<p>Why does stony brook only have 1 section for math classes??? On top of that, the only recitation for another class that is in the same field and a lot of students might be taking in the same semester conflicts with the lectures for the first class. For example, they only have 1 lecture for physics, math II, III, IV… </p>
<p>Is it possible to miss lecture so you can attend another class on the same time. Other than that, it would very upsetting having to postpone taking a class for a semester because of schedule constraints…</p>
<p>I don’t think SOLAR will allow you to register schedule conflicts; it’ll block you from registering for a class if you have an automatic time conflict.</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>Stony should at least offer two lecture sections of basic courses like phys or math. Does anyone know the difference between calc with application and regular calc (i.e calc 203 and 205)? I know the official difference, but how the are the two classes different/which one is harder/ more useful?</p>
<p>Odd… I’ve never heard of anyone having a problem like this. What physics and math are you talking about? I’m assuming when you say math you mean calc? There’s definitely more than one lecture for calc I and II. As for calc III (multivariable), the applied version is usually considered easier. Which one is more useful depends on what you’re majoring in and what you want to do with it.</p>
<p>It is, rarely, possible to register for two things that technically conflict–you have to petition specially for it, and get signatures from all the profs involved as well as the undergrad director of your major(s). However, all but one of the instances I know of that involved someone technically registered for one lecture and attending another, so if that’s not an option it’ll be a hard sell.</p>
<p>Are you actually screwed if you don’t take both of the classes that conflict, or is it just not exactly what you’d planned on? Is there something that you absolutely need to take before either of them is offered again that has one of them as a prereq? Because otherwise, it’s probably not a huge deal.</p>
<p>Yes, they only have one lecture for calc 205 and I really don’t want to take the applied because I rather not relly on calculators to do the work and since I am an engineering major. Anyways, the class conflicts with another class for my major and it would be a really bad idea to postpone it because it is a pre-requisite for another class I would have to take later(both the calc and science classes are). Going to lecture once a week, is probably not constructive, so I don’t know what to do. </p>
<p>I just can’t believe they only offer 1 lecture. The school I go (psu) to offers 29 lectures for calc II in the spring (4 days a week, recitation by the teacher during class time) and 8 for calc III. I think the problem is stony brook has too many a,b,c/ applied/ ams variants of the same course, and this could be a prpblem when transferring credits. In my opinion they should have at least 3 sections being more of a science school.</p>
<p>Honestly, it seems like if you’re an engineering major MAT 203 would be the better choice for you. You should check with an engineering advisor to be sure, but there’s no way the emphasis in 203 is on letting calculators do the work for you–it’s probably just not as theory and proof based as the one designed for math majors. You’re an engineer, 203 seems pretty much designed for engineers, case closed. I’d bet that’s why the conflict is allowed to exist. We do offer three sections of calc III, it’s just that they all have slightly different emphases and so are numbered differently: MAT 203 for applied sciences and engineering, MAT 205 for pure math and more theoretically focused sciences, AMS 261 for applied math and economics.</p>
<p>So really, assuming the advisor you end up talking to tells you the same thing, you know exactly what to do–register for 203, register for physics, problem solved.</p>
<p>Yes, that is one possibility I have considered, thank you. I was just trying to figure out my schedule as soon as possible, but I guess talking to my advision would help. What major are you in?</p>
<p>I am somewhat confused when it comes to major choices. I started out as a premed because I did well in ap bio in hs, but turns out I am not at all interested in the subject and have a very hard time comprehending the material. So I decided to go with computer engineering, which seems more useful and interesting, but I feel that the other people in class and in the industry are so much ahead of me (by taking aps in hs, having experience) that I will have to work twice as hard to catch up to them all the time in order to be competitive. And I don’t know how lucrative this will be in the future. I wish I could major in economics, too. I guess I will have to look at the requirements and see how all this fits together.</p>
<p>I can definitely understand wanting to figure things out ASAP–it’s really frustrating when you have it all worked out and then the registrar has other plans!</p>
<p>I’m a biology and linguistics major, though one of them (prob linguistics) may end up being a minor if I don’t feel like jumping through all the hoops for both. I came to college considering physics, philosophy, and bio, and in another life I might’ve ended up with one of the first two, but my first semester I fell in love with my linguistics class and dove in head first. So suddenly the perennially undecided person was absurdly decided, had it all planned out, was going to get a PhD in linguistics… and then I took a grad class in it and fortunately realized before it was too late that even though I love linguistics, I’d get incredibly frustrated doing it for the rest of my life. So it was back to the drawing board, and fortunately I’d been taking bio and other basic science classes all along for premed prereqs and a planned bio minor, and I realized my interest in bio was deeper than my interest in linguistics. So here I am, but sometimes I still angst about my decision–there are so many other things I might’ve majored in if things had been slightly different.</p>
<p>I totally understand what you’re saying about computer engineering–I feel like even if I’d started on that track right when I got to college, I would’ve been behind because I couldn’t totally dismantle and reassemble a computer when I got to college.</p>
<p>For engineering, especially for a transfer and especially if you got a late start, advising is really crucial, and my friends who’re engineering majors have always found it helpful. Good luck!</p>