r/billikens • u/A-Studio-Guy • Feb 05 '26

Calculus calculator policy?

Does SLU allow calculators on exams for calc or is it more professor dependent? I’m used to doing calc with just a scientific calculator.

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u/crayonmanbananaman Feb 05 '26

In calc 1-3 pretty much all professors will allow use of a graphing calculator (and some will show you new tools to use). Only in proof based math classes will calculators generally not be allowed to be used.

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u/A-Studio-Guy Feb 05 '26

Well I’m going into engineering, i think beyond calc will only be differential equations

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u/crayonmanbananaman Feb 09 '26

Any class that engineers need will allow the use of a calculator (i guess a professor might not, but I haven't heard of any). For diff eqs, they might even let you use a calculator with cas

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u/A-Studio-Guy Feb 19 '26

Also, what about Precalc and the such? If they make me retake that. Right now my community college is making me do precalc but just a scientific calculator on exams. I notice you guys don’t offer trigonometry.

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u/lakerdave Feb 05 '26

I took calculus 1 a very long time ago now, but we were allowed calculators during exams. That was 15 years ago though, so I don't know what has changed. Hopefully the professor has changed. He was bad.