<p>I am a EE major and I am planning to buy a TI-83 graphing calculator.</p>
<p>Does anyone know which type of calculator is best for EE at UT? Any recommended graphing calculator type?</p>
<p>Any input would be appreciated</p>
<p>TI-83 or TI-84 are your classic ones. I would go for the 84 just because it is faster and has more space for applications.</p>
<p>You could get an 89 or something that can do symbolic integration for you, to expedite such a thing, if necessary. It might not be too useful and can be cumbersome to use IMO.</p>
<p>Go with the 89. Aside from the basic calculus operators, the 89’s equation solver is much better than its 83 counterpart. It can also do Fourier and Laplace transforms, all the row reduction techniques (M 340L), matrix diagonalization. The titanium version has a program called EE Pro that can solve both first order and second order response circuits.</p>
<p>As an EE major, you want the 89.</p>
<p>Engineers need the ti-89 Titanium! :D</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack the thrend, but does the calculus courses (M 408 _) allow calculator use? lol</p>
<p>I was in M 408 C. We were not allowed to use calculators on the tests.</p>
<p>Oh wow that is lame. Are the questions on the test like the ones on the AP non-calculator portion? And did u have Gonzalez?</p>
<p>When I took BC Calculus, we didn’t ever need our calculator on 99% of problems anyway. It would have been useless to use a TI-84 or something, and if we used a symbolic integrator on the 89 it would have defeated the purpose of the test.</p>
<p>The whole point is to show steps used to arrive at an answer. If you’ve never taken calculus before it’s a bit hard to explain, but most problems are symbolic and a calculator wouldn’t actually help, unless it was one that just spit the answer out at you.</p>
<p>I have 6 credits from my AP tests for math already. My dilemma is that I’m in ESP Calculus so I have to take some Calculus course. Knowing that I would fail in 427L, I decided to not accept my AP credits and do the C/D sequence.</p>
<p>“Oh wow that is lame. Are the questions on the test like the ones on the AP non-calculator portion? And did u have Gonzalez?”</p>
<p>I dont remember my prof’s name but it wasnt Gonzales.</p>
<p>And I didnt take the AP test so I wouldnt know. It’s like free response questions. No multiple choice.</p>
<p>WTK is right except you are still expected to get the right number so you have to be good at math without a calc.</p>
<p>thanks for the info. Sounds do-able :)</p>
<p>If we don’t own a graphing calculator and won’t be able to buy one before the school year begins, is there anywhere to rent a graphing calculator from the school? My high school provided this option, so I’m hoping a similar option is provided here! Are graphing calculators allowed in intro physics or chemistry?</p>
<p>As far as I know, when I took Calculus I & II last year at a community college, most of the stuff is either doing derivatives or integrating, which involves a lot of memorization. My professor was one of the worst I am assuming because we had to memorize all types of graphs …trig inv. trig .hyp. etc… The only time I can think of when I needed to use a calculator was I needed to graph something to see how it looks like. There are very few things that will actually require a calculator use and my TI-83 (not even plus) worked just fine. But if if its a matter of just a few bucks, I’d rather go with the TI -84 plus or (non plus) just because it graphs a little faster, opens up stuff quicker, and has few new applications that you might/might not need. Also, if you plan on taking statistics anytime soon, I’d highly advice a TI-84 (a TI-89 was not allowed on tests in my stat class but just check with you professor beforehand.)</p>