CAL III at CC or Multi variable CAL in HS?

3scoutsmom
Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:16:25 +0000

She need’s either MATH 2433 Cal and Analytic Geometry or MATH 2924 Differential & Integral Calculus
The Cal III class at the CC would transfer in as MATH 2924 or the Advance Standing Exam is offered for MATH 2433. From what I can see these math classes are interchangeable for almost all majors. The only other math classes she would need after that for Meteorology would be MATH 3413 Physical Math and MATH 4753 Statistical Math. If she wanted to add a math minor she’d need one additional math class of her choice at the 4000 level.

I contacted OU and found out that although the Advance Standing Exam would count for the MATH 2433 requirement but it wouldn’t actually give her credit as she will likely max out the limit of 32 AP/CLEP credit that can be counted toward her degree and Advance Standing credit is counted as AP/CLEP credit. They will, however allow up to 64 transfer credits. She already has two college classes that OU may or may not accept, if they do they’d only count as electives, an online math class and an ‘articulated’ computer science class and she plans to take a dual credit class speech class that is taught on her high school campus next year. If she takes the CC Cal III class she’ll have between 7 and 13 transfer credits

The scholarships she is hopes to get are OU’s NM package, one from her father’s employer and maybe some small local scholarships. Neither the National Merit nor her father’s employer have restrictions about dual enrollment classes. I haven’t read the fine print on the local ones but dual enrollment is encouraged locally so I don’t think that would be an issue. There are some departmental and national meteorology scholarships but most are for upperclassman.

I ordered the text book they list as a study guide for the Advance Standing Exam and plan to have D go through it next year as she is taking math regardless if it is the class at the CC or high school to make sure she understands the concepts that she is expected to know. I asked the high school teacher if D could take the CC class first semester and her class the second semester and she said that would not be possible as it is a year long course. If D ends up taking the CC class I may push the issue and ask that she be allowed to ‘audit’ the class the second semester.

So the choice is:
Take the high school class and then the Advance Standing exam
pass the exam but don’t get actual credit and go onto MATH 3413
fail the exam and take either Math 2433 or Math 2924
OR
Take the CC class for credit for Math 2924 and then go on to MATH 3413
if she doesn’t feel prepared for MATH 3413 she could still take MATH 2433

If we can get the schedule worked out I think the CC class is the best option.

Thanks to everyone for helping me think this through!