How hard is freshman college Engineer Calculus?

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@spacygirl

for cornell, calc “1” is bc

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<p>That’s not true. Take a look at their [course</a> catalog](<a href=“http://courses.cornell.edu/content.php?filter[27]=MATH&filter[29]=&filter[course_type]=-1&filter[keyword]=&filter[32]=1&filter[cpage]=1&cur_cat_oid=22&expand=&navoid=5830&search_database=Filter#acalog_template_course_filter]course”>Course Descriptions - Cornell University - Acalog ACMS™). It reads the following:</p>

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Topics include functions and graphs, limits and continuity, differentiation and integration of algebraic, trigonometric, inverse trig, logarithmic, and exponential functions; applications of differentiation, including graphing, max-min problems, tangent line approximation, implicit differentiation, and applications to the sciences; the mean value theorem; and antiderivatives, definite and indefinite integrals, the fundamental theorem of calculus, substitution in integration, the area under a curve. Graphing calculators are used, and their pitfalls are discussed, as applicable to the above topics.

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<p>That is the same classic calculus 1 course that essentially all universities use and is the basis for AP Calculus AB. You couldn’t do the typical calculus 2 (or BC) things without having this as calculus 1 first.</p>