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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (131801)4/8/2001 12:31:36 PM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Jim - There now appear to be at least 4 tiers of "core math" at the big universities - I guess so that everyone can at least claim something. The engineering and science stuff is still 6 quarters of basic calculus and related disciplines and 4 related pure math subjects which build on that base. That set of knowledge is a requirement for almost any serious scientific or research work. But "science" majors outside of the traditional disciplines - and there are now "engineering technology" and related degrees for people who can't get through the hard stuff - has a kind of cliff's notes version of the base 6 courses, delivered in 2 courses. A single additional course covers the way such advanced math would be used, assuming you actually knew how to do it. Those usually have some kind of "applied math" title.

But many computer science course plans have an even lighter requirement, which is also used for business administration and other science-light degrees. Evidently people figure that some nerdy engineer will do the hard stuff and so CS and BA types just need to know who to hire. Those courses combine the advanced math into a single course - "this is an integral, this is a differential, any questions?" kind of thing. A lower level yet is kind of remedial high school math with a general description of what kinds of things exist beyond that.

I'm sure not everyone gets fired up over advanced math but it seems like there should be a clear distinction between people who actually know what they are talking about and those who know some of the words.
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