<p>What calculator should I get? What calculators do professors allow/use/like/suggest?</p>
<p>God willing...a TI-83 and above. Really depends what classes you're taking.</p>
<p>Intro econ courses are the only ones that I know of that don't allow programmable calculators for the exams. They say "four function" only, but you can still get away with scientific.</p>
<p>some other intro courses (either chemistry or physics) also want scientific calculators or less (no graphing)</p>
<p>depends on your major. You should def. have a scientific one on hand if you're taking science classes or intro econ. I'd get higher than a TI83 if you're going into econ, math, stats etc.</p>
<p>ti-84 plus / silver</p>
<p>I'm an engineering major and will probably do a bit of calculus as well as some econ.</p>
<p>The 89 can do it all. Many engineers have told me that it was a wise investment. It shouldn't take that much time to learn it.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have an 89 and it's great (I'm a finance and stats major). It's not THAT much more expensive than an 83/84 but can do a lot more things. It's def. worth it for engineering.</p>
<p>I believe Calc 1 and 2 recommend a TI-83 (or 84). Calculator use drops off for many higher math courses. Despite being in engineering, I haven't seen many people with an 89 but it's supposed to be a good calculator.</p>
<p>Based on what I've seen, I agree that calculator drops off for higher level math courses. I know more engineering majors that use the 89 than math majors, which I guess is because of all the theory and less computation for advanced math courses. </p>
<p>Niihla, do you think we'll ever need the BA II or BA II Professional?</p>
<p>we need BA II Plus Professional Calculator for FIN 300, just checked the syllabus.</p>