<p>Are you required to take prerequisites before taking certain classes like Calculus? </p>
<p>For example, my school requires Pre-calculus and Plane Trigonometry before you can take Calculus 1.</p>
<p>“prerequisite: A score of at least 560 on the sat mathematics level 1 test, or mathematics 305g or 505g with a grade of at least c”</p>
<p>What course is Math 505g, is it just 5 credits of Pre-Cal?</p>
<p>The math requirement depends on the college you’re entering, for COLA you’re required 6 total hours of math, depending, 3 are required by the state and can include college algebra and 3 are required by COLA but must be anything above college algebra, so if you have taken college precalc or college calc you’re done with the math credit…thats how I did it, thank God for dual credit! lol</p>
<p>[Required</a> Tests](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/required.html]Required”>http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/required.html)</p>
<p>If you are in the college of natural science, you have to take an online Aleks placement test before registering for any math class (even if you already have credit for calculus through AP or community college classes).</p>
<p>after taking the ALEKS test, i got placed in M408C, but calculus is my weakest subject…</p>
<p>so should i start off with 408K…or is 408C okay?</p>
<p>i failed both cal AP tests with 1’s…so what should I do??</p>
<p>What is the major difference between C and K? Is K,L,M easier? I’m really worried about D next spring</p>
<p>If you took Calculus in high school, C and D is doable. If you have never seen caculus before or your not very good at it, take K, L, M for the love of your GPA. If you decide to take C and D, there is a supplement course you can take that is based off of attendance only so its an easy A and will makeup for the difficulties you might have in C and D.</p>
<p>C is a mix of both differential and integral</p>
<p>K is only differential…so which should I go for??</p>
<p>K,L,M is at a slower pace and covers the same as C and D except for series and sequences. Take that route if you are not confident in keeping up and if you don’t mind the extra semester of calculus. 408C is like a more rigorous version of calc BC, so if you think you are able to remember most of what you learned from BC, then you should do fine. Chiasmus from another thread mentioned that C and D are designed for engineers with free responses+partial credit whereas K,L,M are multiple choice.</p>
<p>If you are strong at math and have been in the past, and you did well in pre-cal: take C.</p>
<p>Think of C and D as an “accelerated” version of Calculus. You can complete the “whole set” of Calculus in 2 semesters. KLM is the regular version, and will take 3 semesters.</p>
<p>[Of course, prior math performance does not guarantee or predict performance in calculus. I was always a math whiz, so it was no issue to me. People who always made straight A’s in math started making B’s and C’s in calc because it’s so different. Some, who took regular (non honors) precal at my high school and made a low B, who took Calc, started making high B’s and even A’s in calc. It all depends on your work ethic and ability to “get” the topic. Just remember it is REALLY REALLY cumulative. If you don’t understand one thing, make sure to get help on it, since calc builds on itself as the units progress.]</p>
<p>If your major only requires K and L (which most do), then just take those unless you feel you will have a need for multivariable calculus in your future, if you plan on taking more math classes after that, or if you just love math.</p>
<p>Edit: About the free-response vs multiple choice above, yeah that is true and what I have heard as well. Multiple choice is not better though, because it’s all credit or nothing. At least with free response you can claim some partial credit. Of course you can’t guess either. But partial credit is easier than guessing. If you guess wrong, you’re wrong.</p>
<p>Also I hear KLM the tests are made by the department as a whole, whereas in C/D the teacher makes the tests. He/she would know what you have covered better, and be able to tailor the test to what he/she taught.</p>
<p>Unrelated you vstexas09’s question, but I still want to say it: If you took Calc BC in high school, take D and not M to finish the whole set of calculus (if you want/need to). Why? Because D covers things like sequences and series, which you already know! So you will start off already knowing about the first topic, and that can help you get at least one easy high test grade. That is, if you were good at seq/series.</p>
<p>ok…so i’m a bio major…i only need two courses…but does it matter when applying to med school??</p>
<p>Should I take calc L or start over with K? I got credit for k already.</p>
<p>ikari, I suggest you take L. That way, you can finish calc sooner and integration pretty much goes over derivation anyways.</p>
<p>if you’re bio major, you just have to do 2 courses, correct?</p>
<p>so K and L or C and D can fulfill these requirements, right??</p>
<p>Correct.</p>
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<p>ampzor mentioned that there is a calc supplemental course to help students out. i’m not 100% on this, but i think that supplemental course is only under the “General Engineering” classes in the registrar system so it should only be offered to engineers.</p>
<p>Yes my fault. It is only for engineering majors so disregard my statement if you’re not an engineering major.</p>