| alpha_dk said: At my school (small elite liberal arts college, so this probably isn't that representative): Up until next year, Physics majors are only required to take Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (and anything leading up to those). Any other math is taught in the class necessary. Starting two years from now (actually trialing it next year, but it won't be required then) the department is making a special "Math for Physicists" class that will basically teach all the useful parts of the above classes along with extra math for quantum, advanced EM, etc. No Stats :-/ Then again, it is a liberal arts school - not many people in my school like applying knowledge all that much (i do though, which makes it sad when I get really into something and noone else does) |
yeah, it really depends on the school. the undergrad curriculum at my current school (i'm a grad student here) requires ALL undergrads, including non-science and non-engineering majors, to take up to quantum mechanics, math up to differential equations and linear algebra (and some more). it feels... a little too much even though i can't really argue against it.
then again, i don't know any humanities major undergrads here, so maybe the school wants them to drop out if they can't handle it. it's kind of bad for some; for pre-meds (a relatively small group), they would have easily gotten 4.0 at another college and go to the med school of their choice but here there's little "grade inflation" phenonmenon and the competition is absolutely cut-throat.
life is not always fair, i guess.
the Wii is an epidemic.
