<p>I was thinking of taking this class (DEQ/MV Calc/Lin Alg in 2 semesters) and wondered if anyone else has already taken it and what was it like. Or maybe you knew someone who took it.</p>
<p>I took it. It’s in a classroom setting instead of a huge lecture but you’re also taught by a post-doc who just got his degree instead of a tenured faculty member (not necessarily a bad thing).</p>
<p>Not bad, not bad.</p>
<p>I am taking Linear Algebra at my high school and it is INCREDIBLY EASY!!! I understand that we have more class time at high school than at college, but we move microscopically slow. I still think its sort of fun (in a quirky math way), but its not challenging at all. </p>
<p>I did take MV Calc at Anne Arundel Community College (through high school) and that is pretty cool, too. We were rushed near the end and I had some trouble with surface integrals and stuff, but it was still a neat course to take. </p>
<p>I don’t know what the program at UMD is like, but my point is that the subjects themselves are relatively easy/moderate.</p>
<p>Hm, I’m wondering how this class is as well. Is there a decent number of freshmen in the class? I’m currently in multivariable calc at my high school, but I don’t really know how it is compared to an actual college Calc III class…</p>
<p>It’s not terrible. MATH340 focuses on Multivariable and Linear Algebra, and it goes at a pretty fast pace. If you already know one of the two subjects, you’re set. If you don’t, just try not to miss a lecture. At the very least, my professor was awesome, though the professors do change year by year. My only hope is that the book changes too. If they sentence your class to Williamson&Trotter’s Multivariable Mathematics, get another book for Multivariable. </p>
<p>From what I can tell so far, MATH341 is much easier, considering its focus is almost solely on DiffEq. It’s comparable enough to MATH246 with more proofs and a smaller class size.</p>
<p>The sequence does cover all of Calc III. There’s probably a little less practice and more theoretical focus compared to most Calc III courses, but I see that as an advantage. If you’ve already taken a Calc III course, that’s probably a pretty good foundation. </p>
<p>The class is almost exclusively Freshmen. There was one Sophomore last semester, but he dropped the class.</p>