Calculus I & II or Calculus I and Intro to Comparative Politics?

[BillSL]

I will be attending Summer School in a few weeks. I have the opportunity to take 2 courses in virtually everything I wish.

It all boiled down to 2 choices: Calculus I & II or Calculus I and Introduction to Comparative Politics.

I was talking to a cadet during SLS and asked him "what do you think I should take?" He said that Calculus II is really easy to forget if you don't use it - also, I don't think I'll be taking a Math Major. He told me that the best choice would perhaps be Calculus I + something I enjoy.

What should I do? I have added the course descriptions below:

Calculus I & II:
This is a very intensive course covering differential and integral calculus in one variable, including series and some differential equations. We aim to develop theoretical understanding and practical skills. Some students leave prepared for multivariable calculus; others leave having previewed one-variable calculus. Graphing calculators are recommended but are not used in exams. The topics covered are not identical to those of a BC advanced placement class but do overlap to a large extent.

From: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2011/courses/30390.jsp?caller=dce

Calculus I:

This course covers differential and integral calculus in one variable, with applications. We aim to develop conceptual understanding, computational skills, and the students' ability to apply the material to science. The topics covered overlap with the advanced placement calculus curriculum to a large extent. A graphing calculator can occasionally be useful. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars investigating current research in mathematics education. Prerequisites: a good working knowledge of algebra, functions, logarithms, trigonometry, and analytic geometry.

From: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2011/courses/30391.jsp?caller=dce

Introduction to Comparative Politics:

This course examines the three most politically important challenges of our time: democracy, development, and diversity. Why are some countries democratic while others are not? Why are some countries rich while others remain poor? Why does diversity lead to conflict and violence in some countries but not others? We begin by evaluating the major concepts and theoretical approaches in comparative politics: modernization, Marxism, state, culture, rationality, institutions, and civil society. In the remainder of the course, we debate how different theories explain the empirical evidence in the varieties of world regions and country cases: Africa (Nigeria and Rwanda), the Americas (Mexico and the United States), Asia (China, India, Japan, South Korea), Europe (Britain and Germany), Middle East (Iran) and post-communist (Russia and former Yugoslavia).

From: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2011/courses/32003.jsp?caller=dce

Thanks!

 

[vampsoul]

If you take Cal I and II you can test out of single variable calculus like I did and only have to take 3 semesters of math instead of the normal 4.