edX Calculus versus Distance Calculus
edX is a consortium of various universities (Harvard University, MIT, Boston University, University of Texas, University of California, Berkeley, et al) where their various online course offerings are presented together in one central location for students to find courses to take online.The Calculus I course from edX is actually the MITx Calculus I course, from MIT's very impressive OpenCourseWare project.
Can you get academic credits for this edX Calculus I (MITx in disguise) course? It costs $225.
This question is very very murky. There are various pages on edX site that suggests credit is available, and that you can "purchase academic credits" but it is not clear if you do this after you finish your course, or before, or .... To our knowledge, none of the courses in MIT's OpenCourseware project offer real academic credits.
Other pages on edX.org suggest the "certificate" awarding for $100 for completion of these courses.
As far as we can tell, you cannot earn real, transferable academic credits by taking an edX/MITx Calculus course.
Earning Real Academic Credits for Calculus
Applied Calculus vs Calculus I
Distance Calculus - Student Reviews
Date Posted: Apr 10, 2020
Review by: Benjamin T.
Courses Completed: Calculus I
Review: This course provided an excellent chance to learn about Calculus...again. I took calculus in high school, but I learned so much more with this course! It does take a good amount of time to do all the lessons, so definitely keep on top of them, but all the exercises helped me to really understand the material. And the nice thing is you can do it on your own time at home.
Transferred Credits to: Western University of Health Sciences: College of Optometry
Date Posted: Mar 16, 2020
Review by: Malia K.
Courses Completed: Applied Calculus
Review: Course was good and fast. I don't like math so I can't say it was fun or anything. Grader was very nice. Software was ok.
Transferred Credits to: University of Maine
Date Posted: Dec 9, 2019
Review by: Louisa A.
Courses Completed: Calculus I
Review: My microeconomics class required college-level calculus as a prerequisite, and I didn't want to wait until next year to take the class. So, I took DC's Calculus I class over the summer, so I could register for econ when I got back to school this fall. I actually think I got more help taking the class online than I would have in the huge lecture classes here. Prof. Curtis was really clear in explaining concepts and talking me through the topics that I was having trouble with. It took me about 10 weeks to finish the class, which didn't seem too long and didn't feel rushed. My friends who are in calculus now, trying to finish the prereq, are pretty jealous!
Distance Calculus - Curriculum Exploration
Inequalities & Absolute Value
- P11: Inequalities & Absolute Value:
- P11.1: 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.a: Basic 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.b: Algebraic Operations on Inequalities
- P11.1.c: Linear 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.d: Quadratic 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.e: Polynomial 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.f: General 1D Inequalities
- P11.1.g: Homework Problems
- P11.2: 2D Inequalities
- P11.2.a: Linear 2D Inequality
- P11.2.b: Quadratic 2D Inequality
- P11.2.c: Polynomial 2D Inequality
- P11.2.d: General 2D Inequality
- P11.2.e: Homework Problems
- P11.3: Systems of 2D Inequalities
- P11.3.a: System of 2D Linear Inequalities
- P11.3.b: System of 2D General Inequalities
- P11.3.c: Homework Problems
- P11.4: Absolute Value
- P11.4.a: 1D Absolute Value Equations
- P11.4.b: 1D General Absolute Value Equations
- P11.4.c: 1D Linear Absolute Value Inequality
- P11.4.d: 1D General Absolute Value Inequalities
- P11.4.e: 2D Linear Absolute Value
- P11.4.f: 2D General Absolute Value Inequalities
- P11.4.g: Homework Problems
- P11.5: 3D Inequalities