What is Calculus IV? don't understand my university's math offerings

[Raiv11]

So it sounds like this class will be covering useful material. I was planning to take it, anyway, and now I have a better idea of what my school's math department was thinking when they created these classes. Thanks for your input, everyone!

[moneyandcredit]

Well, I don't know how often you'll be using Stokes' Theorem, but it's still a good idea to show you've completed the lower division Calculus sequence. Best of luck to you!

[njskatchmo]

Diff eq is called calc 4 at my school.

[peter mouganie]

Originally Posted by moneyandcredit

Well, I don't know how often you'll be using Stokes' Theorem, but it's still a good idea to show you've completed the lower division Calculus sequence. Best of luck to you!

Add Green's theorem to that. Boring as hell to me. In fact you can add the divergence theorem and everything pertaining to Triple integrals. AAAAAH bad memories.

[mrdoodler]

In my school we have Multivariable Cal I and II which everyone calls Cal III/IV, it covers ch 11-15 in the first and ch 16-19 of Stewart Calculus.

[SlowLearner38]

Originally Posted by mrdoodler

In my school we have Multivariable Cal I and II which everyone calls Cal III/IV, it covers ch 11-15 in the first and ch 16-19 of Stewart Calculus.

Multivariable starts at Chapter 11 of Stewart? No parametric equations or sequences/series in your Calc II class? I thought these were an integral part of every Calc II class (pardon the pun).

[peter mouganie]

Originally Posted by SlowLearner38

Multivariable starts at Chapter 11 of Stewart? No parametric equations or sequences/series in your Calc II class? I thought these were an integral part of every Calc II class (pardon the pun).

Hmmm so your Calc III class starts at Chapter 12?
I don't really get the difference? You do less in Calc III and more in Calc II.
Why would sequences/ series be an integral part of Calc II. That is the most important chapter in the whole book for a lot of people especially computer scientists and needs to be taken in great detail and at a higher more rigorous level. I don't think it should be taken as a Freshman course.

[moneyandcredit]

Originally Posted by SlowLearner38

Multivariable starts at Chapter 11 of Stewart? No parametric equations or sequences/series in your Calc II class? I thought these were an integral part of every Calc II class (pardon the pun).

We didn't do this in my Calc II class either... I thought this was taught before Calculus in high school. Although we did learn things in Calc II like arc length by integrating systems of parametric equations. Is that what you mean?

[SlowLearner38]

Originally Posted by moneyandcredit

We didn't do this in my Calc II class either... I thought this was taught before Calculus in high school. Although we did learn things in Calc II like arc length by integrating systems of parametric equations. Is that what you mean?

For the most part, yes. But I was more so wondering about the sequences/series. My Calc II class was basically split into 3 sections: First was all the integration techniques and some arc length stuff. Second was differential equations and polar coordinate/parametric equations. Then the final third was was Power/Taylor/Maclaurin series.

My "Multivariable Calc" or "Calc III" class started by talking about the geometry of space...which is an intuitive place for a multivariable class to start, I think. Whatever, at the end of the day, you learn all of it.

[moneyandcredit]

Oh, right. I did all that jazz during my first shot at undergrad way back when, and they had a different system. It was in the same course as basic differential equations in the final quarter of their 6-quarter Calc-Linear-DE sequence.