Hi, I am trying to find some online courses that I can take to supplement my schedule at school. I have completed my high school's math curriculum this year, as a junior. My school does not offer Economics AP courses, and I am very interested in the subject. I am looking for decent online courses on Multivariable Calculus and Economics(Macro/Micro, at an AP level) for independent study. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
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the above answerer has a good point, but he misses that you can of course sign up for online courses at a college. that would get you somewhere, and yes, if your school helps students do this sort of thing, then they pay for it--a great way to get a head start. \n\nalso, check into whether or not your state has a virtual charter school or academy, or whether there is online reciprocity with other schools around your state. states are growing in this vein every day--more and more states allowing students to take classes offered online from another school under the same jurisdisction. \n\nyou can check here: http://www.owli.org and search your state to see, perhaps. they have lots of articles on the initiatives in different states in this direction.)\n\nyou could maybe work with an administrator/teacher to monitor your taking a free course offered by MIT or Carnegie Mellon--they're offering lots of classes these days. it's unconventional, but i don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility for a teacher/administrator who's got their head on straight about what education's supposed to be about. \n\nso, in general, it depends on where you're located. obviously you're not homeschooling, so you have less flexibility. but i think that finding out where your state's at in the e-learning boom is the first step. and finding out whether you can take college classes while still in high school. (this is also highly regional, and i've heard that some schools don't always share this possibility with students because it both costs them money and gets you out of their clutches for periods of time.)\n\nsorry i couldn't be more specific.\n\n==\nwell, if you can afford to take a course at a "prestigious" university (because of course i doubt your high school will pay for that), then i think you should just take your pick and find them online. i'm sure all universities now offer online courses, but which ones is something you're going to have to find out by investigating them individually. (on their websites.)\n\nunfortunately, i'm unaware of an evaluative site that really tells about the quality of individual online courses. i know someone who's planning on doing it, but no dice as of yet. someday, but that's not soon enough for you. hopefully someone else here can help you out.
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sure, check the MIT website, they have a lot of free online courses in many domains, but especially sciences
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I have heard of a site called www.tutor.com that provides an actual online tutor.  This is a totally free website.  The tutors are screened and have to meet several guidelines before they are allowed to tutor.  (The tutors actually have to be qualified to tutor a subject.)  I do know that the site provides mathematics tutoring through Calculus I.  The site is funded by libraries, I believe.  If he has trouble setting up a student account, you might contact your school librarian or local librarian for further info.\n\nHope this helps!
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If you are thinking about majoring in business / commerce the BA-35 is the calculator to go for. The TI 89 is great for all the statistics and higher level math courses including Calculus. However from the business / finance point of view, the BA-35 is a very convenient & necessary tool. It has preprogrammed financial and accounting functions. Interest comversions from annual percentage rate to effective rate. \n\nFor more complex computations in higher level classes and in the professional world you might want to upgrade to a HP 17BII. But definitely get the BA 35 as a start up calculator....
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Depending on how many other classes u will be taking, and how challenging they are, I would try to take them together.  If you have other challenging classes I would hold off to take the other later.  I took 18 credits at a time in order to graduate and took 2 math classes at one time and it worked out great, but planned it so I took my easier classes that semester too.\nGOODLUCK!
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I would recommend in-class and on-line classes. You have to be really disciplined for on-line courses. I usually take 2 or 3 in-class and 1 or 2 online per semester.
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Calc 3 is just like Calc 1, only with another variable  x,y, and z.   If you have taken Physics, you will do fine. You wil learn vectors, partial derivatives, multiple intergration, but overall its easier than Calc 2
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My high school was too small to offer AP science classes.  However, I did quite well when I got to college.  You will find that there are plenty of students in the same boat as you.  In fact,  those students who did well at AP won't be in your fall semester classes anyway, because they probably passed the test and got credit.  They'll join in 2nd semester, and it will be that much more difficult for them, as it will have been a semester since they had science.  Here are some tips for success:  \n\n1.  Form a study group.  It always helps to have a little extra motivation.\n\n2.  Do all of your homework.  Homework isn't for the prof, he/she probably won't even grade it.  It helps you learn the material.\n\n3.  Do EXTRA problems.  My profs bought the solutions manuals (if yours don't, you could buy it yourself) and put them in the library so that we could check all of our work.\n\n4.Tutor.  It is when you can teach the material to another person that you begin to truely understand.  I tutored my way through college, and found that it was not only a great money maker (and I could set my own hours), but it helped me learn the most.  Now of course, this one will only work as long as your grades are kept up...but again, its extra motivation.\n\nGood luck!  You will do fine.
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I would ask an advisor first.  But I would go on line to see if they offer courses on line of the subject matter.  You would not believe how many courses are available on line these days.
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MathCad & Maple are both pretty good software for using Calculus, but you will probably not need your own copy for a while. When I was learning calculus I bought software to help learn it, but I never used it mainly because being a Chemical Engineering Student time was precious. It is possible it would have helped, but I ended up learning everything out of my books, except what the instructors made us do on a computer. Actually, I learned by doing an amazingly large amount of math. Later on I used computer software a lot, but not in my first two years of college.
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Two and a half hour classes aren't too bad, as long as you can handle them--some people can't and some people do better in them than every day classes.\n\nI would definitely take Calculus in the semester following Pre-Calculus rather than wait 8 months (through the next semester and summer) to get back into the "groove" with a high level math class.\n\nHowever, there are also benefits to taking a class every day rathe than twice a week.  When a class is held every day, you are being exposed to it every day so it might be more likely to stick in your head.  The concern you mention about missing classes is also a very valid one.  I am currently taking three classes, two of them meet only once a week for 3 and 4 hours each.  I have been sick for the last two weeks and while I dragged myself to class last week, I didn't manage to make it this week so I've missed 1/15th of the class just by missing a single meeting!\n\nIn the end, it is up to you, only you know how you learn best.  If you are doing well this semester every day it might be worth it to wait.  The first few course meetings in a fall semester class are likely to be devoted to review anyway.\n\nGood luck!
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just take the course, business math and whatever foundation of math  it requires is easy stuff, stats and algebra (how can you be a businness person anyways if you cant do simple aritmatic and math). I hate math and i had to take 2 years of calculus for my major, that was a biatch. Anything that aint calc is easy.
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The feynam lectures, the big red books and not the shortened version sold as a popular science text, is actually quiet hard. There is a book for advanced math called Visual Calculus, but this should only be attempted in the senior year of math. As far as introductory calculus book i like the stewart text, but make sure you solve all the problems to truly get a picture of what is going on.
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oh yea u can take classes on line for anything, go to uscareerinstitute.com, or phoenix.edu, they have some classes to get certificates and uofphoenix has certificate and bachelor and master courses. good luck.
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I'm afraid I don't have a web site for you off the top of my head, but I would offer this (probably controversial) advice:  try to learn calculus from a physicist instead of a mathematician.  Physics has many great applications for calculus (Newton invented it to do some physics, after all) and I think it is easier to learn based upon the applications.\n\nMathematicians fuss too much about subtleties right away and I think they get in the way of the basic ideas of derivatives beng rates of change and integrals as ways of simply adding things up.
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I would definitely take AP Calc.  I'm a biochem major in college now, and the chem classes at a university are definitely a lot more beneficial than at the high school level.  Plus, it's better to get the calc out of the way so you can start taking the physics sequences for p-chem.  The only thing is, I would check with the college you are going to to see if the second calc class is offered the semester/quarter you are starting in college.  If not, then you might have to wait a while to take it.
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i have taken many on-line courses.  they are great if you have a very un-traditional schedule and want to study, write papers, or finish a test at 3am, but they lack in the social aspect of school.  law is NOT something you want to try and do on-line since most of the legal profession involves the relationships with people more than the "legal" aspects of it.  of course, if you just want to be a legal aide, or research junkie, then it doesn't matter if you can relate to people as long as you can find the "golden ticket" or loophole in the law that is needed to prosecute or defend a company or person