<p>This research was accurate as of 2009. Things may have changed since then. The student was determined to take multi-variable, so this research was focused on that specific course and doesn’t include other types of upper level math options.</p>
<p>Here are the Multi-variable calculus courses I’ve found with a distance education option:</p>
<p>EPGY
[EPGY</a> University Mathematics M52A](<a href=“http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/math/M52A/]EPGY”>http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/math/M52A/)
Pretty much the old stand-by. Proven quality. Big name. Always worth considering.
They use the Anton book for multi-variable.
They’re on the quarter system and teach Multi-var Differentiable Calc as 1 quarter, Multi-var Integral Calculus as 1 quarter, and then you must take Linear Algebra (1 quarter) before you can take DEs.
There are video lectures and it’s broken down into lots of lessons (49 lessons in the 1st course). There’s a sample lecture online.</p>
<p>Wisconsin
<a href=“Course Catalog | Independent Learning”>Course Catalog | Independent Learning;
Self-paced. A year to complete.
15 assignments.
There’s a linear algebra course available, also.</p>
<p>Louisiana State University
<a href=“http://is.lsu.edu/coursefactsheet.asp?nid=301&Rubric=MATH&CourseNr=2057&Version=U[/url]”>http://is.lsu.edu/coursefactsheet.asp?nid=301&Rubric=MATH&CourseNr=2057&Version=U</a>
Uses the Stewart book, which my husband calls the Encyclopedia of Stewart.
This is a traditional correspondence course, not an online course.
Offers a choice of subsequent course: Linear Algebra OR DEs & Linear Algebra in one course.</p>
<p>University of Texas
<a href=“http://courses.webhost.utexas.edu/dec/college/coursedetails.cfm?CourseID=472[/url]”>http://courses.webhost.utexas.edu/dec/college/coursedetails.cfm?CourseID=472</a>
Uses a textbook from 1992 – Stein & Barcellos.
There are no subsequent courses available through distance ed.</p>
<p>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
<a href=“http://www.online.uillinois.edu/catalog/CourseDetail.asp?CourseID=782[/url]”>http://www.online.uillinois.edu/catalog/CourseDetail.asp?CourseID=782</a>
This is a Mathematica based course. They use courseware from MathEverywhere and severely discounted student versions of Mathematica (approx $25 for the one year version).
Offers both a DEs course and a Linear Algebra course online.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota
[Independent</a> and Distance Learning](<a href=“http://idlwebdb.cce.umn.edu/details2.asp?id=MATH-2263-03]Independent”>http://idlwebdb.cce.umn.edu/details2.asp?id=MATH-2263-03)
Also uses the Stewart book (like LSU).
9 months to finish each course.
It’s a “printed” (i.e., not online) course.
Also offers a Linear Algebra class online, which can be taken before or after Multivariable.</p>
<p>Suffolk University (Boston)
[Distance</a> Calculus @ Shorter University](<a href=“http://www.distancecalculus.com/syllabi/]Distance”>Syllabi - Distance Calculus @ Roger Williams University)
VERY self-paced (you have up to a year after the last day of the semester in which you start to complete).
Calc III uses Calculus & MathLink software. They offer both Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, which uses the Mathematica-based courseware from Math Everywhere.</p>
<p>Tulsa Community College
[Distance</a> Learning | Tulsa Community College](<a href=“http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/dl/]Distance”>http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/dl/)
A fairly standard Calc III course. They also offer Differential Equations to fill the second semester.</p>
<p>CTY
<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/courses.html[/url]”>http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/courses.html</a>
Another option my dd just found is to take Linear Algebra and then Multivariable at CTY.
At first, I thought this was the EPGY course that CTY was reselling, but it’s not.
The pre-reqs are in the opposite order (EPGY requires multivariable before linear, CTY requires linear before multivariable).
The multivariable book CTY uses is the Stewart book (same as LSU and UMinn).
The linear book is by David Lay.</p>