I agree and it amazes me. We are implicitly asking students who want to learn something outside of their area of focus to do so at a community college or for "n

I agree and it amazes me. We are implicitly asking students who want to learn something outside of their area of focus to do so at a community college or for "no credit". Rather than risk their GPA on a course where the philosophy might be "it was hard for me so I'm going to make it hard for them". The first day of my math undergraduate, in a lecture theater of probably 300 students, the professor said confidently and with joy rather than remorse. "look at the person to your left now your right. They will fail out of this program."