/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10648543

>>8349182
I question the need for so many highly math educated persons. My CS degree requires Calc 3 plus another 4000 level math of my choosing. I understand that some CS guys would need to know how to do these things manually in order to program software to automate it but why are all of us REQUIRED to know how to do it manually. There should instead be one class of upper level applied math done all in matlab. In my uni I cant even take a matlab class without doing two pre engendering courses first, what if I just wanted to learn matlab without going into engeering, I mean it seems like it would be more useful than the required 'biology for scientists' I have to take. You really want to higher an engineer who is going to calculate out the stresses on a bridge by hand? I want him to use an industry approved piece of software to do it for him because I trust that to make fewer mistakes. There just is not this great need for all this math and we expend so much intellectual capacity training people in these skills that so few will actually need. You only have so many credits to pack into a degree and it seems like such a waist to spend so many on maths for most students. Now I'm not saying don't offer it. We all need people like OP, but the number of people like OP that are needed are actually quite few.

Wow that was ramblie, I really shouldn't post when I'm tired, got up this morning at 6am and its 2am now at least i get to sleep in till 9 tomorrow.

>>7368502

>>6707115
>he doesn't like being a potato
Step it up son