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Calculus I as an elective

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  • 02-09-2013 9:08pm
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    whateverusay
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    hi i was just wonderin if anyone has done calculus I as an elective before and if it was relatively easy. bear in mind, i love maths, but i am doing veterinary so it is no way related


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    TimeToShine
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    It's not too bad but the grading is quite rough, I think it's 90% for an A+, 80 for an A and 70 for an A-. There are definitely easier first year electives to pick but if you like maths it should be fine.


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    se
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    ya the only problem is the grading, other than that, its really really easy for a math lover, its all abt functions(continuity..), differentiations... etc basic really.. !! and its all single variable calculus. !! :)


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    HistoryKitty
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    Hey I did it last year in my course :D Its a lovely module and the lecturer is amazing :D Its quite tough though but if you go to all the lectures you'll be fine :) Make sure to make the most out of the easy continuous assessment marks :)

    Em it deals with functions, basic calculus, asymptotes, continuity. If you like maths i'd definitely do it :) Also look into linear algebra and combinatorics and number theory as they are nice math modules :) Beware calculus 1 means two 9 am starts :O


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    Victoria.
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    I'm going into science stage 4 now but we did 2 maths modules in stage 1, calculus and matrices and vectors. Matrices and vectors was a much better module. It was better organised, the lecturer was better (I did it in semester 2. there were 2 different lecturers but I didn't hear anything bad about the semester 1 guy) and it was just overall stress free with better grades. If I had to choose a first year introductory maths module I'd go with matrices and vectors for sure!


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    gline
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    Victoria. wrote: »
    I'm going into science stage 4 now but we did 2 maths modules in stage 1, calculus and matrices and vectors. Matrices and vectors was a much better module. It was better organised, the lecturer was better (I did it in semester 2. there were 2 different lecturers but I didn't hear anything bad about the semester 1 guy) and it was just overall stress free with better grades. If I had to choose a first year introductory maths module I'd go with matrices and vectors for sure!

    is that still running? you got a coarse code for that module?


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