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Show me an American university that doesn't spend the first two years of a STEM major's life on the three-semester calculus sequence, linear algebra, and ordina

Show me an American university that doesn't spend the first two years of a STEM major's life on the three-semester calculus sequence, linear algebra, and ordinary differential equations, and I will then come up with a secondary school math curriculum targeting admission to such a program.

abeppu 5y ago
Actually, the "S" is pretty broad and I'm guessing there are multiple majors at reputable universities that don't require all that.
- legerdemain 5y ago
  Sure, if your S is sociology, your math requirements will be 0-2 units of calculus and a statistical methods course taught in the department. The secondary school preparation for such a program is called "stop taking math in 11th grade."
  - abeppu 5y ago
    You're being snide and not actually constructive. E.g. here are requirements for molecular and cellular bio at UC Berkeley, which requires a 1 year sequence covering calculus, stats and combinatorics. Linear algebra and differential equations are not requirements. http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major-requirements/requirements http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major-requirements/r...
    - legerdemain 5y ago
      That sounds like it requires a high-school math sequence that prepares students for college calculus, doesn't it? Edit: You hardly contradicted me. My claim was that the math requirements of non-engineering science majors were 0-2 semesters of calculus and a course on statistical methods. You added combinatorics, which I usually just see taught as part of that applied methods course, rather than a stand-alone semester of mathematical combinatorics (I welcome correction). This is exactly what the current secondary math curriculum leads up to: calculus.
      - diffeomorphism 5y ago
        That completely contradicts your point. > my claim was.. No, it wasn't, but nice try.
        legerdemain 5y ago
        You can literally read what I claimed, verbatim, a couple messages above. Please do!
        diffeomorphism 5y ago
        Exactly, which is why it is so weird of you to lie about it.

abeppu 5y ago

Actually, the "S" is pretty broad and I'm guessing there are multiple majors at reputable universities that don't require all that.

legerdemain 5y ago
Sure, if your S is sociology, your math requirements will be 0-2 units of calculus and a statistical methods course taught in the department. The secondary school preparation for such a program is called "stop taking math in 11th grade."
- abeppu 5y ago
  You're being snide and not actually constructive. E.g. here are requirements for molecular and cellular bio at UC Berkeley, which requires a 1 year sequence covering calculus, stats and combinatorics. Linear algebra and differential equations are not requirements. http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major-requirements/requirements http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/major-requirements/r...
  - legerdemain 5y ago
    That sounds like it requires a high-school math sequence that prepares students for college calculus, doesn't it? Edit: You hardly contradicted me. My claim was that the math requirements of non-engineering science majors were 0-2 semesters of calculus and a course on statistical methods. You added combinatorics, which I usually just see taught as part of that applied methods course, rather than a stand-alone semester of mathematical combinatorics (I welcome correction). This is exactly what the current secondary math curriculum leads up to: calculus.
    - diffeomorphism 5y ago
      That completely contradicts your point. > my claim was.. No, it wasn't, but nice try.
      - legerdemain 5y ago
        You can literally read what I claimed, verbatim, a couple messages above. Please do!
        diffeomorphism 5y ago
        Exactly, which is why it is so weird of you to lie about it.