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Hello, I am new here and this is my first thread. I was wondering for pharmacy schools, would it be recommended to take Calculus I (a semester of calculus) or differential calculus AND integral calculus (2 semesters of calculus)? Thank you for your help.
 
Maki68 said:
Hello, I am new here and this is my first thread. I was wondering for pharmacy schools, would it be recommended to take Calculus I (a semester of calculus) or differential calculus AND integral calculus (2 semesters of calculus)? Thank you for your help.
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Obviously, the better of the two choices will work for the most schools. But, if you're like me, then you frakking hate math, and want to take as little as possible. So what you need to do is look at all the pharmacy schools you're interested in attending, and see what kind of Calc they accept/want. Some schools, in CA for example, don't give two craps what kind of Calc you have. Some schools want Differential/Integral covered. And further, it might dictate what kind of Physics you can take too, so look at that...

Basically, take what your target schools want you to have. No sense taking harder Calc (unless you <3 it) just to do it when you didn't need to. Make sense?
 
yes, that makes sense. Some of the schools that I have been looking at does not specify which calculus. It just says calculus I, so in that case does it also not matter which calculus I take?
Thank you very much for your help. 🙂
 
Hmm... I've only ever seen (for lower level courses) Business Calculus and straight-up Calculus I, II, etc. Is "Calculus with Diff and Int" mentioned above just Calc I & II?

Like was said above, you'll have to check with your schools of interest, but I thought most schools wouldn't accept a baby calculus and wanted you to take the normal course.
 
I have talked with some advisers and they told be the difference between Calculus I and Differential calculus and integral calculus is that one is faster pace than the other. For example Calculus I is 1 semester while Differential calculus and integral calculus are two different classes, making it 2 semesters.
Some pharmacy school's prerequisites just state Calculus I while some states that I can either take 1 semester of Calculus I or 2 semesters of differential and integral calculus.
I think that in this case Calculus I would be the best choice, but I wanted to make sure that it is the best choice I made. I think calculus I will be hard so I want to try to avoid putting myself at that risk when I can take a easier class.
 
It sounds like the two semester break-up course is the "actual" Calc I and II, and the Calc I you're speaking of is the Business/Life Sciences version.

Either way, you're in for an ass-kicking IMO (I hate math, again) and you will likely to get into most pharmacy schools with the "lesser" calculus. It seems like if a school accepts the "lesser" calculus, they also accept the "lesser" physics.
 
So do pharmacy students actually use calculus? I hear that mainly calculus is there to understand some of the equations but they are mainly derived for the class to use.

So what is the deal? Is calculus a "use it and lose it" kinda class?

Thanks! ^_^
 
Check what you're school you plan on applying requires. I loathe math to a certain extent, yet I do above average in such. I plan on taking Calculus I only.
 
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