<p>exam? Currently I am in ILR and I am interested in Human Resources/Finance/Business in general. As a result, in addition to the ILR required courses of first year, I was wondering which math course I should take first semester?</p>
<p>My credentials so far are:</p>
<p>4 on Calc BC Exam (AB subscore: 4) (I am not a whiz at math but I am pretty good.)</p>
<p>5 on AB Calc (Junior Year)</p>
<p>For the record, I don't plan to be a math major. Instead, I plan to possibly minor (or at least have a bunch of math courses under my belt) to supplement my economic knowledge base. (I am also considering transferring into the CAS for an econ degree and a minor in mathematics.)</p>
<p>As of right now, my choices for possible math courses are:</p>
<p>Math 112 - Calculus II (Hmmm I am pretty sure BC covered Calc II didn't it? At least it touched on it heavily..)</p>
<p>Math 122 - Honors Calculus II - (A bit of the same hinderance as above..like repetitive nature but since it is an Honors course, it might be more in depth than what I learned before.)</p>
<p>Or can I possibly take:</p>
<p>Math 213 - Calculus III (Something new and based on the course description, not insanely filled with a lot of material.)</p>
<p>From what I know at UMiami at least, Calc III is basically an easier version/less indepth version of Multivariable Calculus, if you don't feel confident in the BC section you should probably take Calc II, if you feel confident, then probably Calc III.</p>
<p>I'm also new to this so...yeah don't quote me, but that's as far as I know.</p>
<p>If you're in ILR you don't need to retake Calc II. Students who retake courses don't always do well in them. Take calc III and learn something new. I don't know if Cornell offers a minor in economics.</p>
<p>I'd say go with Math 2130 Calc III. Even in the course description, it says: "Designed for students who wish to master the basic techniques of multivariable calculus, but whose major will not require a substantial amount of mathematics." So it'd be basically an easier version of multivariable, i'd think.</p>
<p>Also, CAS doesn't offer a minor in math. I think the only math minor is the Applied Math minor offered by engineering (i could be wrong).</p>
<p>I think the major problem that you guys are not taking into consideration is what if SplinterCell doesn't have enough of the fundamentals learned in Calc II to go onto Calc III, unless he puts in much more effort. It might be easier to redo something where he has some basis and put off Calc III until the next semester when he feels he's confident enough with Calc II.</p>
<p>Just for the record, I forger to mention that in my BC class in senior year, my teacher touched upon multivariable calculus. We did vectors, orthogonal planes, etc. and I believe we stopped at double integrals and applications of them such as area I believe. (I did fairly well in these calc III topics, like A-s mostly.)</p>
<p>Also, my Calc BC class was of moderate difficulty so I think that I should be alright for Calc 213 based on its description.</p>
<p>And for future reference, does it matter GPA wise if I take 213 or 122 or 112? (Like an A in any of those classes will be worth the same when calculating my GPA right?)</p>
<p>GPA wise it's the same, just like.. not to put you down or anything, but Calc is curved rather generously usually on APs.. like a 4 to be honest isn't that strong. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, be it bad day, stress, whatever, and the fact that you said you touched upon some multi topics, you should probably take Calc III then.</p>
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I think the major problem that you guys are not taking into consideration is what if SplinterCell doesn't have enough of the fundamentals learned in Calc II to go onto Calc III, unless he puts in much more effort. It might be easier to redo something where he has some basis and put off Calc III until the next semester when he feels he's confident enough with Calc II.
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<p>Well, I've taken Calc III and it doesn't build too much on BC calculus. As long as you know basic integration techniques(by parts, decomposition, that kind of stuff) you should be fine.</p>
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And for future reference, does it matter GPA wise if I take 213 or 122 or 112? (Like an A in any of those classes will be worth the same when calculating my GPA right?)
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<p>Since they are all 4 credit classes, they count the same in your GPA. 213 has easier grading because the course is for non-majors who bring down the class average.</p>
<p>Okay cool then Loller. Yea I take no offense to that. I am not that awesome at math but with hard work and some effort, I usually manage to do alright. I did pretty well for AB because I studied for that exam but as far as the BC exam went, I kind of was hit with senioritis. (Oh well, I am an English person lol.)</p>
<p>I plan on taking Calc III and, looking at JTF, I see that there are only 18 seats left (out of the original 50). I hope all of us who want Calc III can get in!</p>
<p>Who's teaching Math 213 this year? I had Rodrigo Perez and he was pretty horrible. I (and most of the class) stopped going to lecture. It was always amazing to see near 100% attendance at the sections (awesome TA) and 25% attendance at the lectures.</p>
<p>Wait, if there are only 18 out of a possible 50 seats still open, won't it most likely fill up before freshman orientation, which is when we pick our classes?</p>
<p>Yea, the other graduating classes have already pre-enrolled.</p>
<p>18 spaces is probably enough for freshmen. I was in CAS so I didn't get to enroll in any class until orientation and had no problem getting the classes I wanted (including Math 213).</p>