with the business school? I believe it's difficult to get back into once you leave (given the highly structured engineering curriculum of most schools).</p>
<p>You raise a good point.
The situation is basically, I amtaking an engineering course (CALC 2), and two Business courses right now, an intro class, and Econ. I can take this semester to see if I like Business, and then fully transfer into it next semester, leaving Engineering behind me (and yes, making it VERY hard to get back).<br>
However, if I don't like Business and STICK with Calc 2 this semester, I won't be behind in math. I will be behind in any other engineering that I do, though. If I don't take Calc 2, I am still in the engineering school, but if I also don't like business, then I just basically took a semester full of classes to increase my hours.</p>
<p>Don't underestimate the importance of calculus for business. Many universities require their business majors to take calculus (though yours may not), and you will definitely need the extra calculus background if you decide to take more economics. The calculus class will help you no matter what.</p>
<p>my school requires "business calculus 1" for business majors, and the prerequisite-Finite Math. I tested out of Finite Math and I took Calc 1 for engineers already.. I asked my professor about business calc, and he said it has no trig in it. I already took Calc 1 for engineers which emphasizes applications such as rates of change...but anything beyond calc 1 is not required for busniess.</p>
<p>What the hell is Calc without trig??</p>
<p>Calculus with polynomials and exponential/transcendental functions only. </p>
<p>Although, I'd think the cyclical nature of the periodic trig functions could be useful in business applications.</p>
<p>I second B@r!um's recommendation. Calculus is a highly useful and powerful tool for many fields. If you plan to pursue your business studies, you will undoubtedly take many upper level economics courses that will make much use of calculus. Completing the second calculus course only puts you in a position where you will be better prepared and more adept than your fellow business students who only took Calc Lite. Definitely stick with calc II.</p>