View Single Post
  #4   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 13-11-2010, 13:07
EricH's Avatar
EricH EricH is offline
New year, new team
FRC #1197 (Torbots)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: SoCal
Posts: 19,683
EricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond repute
Re: How much Calculus?

Same with mine. Like I said, for about the first two years (while you're still in Calc 1, 2, and 3 and Diff. Eq.), you can probably get by with very limited calculus (physics, some other stuff). Looking at the ME departmental prerequisites, though, if you don't have Calc 1 and Calc 2, there are three courses that you won't be allowed to take in sophomore year: Sophomore Design, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics 1. Most of the math that those courses use is algebra or trig or something like that, so you might be able to get by for a while. Once you get up into junior-level courses, though, you need to be able to do calculus or differential equations at any time.
__________________
Past teams:
2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons

"Rockets are tricky..."--Elon Musk

Reply With Quote