<p>hi, me and 5 other people are trying to do multivariable calculus at our school. the problem is, our teacher quit, and so our school told us to do distance learning on stanford's EPGY courses. however, i'm hesitant to use them - my brother didn't like those courses at all. So, does anyone suggest a course of action? Any recommended distance learning programs, or maybe could we look at nearby colleges [northeast ohio, so case western and cleveland state university are probably choices] for choices? help :)</p>
<p>Learn at the nearby college. EPGY MV Calc doesn't go nearly in-depth with concepts or theory as real University course should.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that university courses are often pretty hands-off with their teaching -- the ones I took via local state university never assigned homework, and our grade for the semester was entirely based on two tests. Distance-learning programs are also pretty hands-off (as expected), but usually assign mandatory problem sets. But really, oftentimes it doesn't matter who you learn the course from -- all that matters is that you read the textbook, do the problems, and understand the material. If you follow that recipe, you'll be fine regardless of where you take the course. The only thing a course really needs to provide is the syllabus (and a deadline of sorts).</p>
<p>Okay, I forgot what the point of this post was. But hey, it's 1:23 AM :)</p>
<p>"But really, oftentimes it doesn't matter who you learn the course from -- all that matters is that you read the textbook, do the problems, and understand the material."
This is good advice because I was thinking of doing MV Calc at a Community College but it's like an 1.5 hour drive away. The CC also has an online thing so I might do that. Thanks.</p>
<p>I second what Animus said. EPGY MV spends 2/3 of the course on what is essentially non-calc busywork. The tutor my two classmates and I had was also very unhelpful, and we had no resources at home or school to help us with any questions we had. I'm going to retake the course in college, since I feel that I really did not cover what I needed to move onto the next course level. I know a girl who took MV at a nearby college and was VERY happy with her experience.</p>