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Re: Registering for classes
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2007, 10:36:54 pm »
It's what's recommended for Neuroscience majors (Firefox is gay and thinks "neuroscience" is misspelled, btw). I'm assuming that the problem sets for the derivative section will feature things about finding the instantaneous velocity of a neuron or something. I'm probably wrong, but whatever. :P

Probably word problems related to biology crap.
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That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Registering for classes
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2007, 12:05:04 am »
It's what's recommended for Neuroscience majors (Firefox is gay and thinks "neuroscience" is misspelled, btw). I'm assuming that the problem sets for the derivative section will feature things about finding the instantaneous velocity of a neuron or something. I'm probably wrong, but whatever. :P

Oh no, man.  I'm coming off wrong.  I'm not saying you shouldn't take this one.  If you're going into a biological field, then you obviously should, lol.

The problems I've heard of in my university's version of this course usually deal with rates of growth/decay and stuff like that.  Lots of exponential and logarithmic stuff (obviously in conjunction with calculus).

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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2007, 02:22:51 am »
Generally a phrase like "biological emphasis" used to describe a very standard math course is a euphemism for "watered down".  Hopefully that's not the case with your course though.

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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2007, 11:15:28 am »
Yeah but he's a junior.

So?

So the easier biological emphasis one will probably be challenging enough.

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« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2007, 07:05:28 pm »
Generally a phrase like "biological emphasis" used to describe a very standard math course is a euphemism for "watered down".  Hopefully that's not the case with your course though.
I'm pretty sure this course is harder than the regular course.  Or at least, the math department says it is. >>

The problems I've heard of in my university's version of this course usually deal with rates of growth/decay and stuff like that.  Lots of exponential and logarithmic stuff (obviously in conjunction with calculus).
I think that if this is a BIOLOGICAL emphasis course, there won't be too much rates of growth/decay--that's more chemistry and whatnot, I think. :\ I dunno. I'll let you guys know what it's like when I get my textbook (sometime in August). :P
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« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2007, 07:12:10 pm »
I said that because my professor for calculus last semester mentioned that was a major point of emphasis in the biology calculus.  The example he cave was a culture of bacteria reproducing.

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« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2007, 10:54:27 pm »
Whether it's "biological emphasis", "economics emphasis", "physical emphasis", etc, it's not going to make a profound difference.  It's not like you're going to need to know much more about biology, economics, or physics, to do those respective courses, in most cases.  Usually, the "physical emphasis" course is the most difficult, because it is designed for people who will continue to do more math.  Whereas a calculus course for students in the biological sciences is designed for people whose primary focus isn't math.  From what I've seen the business calc courses are by far the easiest, and then the "physical science/engineering" calc is usually slightly more challenging than the biological emphasis.  But returning to my original point, there often isn't much of a difference.  Certainly nothing to warrant having a separate textbook.  It's more like some word problems might use biological terms that you don't need to understand to get the question correct.  Or in the "physical emphasis" they might do a small unit at the end of the course where you use terms like "moment of inertia" and "density" to describe equations and ideas you've already absorbed.

Although it would be awesome to have a calculus course truly devoted to mathematical biology, etc!

Deadly: I would check to see if this college/university has a first year "honours" calculus course.  If they do, you will probably get the most out of that.  You'll learn delta-epsilon proofs and other things that won't be taught in standard courses.
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« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2007, 11:59:28 am »
Deadly: I would check to see if this college/university has a first year "honours" calculus course.  If they do, you will probably get the most out of that.  You'll learn delta-epsilon proofs and other things that won't be taught in standard courses.
As a post secondary student, it is a huge pain in the ass to get into ANY Honors class, and I'm not even sure if I'm eligible for Honors without a million different approvals. >>
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Re: Registering for classes
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2007, 05:44:46 am »
Deadly: I would check to see if this college/university has a first year "honours" calculus course.  If they do, you will probably get the most out of that.  You'll learn delta-epsilon proofs and other things that won't be taught in standard courses.

I just saw this post and I feel so cheated. We had to do delta-epsilon proofs in my calc I class and it was just the standard course. Darn the school for trying to give me a better education and making the courses harder!
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Re: Registering for classes
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2007, 09:33:41 am »
Deadly: I would check to see if this college/university has a first year "honours" calculus course.  If they do, you will probably get the most out of that.  You'll learn delta-epsilon proofs and other things that won't be taught in standard courses.
As a post secondary student, it is a huge pain in the ass to get into ANY Honors class, and I'm not even sure if I'm eligible for Honors without a million different approvals. >>
Not at all universities.  I know Drexel and Rowan have Honors colleges where you apply, and if they accept you you are granted access to every honors course [you'd normally have available] (IE: you couldn't take Honors Discrete Mathematics Theory if you were just out of high school pre-calc).

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« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2007, 12:10:19 pm »
Not at all universities.  I know Drexel and Rowan have Honors colleges where you apply, and if they accept you you are granted access to every honors course [you'd normally have available] (IE: you couldn't take Honors Discrete Mathematics Theory if you were just out of high school pre-calc).
That may be, but I am not an official undergrad student--nor am I going to Drexel or Rowan. :P
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« Reply #26 on: August 03, 2007, 12:26:23 pm »
Oh, I got into a chem class!

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