> They explained derivatives to us on the first year of UK university CS degree That's done partly as a refresher for those who didn't do maths at A-level (so

> They explained derivatives to us on the first year of UK university CS degree That's done partly as a refresher for those who didn't do maths at A-level (so would be 2 years out of not doing maths at all) and to take into account some systems that don't teach it. At least that was the case for my UK university CS degree.