Going to UNI from CC..mind blown at calculator requirement..

[AestheticGod]

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So apparently the only calculator you can use is the TI-30XA. I love my ti-84

Does this apply to all the calculus(1,2,3) classes?

 

[TxResident]

It should, typically all professors will prohibit the TI-83/84/85 series.

Edit: Also just relax, there is quite a gap to adjust to, but you get used to it.

 

[PingPongPro]

I'm pretty sure this applies to all classes not only calculus. Its so easy to store information or programs in ti-84s that its such a huge risk for cheating. I'm actually surprised that CCs allow ti-84s.

 

[typicalindian]

You're lucky. We weren't allowed any sort of calculator

 

[MedPR]

So apparently the only calculator you can use is the TI-30XA. I love my ti-84

Does this apply to all the calculus(1,2,3) classes?

Interesting. My 4-year uni Calculus, gen chem, and physics classes didn't allow graphing calculators.. The only thing we could use were basic scientific calculators. I'm taking College Algebra at CC this semester (Colorado has a 6 math credit requirement, I only have 4 from Calc back in UG) and the teacher recommends a graphing calc.

 

[BigBlueBear]

Lol I was allowed a TI-89 for my Calculus, even Calc 3! Taylor series and triple integrals are a breeze as long as you know the syntax 😉

Also the 3D graphing was nice for Calc 3.

/be jealous

 

[idontcaureuknow]

Lol I was allowed a TI-89 for my Calculus, even Calc 3! Taylor series and triple integrals are a breeze as long as you know the syntax 😉

Also the 3D graphing was nice for Calc 3.

/be jealous

What Uni would allow calculators for calculus? That just seems like y'all are getting cheated/shafted to me.

 

[BigBlueBear]

What Uni would allow calculators for calculus? That just seems like y'all are getting cheated/shafted to me.

It's a large state university. I personally don't know of a single friend who wasn't allowed at least a TI83/84 in calculus. They're extremely useful...Riemann sums, graphing to visually see extrema, etc. Seems silly to force students to do all that by hand.

 

[Charles Darwin]

You're lucky. We weren't allowed any sort of calculator

+1

Stop complaining, OP.

 

[idontcaureuknow]

It's a large state university. I personally don't know of a single friend who wasn't allowed at least a TI83/84 in calculus. They're extremely useful...Riemann sums, graphing to visually see extrema, etc. Seems silly to force students to do all that by hand.

And you just summed up why I think y'all got shafted haha.

I went to large state university (very few are larger) and went through my entire math minor without using a calculator. While the brute force calculation may seem tedious, initially it is very important to write it out, and solve. IMO, one understands much more about what is going on than if they plug-and-chug in a calculator. Also, you gain a very strong appreciation for what the calculator is doing (and understand where pitfalls can occur).

Of course, it's pointless to give real life numbers (often results in god awful fractions/decimals that waste more time than anything), so test making is harder. It's just lazy to make a math class necessitate calculators, on the professor's side.

 

[BigBlueBear]

And you just summed up why I think y'all got shafted haha.

I went to large state university (very few are larger) and went through my entire math minor without using a calculator. While the brute force calculation may seem tedious, initially it is very important to write it out, and solve. IMO, one understands much more about what is going on than if they plug-and-chug in a calculator. Also, you gain a very strong appreciation for what the calculator is doing (and understand where pitfalls can occur).

Of course, it's pointless to give real life numbers (often results in god awful fractions/decimals that waste more time than anything), so test making is harder. It's just lazy to make a math class necessitate calculators, on the professor's side.

Meh, I did everything by hand in high school. Calculator is much better imo 🙂

Plus, no premed will ever use calculus again, so we'll all succumb to the "use it or lose it" phenomenon anyway. We won't really care that we hiked 5 miles to school and back in the snow to do our calculus homework 🙂

 

[idontcaureuknow]

Meh, I did everything by hand in high school. Calculator is much better imo 🙂

Plus, no premed will ever use calculus again, so we'll all succumb to the "use it or lose it" phenomenon anyway. We won't really care that we hiked 5 miles to school and back in the snow to do our calculus homework 🙂

Valid opinion about calculators.

However, about calculus, that is a blanket statement. While you might prefer to never use calculus again, I enjoy having a fundamental knowledge of the subject. Also, calculus rears it's ugly head in research randomly, so knowing calculus would be quite useful for some physicians (namely, the research oriented types).

In your case, calculus is just a hurdle to jump through. Which is perfectly fine, and means you got lucky with you calc. classes. Personally, I'd have been pissed in your shoes. Thankfully, we both got what we wanted though 🙂

 

[BigBlueBear]

Valid opinion about calculators.

However, about calculus, that is a blanket statement. While you might prefer to never use calculus again, I enjoy having a fundamental knowledge of the subject. Also, calculus rears it's ugly head in research randomly, so knowing calculus would be quite useful for some physicians (namely, the research oriented types).

In your case, calculus is just a hurdle to jump through. Which is perfectly fine, and means you got lucky with you calc. classes. Personally, I'd have been pissed in your shoes. Thankfully, we both got what we wanted though 🙂

Fair enough 🙂. I guess you're the type of person that actually goes to school to learn something, whereas I only go as a way to reach an endpoint.

You're just like my dad btw. I always give him a hard time because he disapproves of calculators because it moves people away from the fundamentals. Good stuff 🙂

 

[lobo.solo]

So apparently the only calculator you can use is the TI-30XA. I love my ti-84

Does this apply to all the calculus(1,2,3) classes?

About your signature, are you campaigning for that or something?
Also, virtually nobody gets a fair chance when considering all the variables that come into play for success... but whatever.

Edit: this is pretty common. For calculus you shouldn't use a calculator; it defeats the purpose of learning the foundation of the material.

 

[Josh7]

The calculus classes at my university didn't allow calculators at all

 

[Narmerguy]

Usually if you're allowed to use a calculator, that's a bad sign (or at least, that was the way at my school, I was really worried if they said we could use calculators).

 

[sliceofbread136]

Valid opinion about calculators.

However, about calculus, that is a blanket statement. While you might prefer to never use calculus again, I enjoy having a fundamental knowledge of the subject. Also, calculus rears it's ugly head in research randomly, so knowing calculus would be quite useful for some physicians (namely, the research oriented types).

In your case, calculus is just a hurdle to jump through. Which is perfectly fine, and means you got lucky with you calc. classes. Personally, I'd have been pissed in your shoes. Thankfully, we both got what we wanted though 🙂

Lol, you're like my one professor who wanted us to solve these huge matrices by hand. Sorry, I'm just gonna use Matlab.

 

[MicroSteph]

My large state university did not allow calculators for any cal courses.

Gen chem allowed scientific calculators, not graphing.

 

[idontcaureuknow]

Fair enough 🙂. I guess you're the type of person that actually goes to school to learn something, whereas I only go as a way to reach an endpoint.

You're just like my dad btw. I always give him a hard time because he disapproves of calculators because it moves people away from the fundamentals. Good stuff 🙂

Yea i'm one of those wierdos lol.

Lol, you're like my one professor who wanted us to solve these huge matrices by hand. Sorry, I'm just gonna use Matlab.

Well, I always thought it'd be fun to be a professor, and that is completely something I'd do.

 

[Praefectus]

I'd recommend the BAII Plus.