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Generally agree, but "theories ... have mathematical proofs behind them" doesn't distinguish computer science from economics. And I think you'd be surprised at

• bachmeier 11y ago
  Yeah, that comment was strange. I had a PhD mathematician in my class in grad school, one that had worked as a math professor for years and was well published, and he said he felt comfortable with the rigor of the courses. There are a lot of math PhD's publishing in econ journals and teaching in econ departments.
  • grayclhn 11y ago
    In my anecdotal experience, econ PhD students are a lot more likely to take graduate math classes than cs PhD students. The PhD probability sequence was more or less a standard part of the econometrics course work in my program. Admittedly, I don't know that many cs PhDs, so maybe I don't have a complete picture. I think a lot of these views come from the undergrad classes where, yeah, econ math requirements are pretty unimpressive. But, of course, the recommendation for students who plan to get a PhD amounts to "be a math major," which again isn't my understanding of cs...