Should I skip U0 courses if...

Blobof
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:22:59 +0000

cosh, sinh and tanh are hyperbolic cosine, sine and tangent. But they are not a big deal (really, it’s just sinh(x) = (exp(x)-exp(-x))/2, cosh(x) = (exp(x)+exp(-x))/2; you can define cos and sin similarly with complex numbers).

Take the placement tests if you must, but I would advise against taking MAT 150 and MAT 151 if that’s what the placement results tell you, instead of MAT 140, MAT 141 and MAT 222. The two sets are equivalent (calculus 1, 2 and 3, either over 2 or 3 courses), but the slower route assumes no prior knowledge of calculus, while MAT 150-151 is intensive, and most student have seen some calculus but not well enough to be prepared for the exams. They don’t pay enough attention at the beginning because they think they know the stuff, bomb the midterm and when they finally get to the “new material” they realize how intensive the courses are, and try to catch up for the rest of the semester. A number of students will end up doing 150, get burned, follow with 141 and 222 instead. It’s not true for all students of course, but at least you are warned. Many students take these courses too lightly at first.