professor said only scientific calculators allowed wtf?

[overst33r]

is this normal? I have a Ti 89 that i used in HS, this professor said no graphing calcs at all...wtf is up with that? There is no way im finding the graph of all the derivatives by hand.

I need some input on this...should i just drop the class and look for another professor or is this perfectly normal?

 

[swimscubasteve]

welcome to college?

 

[sisq0kidd]

It's normal. Do the work.

 

[hdeck]

can easily store formulas, etc in graphing calcs

 

[mcvickj]

Ohhh nooooeeeesss.....where is the easy button????

 

[RallyMaster]

we can't use calculators at all in my calculus class so stop complaining.

 

[MrBond]

This is pretty normal. In fact, the only reason we were allowed to use them was because our calc prof was confused by technology and didn't want to outright ban them since it was the only calculator a lot of us had.

Anyone else who took calc at my college couldn't use them.

I don't remember much graphing anyway. Pretty much everything eas easy to do by hand. Granted that was 6 years ago, so it's a bit fuzzy.

 

[msparish]

In all of my calculus classes (other than high school) we couldn't use calculators.

 

[nycxandy]

Yeah... normal.

 

[BigJ]

Calc II is typically a weed-out course at a lot of universities.

It's also more than managable without a calculator, and you actually learn things. Don't tell me you're one of those sorry sods that don't know who to take a derivative because you always did it with the push of a few buttons on your Ti-89?

 

[Baked]

Never had a graphing calculator. You can easily draw the graph by hand if you know the formula.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

math ftw!

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Calc II is typically a weed-out course at a lot of universities.

It's also more than managable without a calculator, and you actually learn things. Don't tell me you're one of those sorry sods that don't know who to take a derivative because you always did it with the push of a few buttons on your Ti-89?

no...i know how to take a derivative fine, except its pretty tedious at least in my experience to graph and integrate. IIRC there was a lot of calculator work in calc 1...so i figured calc II would be similar, but i guess i am incorrect.

 

[NatePo717]

Calc II is integration? If so your calculator won't be much help anyway.

 

[Queasy]

Normal. I had other classes like Physics, Chemistry, etc that wouldn't allow graphing calculators because of the fact that they can store formulas and what not.

 

[msparish]

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: BigJ
Calc II is typically a weed-out course at a lot of universities.

It's also more than managable without a calculator, and you actually learn things. Don't tell me you're one of those sorry sods that don't know who to take a derivative because you always did it with the push of a few buttons on your Ti-89?

no...i know how to take a derivative fine, except its pretty tedious at least in my experience to graph and integrate. IIRC there was a lot of calculator work in calc 1...so i figured calc II would be similar, but i guess i am incorrect.

Since you can't use calculators, exam problems will reflect that. Generally, with a good professor, answers will come out to be whole numbers or easy fractions (i.e. 1/2, 1/3, etc.).

 

[silverpig]

Half the point of the course is to learn how to do that stuff without a graphing calculator.

Function = 0 tells you the roots
1st Derivative = 0 tells you the local max/min
2nd Derivative = 0 tells you the inflection points

Then just connect the dots. It's not that hard. If you're doing calc II you're probably integrating the area between two functions. Just set f = g and solve for the intersections. You're going to have to do all of this in three dimensions in calc III anyways.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
It's normal. Do the work.

yep, my prof only allowed scientific calculators too

edit: and if you didn't have a calculator and REALLY needed to know the sin/cos/tan of whatever, taylor/mclauren series are your friends

 

[Atomicus]

Never used a graphing calculator in my life.

<- engineer major

 

[dquan97]

I agree that it's standard...the problems aren't going to be too hard to figure out mentally. You can also post the problems here after the test...

 

[EKKC]

bring a pocket pc, a treo, or better yet, bring in a laptop. show him who's boss.
stupid college professors.

 

[stu1811]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
Ohhh nooooeeeesss.....where is the easy button????

http://www.hydrous.net/photoblog/large/50e7b552c45ad275.jpg

 

[2Xtreme21]

Wait, you're allowed to use a calculator? WTF?

 

[ebaycj]

Calculators are for pussies. Especially TI-89's that look like normal graphing calculators but will do a damn lot of calculus for you (assuming you are not retarded). Not to mention storing formulas as text. That's basically a cheat sheet.

 

[Rubycon]

When I was in school they considered the slide rule as cheating. Stop whining.