How much math knowledge before taking Ordinary Differential Equations?

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<p>I'm a junior and I'm taking College Chem I this semester as an evening class two nights a week. It's going really well.</p>

<p>I took a look at the Spring 2012 schedule so I can take another class in the spring. Two classes interest me: College Chem II (which is Organic Chem) and Ordinary Differential Equations</p>

<p>I really like math and I want to take Ordinary Differential Equations since my school is not that strong in math and I want to take advantage of my resources at my CC.</p>

<p>But how much math knowledge do I need before that class? I'm currently in AP Calc AB (highest math class at my school), so will half a year of AP Calc AB be sufficient for Ordinary Differential Equations?</p>

<p>Like if I can do basic derivatives and other basic calculus stuff, will I be okay? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Here, have a look at these notes:</p>

<p><a href=“http://javeeh.net/lecnotes/odes.pdf[/url]”>http://javeeh.net/lecnotes/odes.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>At least in my school, ODE comes after multivaraible, so you’d be jumping in really early! There doesn’t seem to be anything beyond Calc AB in these notes, though, so you should be fine. </p>

<p>It’s a really different style of math, and it might be tough at first. You might want to get a bit of a head start on those notes now to see how you do.</p>

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<p>You won’t need much beyond basic integration and differentiation. Go for it. Be sure that they’ll allow you to take it, though; when I tried to sign up for it, I didn’t have an AP test or anything that showed that I already had Calc 1+2 down, so the college didn’t allow me to take it. (I’m planning to take it this year.)</p>