athlee Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys Edited August 24, 2014 by athlee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castial Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 What is Calculus 4 in your school? For me, it's Vector Calculus ( Stokes, Gauss, Green etc ) + Fourier Series to solve the Heat/Wave/Laplace partial differential equations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athlee Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Parametrizations, inverse & implicit functions, integrals (length and area; grad, div, and curl), Green, Gauss, and Stokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castial Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'd skip it then. The only thing I found remotely useful in my Calc 4 class was the fourier series/pde's section. If you dont have something like that, then it's not worth it imho. Vector Calculus in it's own right isn't a very long course so most schools usually add something to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrina Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I disagree. I think he or she should take the calc 4 class. Are you on the quarter system, OP? Most of this things were included in my calc 3 class. Inverse and implicit function theorems are definitely useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deekdeekerson Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Definitely take Calc 4. Your calc 4 is equivalent to what most people's semester calc 3 is. Like my calc 3 was Multivariable integration, vectors, green's theorem, divergence theorem, stoke's theorem, curl, divergence, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athlee Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm not entirely sure what the quarter system is. We have two four month semesters if that answers your question. Another quick question, would taking co-op or internship have any bearing on grad school applications? I'm thinking about doing it but I'm afraid if I take a year off school my relationship with my professors would deteriorate because of it. I'd also appreciate some feedback on some of my other questions above :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Quarter system consists of four quarters: fall quarter, winter quarter, spring quarter, and summer quarter. IMO, it is much more logical than a semester system. What do you mean take a year off school? Do you mean that you will be delaying graduation to do the internship, or do you mean that you will delay applying to grad school by one year? If it is the former, I would advise against it. If the latter is the case, then I don't think it will matter that much. Think about it, if you graduate in spring, it will only be six months until you apply for grad school. They won't forget about you in that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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