Would it be a bad idea for a sophomore to take a 400-level class?

ElectricTech · 04-19-2008, 07:03 PM

I'm taking calc 3 over the summer and I'll have 45 hours completed by this fall. I plan on minoring in math and may take a 400-level class: Complex Analysis with Applications, where calc 3 is a prerequisite. Would this be a bad idea?

mydegisunacred · 04-19-2008, 07:09 PM

I actually did that exact thing, except I took calc 3 spring of freshman year.

Complex analysis was a good course, but the teacher was also one of my favorites. It was my first exposure to proofs, which was sort of rough, but nothing unreasonable.

I'd say it depends on the teacher, but definitely doable

im_blue · 04-19-2008, 07:50 PM

400-level means nothing to us if we don't know your school. It could mean an advanced undergraduate course, a basic graduate course, or an advanced graduate course. Based on the course title, it's doable if you have the prerequisite.

ElectricTech · 04-19-2008, 07:54 PM

I go to UIC. It's a course that is taken by grad students and advanced undergrads.

im_blue · 04-19-2008, 08:05 PM

You should have no trouble with this class after taking Calc III.

RacinReaver · 04-19-2008, 10:21 PM

It would probably be better to take it sooner than later, too. I had to take Complex Analysis when I started grad school, and it was a rough reawakening of my math skills since I hadn't taken a math class since diff eq. freshman year.

fesago · 04-20-2008, 01:38 PM

lol. I'm a senior taking a 400 level class (PDEs).
A high school senior.
I found it to be a really tough class though, I'm going to end up with a low B. One less class to worry about next year though

Anyway, if a high school kid can do it, I'm sure you can do it too.

lil_killer129 · 04-20-2008, 02:59 PM

I am taking a 400 level course right now (freshman year). Most of it is tough, especially the FEM analysis stuff. I have no idea what the professor is talking about, because I don't have the engineering background to understand him.