[spwa4]

> You'll be viewed as a neanderthal that probably can't or didn't pass Calculus.

Funny you say this 1.5 months after I find out that the university where I got my master's dropped calculus classes (from the bachelor subjects, there never was much non-applied math in the master years). Logic (mathematical logic), discrete math, combinatorics and theoretical statistics have been dropped years past (more than a decade for logic). Applied statistics and "Math I + II" (essentially revision of high school calculus, practical only, no theory, e.g. no more treatment of the difference between Riemann and Newtonian integration) are all the math that's left.

Master degree holders starting 4 years from now will all be "neanderthals that probably can't or didn't pass Calculus". Or at least know little of the theoretical underpinnings of calculus.

[TheNewsIsHere]

That is a shame. My degree required advanced topics at the undergraduate level particularly because of the subject matter (think aeronautics and aerospace). In many ways I’ve found that this knowledge has made life a lot easier in surprising ways. It also tends to be surprisingly transferable in unexpected ways.

As they say, ignorance is bliss, I guess.

[zifpanachr23]

Yep, this is credential inflation in a nutshell. Don't fall through the cracks in the future, if you do then maybe you'll wind up as a neanderthal that couldn't pass college algebra.