<p>5 Weeks over the summer, M-Th, 10-12:55 PM.</p>
<p>If that’s your only class, it should be okay.</p>
<p>I’d say that is pretty crazy. There TONS of stuff in cal 2, and takes time to digest. I have taken cal 3 in 10 weeks. Although I got A, I still don’t think I master the material after 10 weeks. And Cal 2 is way harder than cal 3.</p>
<p>That’s what I was thinking, auscguy.</p>
<p>Personally, I found Calc III to be much, much harder than Calc II (then again - I’m not a geometry person and I adore sequences & series).</p>
<p>If you can sit through 3 continuous hours of lecture and pay attention the entire time - I don’t think you’ll have a problem. Just make sure the professor doesn’t put you to sleep in the first hour, or you’ll be in trouble. And I agree with Gator - it should be the only class you’re taking.</p>
<p>Shackleford, how come the class is so long. That is equivalent to 20 weeks of regular 3 hour a week class time. Are you sure that it is 5 weeks and not 3?</p>
<p>The dates are 7-12 to 8-16. Also, I would be taking it with the same professor I had for Cal I. He’s a good instructor, and I guess I’m accustomed to his teaching style, which I suppose would be advantageous as well.</p>
<p>It’ll be hard, but go for it</p>
<p>i say go for it…cal 2 is not that bad…i’m gonna take cal 3 and physics 2 in 5 weeks each</p>
<p>With just that as your focus, given that you know and like the professor, I’d say its very doable. You are only taking that class (maybe one other), and ahve all the time you need to basically focus on calculus and learning what you need to learn. It’s an entirely different experience than learning the material in 13-14 weeks (a semester) with 3-4 other classes, as well.</p>
<p>I’m taking Linear Algebra in 6 weeks this summer with a full-time job (although I hear LA is tons easier than Calc II).</p>
<p>I took Calc II during summer school (5 weeks + finals week). It’s not that hard since it’s your only class… just very very boring since you have to sit in lecture for so long.</p>
<p>i say no, calc 2 is to important for engineering and you cant learn everything you need in 5 weeks, its impossible.</p>
<p>Well, I’m pursuing a Physics degree now. It used to be Civil Engineering, though.</p>
<p>Im not sure physics uses Calc II, what I would do is email you current or past Physics professor and ask him what he thinks, Ive asked my professors and they either said taking a specific summer class is good or bad in the long run. </p>
<p>thats what I would do, as the professor knows what you are in for in the curriculum in which he teaches.</p>
<p>Of course physics uses calc II. You can finish calc 2 in 5 weeks. It is doable. Just look at the material you have to cover in some engineering courses. Calc 2 doesn’t compare. If that’s his only course, he should be fine.</p>
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<p>What part of general physics uses calc II? The only calculus that I used in Physics I was finding simple derivatives and simple differentiation.</p>
<p>General physics, not so much. I do remember doing some Taylor Series stuff in physics 1. Physics II uses Calc 3 concepts (mostly just gradients, nothing too serious). The honors sequence requires more complicated integrals though, so calc 2 methods will be used to integrate for those solutions (and similarly calc III material for physics 2). The reason I said that is because Shackelford is a pure physics major. So when he takes the true mechanics, electromagnetism, thermal physics courses, he is going to be using every detail he learned in his calculus courses and then some.</p>
<p>I’m going to make it a point to thoroughly understand all the Calculus concepts. It certainly helps when you have an innate like for Mathematics as well, and it will make the learning of the Physics courses a bit more fluent. I’ll also have to take Diff EQ, Linear Algebra, Vector Analysis, and Introduction to Partial Diff EQ in addition to Cal I-III. </p>
<p>So, I’m getting mixed reviews that 5 weeks would not suffice to adequately cover the Cal II material.</p>
<p>I have another important, similar question.</p>
<p>Is 6 weeks adequate for a Calculus II course? It will be the only class I’ll be taking this summer…</p>
<p>Here’s my Cal I professor’s response to my question.</p>
<p>I have been told that 5 weeks is not an adequate amount of time to properly cover and learn a Cal 2 course. I’m just wondering what your thoughts are on that. Thanks.</p>
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