<p>If you’re an engineering student take it at UT, it will make your future math courses easier. If Calc is as high as you’re going to go in math, who cares where you take it.</p>
<p>I’m sorry to ask this, but… what is the content of calculus I and calculus II? I’m from overseas and we don’t call it “calculus” here =)</p>
<p>@eclipze,</p>
<p>At UT things may have changed since I took calculus in 1998, but when I was there:</p>
<p>Calc 1 was concerned with differentiation using the first derivative with an introduction to integration at the end.</p>
<p>Calc 2 was concerned with multivariable calculus, more integration and its use in statistical methods and use of series (like Taylor).</p>
<p>LOL I can’t believe I even remember that considering I took it more than 10 years ago and never used calculus in my work or post graduate education.</p>
<p>thanks! so, i guess graphing calculator is essential? what would you recommend? never used one XD</p>
<p>I think you should wait till the class starts before purchasing a calculator. The professor will usually make a recommendation and often restrict certain types of calculators. You wouldn’t want to go spend a bunch of money and then be told you can’t use it.</p>
<p>On one of my exams, we weren’t even allowed to use calculators.</p>
<p>As far as I know, no professors at UT allow calculators during midterms for Calculus classes. I wouldn’t invest in one right now because it is crucial that you learn how to do Calculus w/o a calculator as it will make your life easier.</p>
<p>AAli4Real is right, there are no calculators allowed for any test taken in calculus.</p>
<p>JacobsLadder, I don’t agree with your statement that taking calculus at UT will help you in future math classes. I am an engineering student and took only calc 3 at UT but I am doing well in the more advanced maths. IMHO, the only difference between UT’s calculus and a community college’s calculus is that UT uses the class to weed kids out of engineering.</p>
<p>Save yourself the headache of competing against all of the freshman who could have tested out of calculus but decided to take it for the “A”. I got a 93 in the class and ended up with an “A-”.</p>
<p>Hey, bumping this thread, especially for CAP students. Is Calc at UTSA hard?</p>
<p>bump</p>
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<p>I took Calculus 1 and 2 back to back last summer at HCC-Northline with Israel Nwaguru and made A’s in both. I highly recommend him! I think we had four midterm exams worth 20% each and homework worth 20%. He gave us review sheets identical to the exams, and we had many opportunities to work out problems on the board for extra credit. He’s also pretty chill and makes jokes during class, but he will tell you to go home if you come in late or use your phone during class. I enjoyed learning calculus from him so much that I decided to take him for Cal 3 even though I didn’t need it for my major. To do well in his class you will need a good TI calculator for the exams and homework (such as the TI-89 Titanium, which he’ll constantly remind you to invest in) and a decent knowledge of college algebra and trigonometry because you do have to work out your solutions step by step and turn them in with your answers or else it’s a 0.</p>
<p>How hard is Calc I and II at UTSA? Does anyone know?</p>