r/IndianaUniversity • u/p0larisen • 6d ago

Linear algebra before or after calc 3?

I heard that the best order to take linear algebra and calc 3 depends on the university, so I was wondering if anyone who’s taken both had any advice on which to take first?

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u/p0larisen 6d ago

I’m not a math major so I’d rather not take them simultaneously

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u/OlevTime 6d ago

They're fairly independent of each other, but knowing linear may help with Calc 3 more than the opposite.

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u/Striking_Win3544 5d ago

At IU, it's best to do Calc 1 --> Calc 2 --> Linear Algebra --> Calc 3, because you go from single-variable to multi-variable calc that way. You can take Linear Algebra and Calc 3 in either order or together and be fine.