University of North Dakota Online Calculus versus Distance Calculus

Another Calculus online program available on the internet is from the University of North Dakota (UND).

UND's Calculus online program is quite different than Distance Calculus @ Roger Williams University.

As reported by former UND Calculus course students, the UND Calculus course is centered on using a traditional paper textbook, having the student work through the textbook problems, and utilize the Calculus videos from Khan Academy to supplement the textbook.

In contrast, Distance Calculus is quite a different course in so many ways! Our video library of instructions is tied DIRECTLY to our own curriculum (Calculus&LiveMath), and using a computer algebra graphing software (LiveMath) as the cornerstone of the coursework platform, quite unlike a regular paper Calculus textbook. We use our own course management system (CMS), which is not Moodle nor Blackboard nor any of the other CMS's you may have had contact with previously.

For many students, a paper-textbook-centered course structure may work for them. If you are good at reading a paper textbook, working through the textbook problems, and watching Khan Academy videos to help out, then UND's course may be a very good choice for you.

UND's Calculus I (Math 165) course is less expensive (tuition: $1368) than Distance Calculus Calculus I (tuition: $1782 + e-text/software $115). So if you are looking for the lowest price course, UND is the less expensive option.

Distance Calculus is designed to facilitate tremendous interaction between student and instructor via the exchange of these LiveMath (and Mathematica for the higher courses) notebooks, back and forth, back and forth, until the student work is 100% correct and complete. Explore below in more detail (in video format) the Distance Calculus courses, and write us if you have any questions!

Student interaction with the instructor(s) is via this computer algebra notebook exchange, but also on sharing screen-cast recorded movies back and forth, which solves many "I'm stuck and writing out my question is not working out!", and then also real-time chat back and forth with the instructor(s) on Skype chat.

Is Distance Calculus For You?

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Distance Calculus - Curriculum Exploration

Functions

• P2: Functions:
• P2.1: What is a Function?
• P2.1.a: Notation
• P2.1.b: Data Sets & Functional Notation
• P2.1.c: More Data Sets
• P2.1.d: When is a Data Set NOT a Function?
• P2.1.e: Algebraic Formulae
• P2.1.f: Massachusetts Lunatics
• P2.1.g: Hurricane Katrina Data
• P2.1.h: Formal Definition of Function
• P2.1.i: Homework Problems
• P2.2: Graphing Data Functions
• P2.2.a: Input vs. Output
• P2.2.b: Graphing Data in LiveMath Manually
• P2.2.c: Graphing Multiple Data Sets
• P2.2.d: Graphing 3D Data
• P2.2.e: Not a Function?
• P2.3: Functions from Algebraic Formulae
• P2.3.a: Generating Data
• P2.3.b: Graphing Generated Data
• P2.3.c: Increasing Resolution
• P2.3.d: Smooth Curves
• P2.3.e: Graphing Without Data
• P2.3.f: Graph Multiple Functions Together
• P2.3.g: Functions in 3D
• P2.4: Bad Inputs?
• P2.4.a: Undefined Input Values
• P2.4.b: All Good Input Values = Domain
• P2.4.c: All Realized Output Values = Range
• P2.5: Combinations of Functions
• P2.5.a: Add, Subtract Functions
• P2.5.b: Multiply Functions
• P2.5.c: Divide Functions
• P2.5.d: Abstract Substitution
• P2.5.e: Composition of Functions
• P2.6: Functions Without Algebraic Formulae
• P2.6.a: Functions Defined Only With Data
• P2.6.b: Functions Defined Only With Graphs
• P2.6.c: Introduction To Curve Fitting
• P2.6.d: Introduction to Interpolation

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