My college thread to rival Zuie's.

[Bobmuhthol]

GB 101
GB 103
IT 101
FS 111
MA 233
MA 243

A system that makes sense!

Sry for the creation of a new thread but I didn't want to hijack.

[Hulkein]

How many credits is that?

[Kranar]

Care to explain what courses those are?

[Soulpieced]

I'm assuming general business, a computer class, 2 math classes, and I can't tell what the other is. 18 credits.

[diethx]

Looks like freshman seminar.

[Bobmuhthol]

<<How many credits is that?>>

14.5; FS 111 is 1 and GB 103 is 1.5 (will be GB 102 in the middle of the semester, also 1.5).

<<Care to explain what courses those are?>>

GB 101 - World of Business
GB 103 - Legal Environment of Business
IT 101 - (Honors) Info Tech and Comp System
FS 111 - (Honors) Freshman Seminar
MA 233 - Calculus III
MA 243 - (Honors) Discrete Probability

[sst]

well at least you're not going to "music"

[iJin]

rofl Bob. I don't have my fall schedule yet. I will soon though.


sst, grow up please.

[Sean of the Thread]

What is your goal again I forget?

[iJin]

Read other thread.

[Stanley Burrell]

Is Calc III a one semester condensed Calc I + II, or something like that?

[BigWorm]

Is Calc III a one semester condensed Calc I + II, or something like that?

No, its the next step in the Calculus series, multivariate calculus. You move into R3 instead of just R2 and cover a lot of physics related material like line integrals and gradients.

[Bobmuhthol]

MA 233 Calculus III (3 credits)

Prerequisite(s): MA 139 or departmental permission
Includes such topics as Taylor's formula, sequences and series, Taylor's series, solid analytic geometry, vectors, multivariable calculus including partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, and applications to business, economics and the social and physical sciences. Computer solutions are used for selected problems.

I never really looked at the course description before. I know sequences, series, and Taylor polynomials from AP Calc C, so... lol!

[Stanley Burrell]

Awesome. Makes me wish I took more math while my brain was more plastic.

I never thought I'd say this, but I sort've miss math.

[radamanthys]

I almost went to Bentley... but they gave me $157 in total Financial Aid.

So... I almost contributed to this thread.

[thefarmer]

Honors freshman seminar?

What's the difference between non-honors?

[Furrowfoot]

For me, Calc III was easier than Calc II, other than getting used to visualizing rotations in 3-dimensions and such - but you get used to that too. Don't know if Discrete Probability is what my College labeled as just Discrete Math, but that class was cake too.

[Daniel]

Honors freshman seminar?

What's the difference between non-honors?

Less socially awkward.

[Hulkein]

Honors freshman seminar?

What's the difference between non-honors?

More V-Cards.

[Xaerve]

I've never heard of an honors course at the college level, interesting.

[Stanley Burrell]

I've seen honors-only dorms (entire building, not just half of one floor) in some state schools. They are wonderfully dishonorable at times.

[Bobmuhthol]

<<Don't know if Discrete Probability is what my College labeled as just Discrete Math, but that class was cake too.>>

There's Discrete Math, too. Discrete Probability is a probability class; Discrete Math is apparently an understanding of math to create computer algorithms.

<<What's the difference between non-honors?>>

All Honors students have to take Honors Freshman Seminar.

<<I've never heard of an honors course at the college level, interesting.>>

Out of 4 schools I applied to, 3 have an honors program (Bentley, Babson, Northeastern). UMass also does.

[Alfster]

For me, Calc III was easier than Calc II, other than getting used to visualizing rotations in 3-dimensions and such - but you get used to that too. Don't know if Discrete Probability is what my College labeled as just Discrete Math, but that class was cake too.

I found differential equations to be the worst math class I took. I hate proofs.

Calc I, II, and III were enjoyable, the rest of my math classes I hated.

[Skeeter]

unless you end up being a scientist of some sort, high end math is completely useless.

[Bobmuhthol]

I'm good at it, and I'm probably going to get a BA with a math concentration (on top of a BS in Economics-Finance). Whether I have to use it later on is just a bonus.

[TheEschaton]

I was in the Honors Program at BC, so they have one too. In fact, I'd be more surprised at a lack of honors programs (at least departmental honors) at a private university.

[BigWorm]

For me, Calc III was easier than Calc II, other than getting used to visualizing rotations in 3-dimensions and such - but you get used to that too. Don't know if Discrete Probability is what my College labeled as just Discrete Math, but that class was cake too.

Most people say they, but I disagree, thought we did a lot of delta-epsilon proofs in my Calc III class which is material that doesn't really belong there. Discrete probability is probably just the Stats 1000 class that every school has. Discrete math was one of my favorite math classes. It has some overlap with stats like combinatorics, but the interesting material for me was things like number theory, set theory, and graph theory.

[Bobmuhthol]

Delta-epsilon proofs meaning the formal definition of limits? That definitely has no place in Calc III.

There's Discrete Probability, Probability Models for Business Decision-Making, Mathematical Statistics, Continuous Probability for Risk Management, Actuarial Topics in Probability and Risk Management, Applied Business Statistics, and Business Statistics (required general business class). Everything is considered a math class except Business Statistics, so you can get away with never taking any of them.

[radamanthys]

Discrete math is mostly logic, a bunch of theory (number, set, algorithm), proofs, combinatorics, etc.

It's excellent for Computer Science, and even Crypto.


A bunch of schools have honors programs. Binghamton's management school's honors program is sponsored by PriceWaterhouse Cooper's, one of the 'Big 4' accounting firms. It's toastmasters, plus a bunch of heavier requirements.

[longshot]

unless you end up being a scientist of some sort, high end math is completely useless.

Are you serious? And you're authority on this how exactly?

My friend pulled down a $1.4 million bonus last year as a vol. trader. He doesn't wear a lab coat on the trading floor...

[longshot]

What is your goal again I forget?

Her goal is to get married, get pregnant, and put on five pounds a year for the rest of her life. Oh, she wants a dog too.

But right now, she'll tell you that her goal in life is to study music...