In the two universities I attended, the Technion and HUJI, it was as I described. In fact, I did not know there existed such a thing as a first-year calculus co

In the two universities I attended, the Technion and HUJI, it was as I described. In fact, I did not know there existed such a thing as a first-year calculus course that doesn't include defining "number" and "addition" from the ground up. So maybe not just any university, sorry.