Calc Question

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My U offers two types of Calc, Regular I and II and then Business I and II.

Would it be okay if I took Business Calculus I (Which is the title of the course) to sub for my calculus Pre-req? Or do I have to take the reg calc?

 

[AestheticMed]

No you need Calc. Business Calc is only for people w/ Business major.

But most pre-med stuff besides engineering and pharm are good w/ pre-cal I think. If not then definently 1 yr of Calc.

 

[CodeBlu]

Regular calc.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I don't think it really matters, unless you need a specific one for a major. My university before 2008 offered two variants of calculus, engineering and elementary, the latter which biology and business majors took, the pre-meds who took the latter seemingly had no trouble getting into medical school.

 

[Healer of Ills]

I don't think it really matters, unless you need a specific one for a major.

Not true. Business calc is a complete joke compared to engineering calc. The level of depth and topics covered are not even comparable.

 

[AestheticMed]

Not true. Business calc is a complete joke compared to engineering calc. The level of depth and topics covered are not even comparable.

Yeah, Business calc is like simply derivatives and such.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Not true. Business calc is a complete joke compared to engineering calc. The level of depth and topics covered are not even comparable.

Business or elementary calc is easier than engineering calc. However that means very little in regard to applicability to life sciences.

Yeah, Business calc is like simply derivatives and such.

Well tutoring both, I've pretty much found there to be little difference other than one not having trig in it.

 

[Healer of Ills]

Business or elementary calc is easier than engineering calc. However that means very little in regard to applicability to life sciences.



Well tutoring both, I've pretty much found there to be little difference other than one not having trig in it.

Very little in regard to applicability to life sciences? Are you sure you know what you are talking about? Calculus is an extremely powerful tool used in any discipline ranging from economics to business to of course biology.

And calculus is derived from trigonometry and is based on it. Any calculus "has trigonometry"

P.S. graduated as a chemical engineer w/ 5 levels of calculus courses

 

[pitutinho]

Very little in regard to applicability to life sciences? Are you sure you know what you are talking about? Calculus is an extremely powerful tool used in any discipline ranging from economics to business to of course biology.

Newton used Calculus of course it's powerful and that wasn't no business calc either..

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Very little in regard to applicability to life sciences? Are you sure you know what you are talking about? Calculus is an extremely powerful tool used in any discipline ranging from economics to business to of course biology.

And calculus is derived from trigonometry and is based on it. Any calculus "has trigonometry"

P.S. graduated as a chemical engineer w/ 5 levels of calculus courses

I agree, but engineering calculus generally is excessive and useless for biology majors and other life-science majors. Which is a reason why my school piloted a course in 2009, calculus 1 & 2 for biology majors. Which is basically over glorified business calculus with a bit more application towards life sciences.

 

[generator]

for some reason I thought this would be an actual calculus question. ha!

 

[pitutinho]

I agree, but engineering calculus generally is excessive and useless for biology majors and other life-science majors. Which is a reason why my school piloted a course in 2009, calculus 1 & 2 for biology majors. Which is basically over glorified business calculus with a bit more application towards life sciences.

Almost every school that I've ever heard of (except yours) for Biology majors requires you to take engineering calc...

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Almost every school that I've ever heard of (except yours) for Biology majors requires you to take engineering calc...

Almost all of the schools I looked at didn't even require calculus, but rather biometrics or statistics. Significantly more applicable.

 

[cham90]

for some reason I thought this would be an actual calculus question. ha!

Same here. I was hoping to be of more assistance. Either way, the OP should check out the math examples in wolframalpha and use that resource in the future.

 

[postbacpremed87]

+1. The differentiation you learn in business calc is a joke compared to what you learn in regular calculus. I think Calc 1 is a really valuable tool to have for science related careers. You learn of rates of change, maximization, minimization, probability, optimization....all valuable for science.

Not true. Business calc is a complete joke compared to engineering calc. The level of depth and topics covered are not even comparable.

 

[postbacpremed87]

Hardly even that. Simple power rule derivatives if anything.

Yeah, Business calc is like simply derivatives and such.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

+1. The differentiation you learn in business calc is a joke compared to what you learn in regular calculus. I think Calc 1 is a really valuable tool to have for science related careers. You learn of rates of change, maximization, minimization, probability, optimization....all valuable for science.

I tutored all of these topics for our schools non-enginneering calc course.

And no... They also use chain rule and other forms of differenciation.

 

[JESSFALLING]

My U offers two types of Calc, Regular I and II and then Business I and II.

Would it be okay if I took Business Calculus I (Which is the title of the course) to sub for my calculus Pre-req? Or do I have to take the reg calc?

If the med school doesn't require it...they'll likely look at your Business Calc like they would at art history or painting..."Yeah, that's nice"... If they do require Calc: Please call them and ask! No sense floating around in a cloud of ambiguity.