<p>I took Calc I and got an A for my first semester at school...and a corequisite for a course I want to take next semester is calculus III. How important is it to take calculus II before III? Another motivating factor is that the calc III teacher is known to be much easier than the calc II teacher...</p>
<p>It's impossible to say without knowing what each of those courses covers. Every school is different so 'Calc III' dosen't really provide enough info to answer the question. If in doubt, it's probably best to either chat to some of the folks in the math dept or friends that have taken those courses and can provide more detailed advice.</p>
<p>I've only taken calc I myself, but my guess is you'd probably have a pretty tough time trying to skip calc II</p>
<p>Agreed on talking to people at your school. People at my school regularly skip calc II. For some reason, the rumor is that it's really hard (maybe because you learn series?). And apparently, calc III material doesn't overlap at all with calc II.</p>
<p>At my school at least, Calc III is just calc I in three dimensions.</p>
<p>I would NOT skip calc II. In calc II you pretty much integrate the heck out of things. If you don't become a strong integrator, you will die in calc III.</p>
<p>Calc II is basically integration techniques and series. I would assume the techniques would be fundamental if calc three also has integration, otherwise you will be lost. I am a master of integration and can decipher any series btw.</p>
<p>It depends on what Calc3 is, but the answer is probably no. At my school, we have the Calc series as a series of 2 courses and as a series of 3 courses (taking the material slowly, obviously). The other Calc classes are stuff like multidimensional calc, etc.</p>
<p>Email the Calc III professor and ask him.</p>
<p>Calc III=mutivariable calculus</p>
<p>Generally, Calc I and II are the basics. From there, you cover linear algebra, multivariable calc, and differential equations. On semesters (as opposed to quarters), the last three are usually covered in Calc III and Calc IV. Linear algebra may not require Calc II, but multivariable and diffeq almost certainly will. You just won't have enough experience with integration otherwise.</p>
<p>Don't skip it unless you can already integrate really well. Calc II material isn't really relevent calc III except integration, so as long as you can integrate you don't need calc II. Like everyone else said, ask the professor first though.</p>