<p>I’m considering taking Trig and Stats in the same semester at the same time at a University. How hard will that be?</p>
<p>Trig and stats are upper level? </p>
<p>It depends on your math background, and the classes themselves. Stats can be an easy intro class all the way up to intense graduate-level classes. Trig is usually taken in high school, unless this is some kind of advanced trig. Two “hard” classes is manageable, especially if the others are easy, less so if they are not. I can’t give an answer with so little information.</p>
<p>Trig and statistics (I will assume an introductory course, since you are attending a community college) are the lowest-level math courses offered at many colleges. Anything below that qualifies as “remedial math” at the college level. </p>
<p>Neither class is very difficult compared to higher-level college math classes. Many students would be fine taking both classes concurrently. However, if you generally struggle with math, they might be difficult classes for you.</p>
<p>Trig isn’t lowest level at any community college I’ve seen. Just saying :D</p>
<p>If you generally do well at math, go ahead. Statistics at that level is less about math than you would think. I know a guy taking Business Calc, Econ, an advanced Stats class, and Astronomy at the same time. He is very lazy and doesn’t work too hard on it, yet is coming out with Cs and Bs. But math is his thing. It’s definitely doable!</p>
<p>I’ve been taking 3 upper division math classes every semester and enjoy it, but I’m a math major :)</p>
<p>If you are bad at math, I suggest that you don’t take more than one math at a time. If you are good at math then it shouldn’t be too bad, especially given that stats is not really that much math.</p>
<p>Why do you plan on taking two math classes at once? A typical student who is not in a math related field is usually better off just taking one math one semester and then another math the next rather than two at the same time.</p>
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That’s because community colleges teach lots of remedial math. My point exactly.</p>
<p>My very first semester of community college I took Stats and Trig although I tested into Calculus. I had never taken trig, stats, or pre-calculus before so I took all my first semester instead of jumping directly into Calculus. </p>
<p>I’m not sure why you’re taking trig, but it was not hard…at all. Idk how good you are at math but sometimes things just click and you don’t have to try very hard. Stats I had every Saturday for four hours. It was the biggest joke of a class I ever had, but I learned a lot because the guy was an amazing teacher which is why it made that class a joke. We all bought a 300 dollar stats book. I never opened it once and aced the class. </p>
<p>My suggestion: pay attention and take good notes. These courses are fairly simple, even if you weren’t that good at math in high school. Remember your trig if you’re going to have to take physics later. You can pretty much throw stats out the window unless you’re going to be a math major. See if you can take your classes with good teachers.</p>
<p>The lowest level course was arithmetic at my community college. I basically laughed my butt off when people from my high school who took regular Calc in HS tested into arithmetic. I have no idea how that happens.</p>