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To: Joe Boucher

The applied engineering courses don’t require much math.
A good understanding of algebra and a year of basic applied calculus (no theorems or proofs).

I have found that even students who have done poorly in math in high school can with some additional work do well as they get older. I for one did rather badly in high school algebra II.


35 posted on 05/24/2009 2:27:15 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

Yeah but reading your about line, you are a stubborn son of a gun that just grabs hold and won’t let go.


99 posted on 05/25/2009 2:53:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: Maine Mariner
The applied engineering courses don’t require much math.

A good understanding of algebra and a year of basic applied calculus (no theorems or proofs).

I'm not sure what you mean by "applied engineering courses".....

.....But this BSME had to take Calculus though triple integrals and differential equations. Then we used this advanced calculus in Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and System Dynamics classes.

I enjoyed the challenge and did well. I haven't used that type of advanced math in 20 years, but I am happy to have learned it. Just don't ask me to do it today because I can't remember half of the Calculus I learned then!

101 posted on 05/25/2009 8:34:50 AM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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