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undergrad was Arizona State. Yes, having a college education requires knowing basic stuff like how to write a college essay or how to find the area under a curv
by rsj_hn 5y ago
undergrad was Arizona State. Yes, having a college education requires knowing basic stuff like how to write a college essay or how to find the area under a curve. At that time, it was grouped by Numeracy or Literacy Requirements, so calculus met the N1 requirement and you could satisfy your L1 with English 101. Of course you could take more advanced classes as well if you wanted, but there was no credit for taking high school math classes to satisfy the university Numeracy requirements. So no trig or pre-calc would cut it. There were also social studies requirements, etc. The idea is that a "liberal arts education" requires these. And of course virtually all math majors would already have tested out of them, even in big state schools.
- acchow 5y agoI think your claim that "calculus was a university requirement" doesn't align with what I'm reading in their degree requirements, which is "MA and CS: Mathematical Studies (combined six credit hours)" > This core area has two categories. Mathematics (MA) is the acquisition of essential skills in basic mathematics. Computer/statistics/quantitative applications (CS) applies mathematical reasoning and requires students to complete a course in either the use of statistics and quantitative analysis or the use of a computer to assist in serious analytical math work. > This requirement has two parts: At least three credit hours must be selected from courses designated MA and at least three credit hours must be selected from courses designated CS, and all students are expected to fulfill the MA requirement by the time they accumulate 30 credit hours in residence at ASU. Sounds like you could take calculus to satisfy the Math requirement, but you could decide to do other Maths instead? https://catalog.asu.edu/ug_gsr https://catalog.asu.edu/ug_gsr