Starting in Calc 1?

ucbalumnus
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:37:14 +0000

You are not behind at most schools. There is one school that expects engineering majors to start in second semester calculus. There are three schools where the first semester calculus course covers what is usually a whole year of calculus, and with extra theory, so prior knowledge of calculus is helpful.

But if you are not at one of those four schools (you can probably guess what three of them are), your sample curriculum sheet for your major probably lists first semester freshman calculus in your first semester. Anything more advanced would be a bonus, allowing the student an additional elective later after completing the required math sequence early.