I was a little hesitant about jumping straight into Calculus III in my very first quarter of classes at the University of Cincinnati. I was unsure whether AP Calculus in high school suffeciently prepared me for a class of this caliber. I am very glad that I took Calculus III right away, and even more grateful that I decided to take the Honors section of Calculus III. There was a very steep learning curve for the first couple weeks, and I struggled to quickly catch up to the material. After I had acclimatized myself to the material and rigorous coursework, however, I was able to learn everything that I needed to, in order to do well in the class.
Because this class was so much harder than any of my other classes, it forced me to work more effeciently in order to get everything done. I developed many good study habits as a result of this course that I now use in all my classes. Because I was in the honors section, even more was expected of me, and Professor Buckingham showed us no mercy by way of easy tests or homework. Professor Buckingham was very approachable though, and gave me a good feel for the best ways to ask professors for help in college.
In addition to the coursework, I also met some of the most motivated individuals in the honors department right away, these being my classmates. The bonds I created in Calculus III with my peers last today as some of my favorite friendships and I wouldn't trade them for anything.
An excerpt of daily homework from Honors Calc III.
An excerpt of a homework problem solved using Wolfram's Mathematica. In the lab portion of the course, we learned how to solve complex problems using computers. In this way, we learned both the most effecient way to solve these problems, but we also learned what the computer program was actually doing when it solved the problem for us.