<p>My school has two calculus classes the intro to calc(5 hours) and precalc(4 hours) from what I understand the former is a brief overview of calculus in its entirety whereas the latter is more in depth and prepares you better for later calculus classes such as calc1+2 which go for more breadth. My current math professor didn't explain this very well to me so I'm a bit confused as to which one would be the best for me, the only college level math I have taken thus far is a business statistics(math135 at my school)</p>
<p>Since I'm applying for transfer admission next year at UNC, Virginia and some other schools I was wondering which one would be better from an admissions standpoint. If it helps my major is probably going to be in business or economics.</p>
<p>if the pre-calc better prepared you for calc, than take that. you will definately need to understand calc if you are majoring in econ. have you not taken calc before?</p>
<p>No I haven't actually, the highest level math I have taken was in high school and it was algebra3/advanced functions/modeling. It's been such a long time since I doubt I will remember enough for it to matter though.</p>
<p>Is there any way to ask this question to someone at one of the schools you're planning to transfer to?</p>
<p>I think I mentioned that I talked to my current math professor and she just confused me further about it. I think I will end up taking the 4 hour precalc over the 5 hour intro though I don't have room for a 5 hour class since I'm already at 19.</p>
<p>No, I mean talk to someone in admissions from UNC, Virgina, et. al.</p>
<p>Over here in Cali, there's this website (assist.org) that lists matriculation agreements between the CCs, the UCs, and the CSUs. We can check to see exactly what classes the 4 years want us to have before we transfer. Not sure if you have something similar in your state, so the next best thing is to ask at the source.</p>
<p>yes, sorry about that. It's a good idea I shall have to see if I can talk to someone about it.</p>