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wtf? /sci/ told me that math was a hard major...

>> No.12216583

>>12216550
Nothing at the undergrad level is hard. College is designed to have a 100% pass rate.

>> No.12216598

>>12216550
That program looks fairly standard though leaning towards the side of mickey mouse. At my school it's
1 sem algebra
1 sem analysis
multivar
linear alg
intro to abstract math
5 courses at 4k level

Analysis is hard as shit, anything proof based at 3k level or above is hard as fuck

>> No.12216709

my state school is 43 credits

>> No.12216724

>>12216550
That looks difficult to me

>> No.12216728

>>12216724
I'm a CS major and have 75% of that as part of my CS curriculum

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>>12216550
Real analysis alone is worth a term full of upper division courses in any other STEM program.

>> No.12216755

>>12216728
I’m not a math or a CS major. I just don’t have a strong foundation in math and did poorly in the math courses I’ve taken. At the same time, I’m likely better at math than most non-math/CS/engi majors.

>> No.12216763

>spend most of my time not doing my major
nothing personal kid

>> No.12216768

https://math.washington.edu/sites/math/files/documents/undergrad/degree-options/math_bs_planning_sheet_vjan2020.pdf

https://catalogs.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/mathematics/mathematics-major/

https://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/book/mathematics

https://math.duke.edu/undergraduate/major

https://exploredegrees.stanford.edu/schoolofhumanitiesandsciences/mathematics/#bachelorstext

Remember we all have access to the same internet. Some of us are not compelled to lie and misrepresent the world.

>> No.12216778

>>12216550
That's pretty standard. You can take, Analysis 2, Alg 2 (Galois theory), Topology, Geometry, Complex Variables/Analysis. Plenty to keep you busy.

Also, what made the proof based classes easy was really understanding the basics. Having a solid grasp of how to prove functions are well defined and bijective. The division algorithm, Euclidean Algorithm and modular arithmetic.

For instance, Isomorphisms and homomorphisms in Abstract Algebra are simple if you really understand well-definedness, bijections, relations, modular arithmetic. It really makes Group theory in general easy.

Strong Foundations = Makes proof classes easy.

>> No.12216824

>>12216768
For every good school you listed, there are dozens of schools like Kennesaw State and Utah Valley University that have poor academics.

>> No.12216845

>>12216768
>I go to one of those schools
am I smart?

>> No.12216866

>taking a "Math for Computer Science majors" course
>it's discrete math in disguise
those rascals

>> No.12216900

>>12216550
>>12216872