<p>To people who have taken these classes, I was wondering if a solid understanding of calculus 2 is needed in order to excel in Cal 3. </p>
<p>In my schedule, I was planning to take calc 2, have a year in gap, then take calc 3, which by then I would have forgotten a lot of calculus 2. </p>
<p>Ditto for Linear algebra..</p>
<p>Any comments?</p>
<p>I have taken all 3 of these classes (yay actuarial science and finance 2x major). Calc 2 is very challenging and will make calc 3 look easy. You WILL need certain fundamentals of Calc 2 (think Integration methods, polar coordinates/graphing/area, arc length, converting between, etc), but it is much more of the conceptual aspects of calc 2 that you will need to brush up on. Linear doesnt really use much calc 2 at all. In other words, you should be gine, but be sure to brush up on c2 for c3</p>
<p>You could probably do linear without knowing any calc, so you’re fine in that sense. Calc 3 uses some things from 2, but nothing to intense like series. As long as you brush up beforehand you should be fine.
It would also help if one of your other classes were calc based like econ or phyics, so you’re constantly using the techniques.</p>