Comparisons of Distance Calculus To Other Math Online Options

Distance Calculus @ Roger Williams University is a unique online course offering for Calculus-level courses for real academic, transferrable credits from an accredited institution.

Our Distance Calculus courses are designed around Mastery Learning and intense human interaction, unlink many other online and even hybrid Calculus courses avaiable around the internet.

Below are some links to explore the various other options around the internet. We want all students to find the right Calculus course for them to succeed. Distance Calculus is a different program than nearly all other online Calculus options. Perhaps Distance Calculus is right for you!

Distance Calculus - Student Reviews

Date Posted: May 17, 2025
Review by: Anonymous
Courses Completed: Calculus I
Review: This Calculus class saved my life! I needed to take this class to be able to secure a spot in my grad school program, and this was perfect for me - super flexible to my schedule, the teaching was great, and the material was super clear. I felt like I really learned Calculus and also really enjoyed it!

Date Posted: May 7, 2025
Review by: Chris M.
Student Email: chrismillermd@me.com
Courses Completed: Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory
Review: I've taken Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Probability Theory through Distance Calculus. All four courses were awesome. Dr. Curtis and the TA's were very responsive and helpful. The biggest advantage of these courses, compared to taking a traditional course, is that in addition to the theory, I was forced to also think computationally. I have become quite adept at using LiveMath and Mathematica for doing calculations and plots. All of the courses were accepted for credit transfer (Johns Hopkins University)
Transferred Credits to: Johns Hopkins University

Date Posted: May 18, 2025
Review by: Ian M.
Courses Completed: Multivariable Calculus
Review: Distance Calculus was a life saver! I needed an accredited program to complete multi-variable calculus for grad school and at the time was an American living in England. Being able to take the course on my own timeline, from my own home, was amazing! The content was thorough and the visualization exercises were very helpful for comprehension and understanding. This was an exceptionally, affordable, thorough, and convenient course that I found a lot of value in and I’m thankful it was available to me!
Transferred Credits to: Air Force Institute of Technology

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Distance Calculus - Student Reviews

Malia K.★★★★☆

Posted: Mar 16, 2020

Courses Completed: Applied Calculus

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

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Posted: Dec 31, 1969

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Catherine M.★★★★★

Posted: Apr 5, 2020

Courses Completed: Calculus I

Calculus I from Distance Calculus was wonderful! I took AB Calculus in high school, but I didn't take the AP Calc exam. Instead I took Calculus I with Distance Calculus, and it was so much better! It was a little review of topics, but not really. I really understood calculus when I finished!

Transferred Credits To: University of Chicago

Carl Conners★★★★★

Posted: Feb 23, 2020

Courses Completed: Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra

After a really rough first year of calculus, I completed all of the second year calculus courses with Distance Calculus. It was like night and day the difference. My first year was so boring and monotonous. Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra through Distance Calculus were just so much different - so not boring at all. I thoroughly enjoyed these courses. So engaging.

Transferred Credits To: Michigan State University

Lucas L.★★★★★

Posted: Jun 25, 2026

Courses Completed: Multivariable Calculus

The professor as well as the TAs give great feedback when you need help with problems and the videos are great at explaining concepts. Return time on work is good and the work is not too much to handle.

Transferred Credits To: University of Wisconsin

Hari K.★★★★☆

Posted: Jun 24, 2026

Courses Completed: Linear Algebra

This course gives a perspective on Linear algebra that no traditional course does. I’d say i gained much more intuition for this subject from the DC course than my friends who took traditional courses elsewhere. As a cs major, this version of learning with visualization has helped me a lot in understand ML models. However the course doesn’t have videos for the last 2 chapers so i had to self learn with the mathematica notebooks. Response times are a little slow but since it’s a remote class, i guess it’s justified. Overall amazing course and definitely take this over traditional lin alg classes.

Julia★★★★★

Posted: Jun 24, 2026

Courses Completed: Calculus I

As a full-time business owner completing an Executive MBA, I needed to satisfy a calculus prerequisite without putting my work on hold. Distance Calculus made that possible. The fully self-paced structure let me work early mornings and weekends around an unpredictable schedule, which a fixed-semester classroom course never would have allowed.
The course covered the core business calculus material thoroughly — derivatives, optimization, integration techniques including u-substitution, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, improper integrals, and numerical methods. The LiveMath computer algebra environment was central to the experience: it forced me to build each step explicitly rather than just arriving at an answer, which actually deepened my understanding of the mechanics.
Communication through the student portal was responsive when I had questions. For working professionals who need a rigorous, accredited calculus course on a flexible timeline, I'd recommend it.

Transferred Credits To: MIT Ebma