<p>I’m attending Barnard in the fall and I know I will have to take Calculus my first year because I’m thinking about doing pre-med.</p>
<p>HOWEVER: my high school had a VERY WEAK math department and I know i’m not ready to take Calc, so I’m taking “College Algebra and Analytical Geometry” my first semester, which is geared at students with little math experience. </p>
<p>Has anyone taken this class at Barnard?? What is it like? Will it prepare me for Calculus for the the second semester?</p>
<p>Oh philosophy is totally fulfilling my “mathy” 9 ways of knowing requirement. No way am I ever taking math again. Intro to logic, here I come!</p>
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<p>Beware, figureskater: my D said much the same thing. Ended up falling in love with a particular science discipline and taking EXTRA math and things like organic chem (EXTRA classes…for FUN!!!). Barnard can be sneaky like that. :)</p>
<p>but i have to take it for calc. i MUST be a pathologist</p>
<p>I haven’t looked at the course description but analytical geometry should be a good intro to calculus. Calculus is the study of change – remember Newton invented it to describe the orbits of celestial bodies. You are likely to have some exposure to concepts covered in analytical geometry that will help in calculus.</p>