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Hi. I am in a graduate program now where the prerequisites for one of the courses is Calc 3. I would, however only need to take this course for the master's program. it's not a prerequisite for the certificate program which I am in now. I have not yet chosen whether or not to go for the master's program. anyway I took calc 2 way back in 2000. I need review of calculus that isn't self directed. Learning the very basics of Calculus isn't difficult, perhaps even on my own. community college classes where I am for calc 1,2, and 3 each are around $500 each.
I don't remember calc three being all that difficult compared to 1 and 2. New stuff to learn (3d graphing etc, although I am sure all schools are different), but if you have a basic understanding of calc you should be OK. I struggled more in 1 and 2. By three I was bored Can't even remember why it was part of my degree.
I agree with what th3vault said. There is enough information online to study on your own these days.
I wouldn't waste my time extending school by a semester or two just to review if I didn't have too. Heck, for 500 bucks I might just take 3 and if I fail, take it again
Calc III is like Calc I on crack, really. At least at Georgia Tech. It's not so much hard as it is Calc I with 3 dimensions. However, you get into 3d graphing, 3d shapes, tangent planes, gradiants, double integrals, triple integrals, partial derivatives, vectors that make all the former possible (you learn about vectors in Calc II as well), etc.. Calc II, IMO, was the hardest. My God, I hated that class. I mean, I got it, but it was dry and there were so many steps in solving a problem (note: my calc II class had linear algebra as well, which was the tricky part... the beginning stuff was easier, such as infinite series).
Anyway, MIT has entire course outlines for free. Also, you could go to the local college and sit in on classes (if they're large enough and/or the teacher doesn't care... I've done this many times). You just won't be graded. Also, one thing that works for me is getting the exams from teacher's websites, looking over the material seeing what I know, and going over the stuff I don't. It usually works.
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Calc III is like Calc I on crack, really. At least at Georgia Tech. It's not so much hard as it is Calc I with 3 dimensions. However, you get into 3d graphing, 3d shapes, tangent planes, gradiants, double integrals, triple integrals, partial derivatives, vectors that make all the former possible (you learn about vectors in Calc II as well), etc.. Calc II, IMO, was the hardest. My God, I hated that class. I mean, I got it, but it was dry and there were so many steps in solving a problem (note: my calc II class had linear algebra as well, which was the tricky part... the beginning stuff was easier, such as infinite series).
Anyway, MIT has entire course outlines for free. Also, you could go to the local college and sit in on classes (if they're large enough and/or the teacher doesn't care... I've done this many times). You just won't be graded. Also, one thing that works for me is getting the exams from teacher's websites, looking over the material seeing what I know, and going over the stuff I don't. It usually works.
Check with your community college to see about auditing the class, which is what Runningncircles is referring to. When you audit a class, you are able to sit in on the class but you will not receive a grade. This will be way cheaper than retaking a course if you feel that you need a structured learning environment.
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Can't even remember why it was part of my degree.
