I don't want to necessarily gain an edge ocver my classmates, but rather I would like to get ahead on Calculus. I am taking Math 180 (Calculus) at a local community college up in Bethlehem, PA (Northampton Area Community College). If I would have taken Calculus at Penn State, I would have had to cram Calc into a very busy schedule- and overload my credits since Calc is 4 credits. In order for the credits to transfer, I need to get a C or better in Calculus. Since I have nothing better to do other coexisting with a job this summer, I can have complete and utter concentration on my work- increasing my chances for success.
Calculus is an upper level of mathematics developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz around the 17th century. It involves derivatives, limits, infinitesimals, and integrals, among many other sub topics. In my field, Calculus is used from finding the area of a complex shape to the volume of it. Calculus is also used in finding the area of graphs, works slopes, and is used widely in finite element analysis.
Back at Penn State I am going to advance all the way up to what is considered Calculus IV, or differential equations. I forget what the label of what Math 250 was, it may have been differential equations. In that case I would take it up one step further. It's going to be a hard and difficult road, but I am ready to give it my best shot.
And after coming back from my first class in Calculus today, I have only one thing to say about it.
Mommy 0___0.
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