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

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...