My boy is in his 4th year of college Engineering and you are so right.
Taking Calculus III this semester and it’s a monster!
Calc III, differential equations, linear equations are just a different foreign language requirement for engineers and physics. All are directly related to getting someone ready to give a problem to a machine that knows how to solve the given very quickly.
Math and programing now have re joined into something without a name yet, add large data sets there is new field sitting out there that is approachable by everyone, who can think logically. Setting up a problem and letting a computer figure an answer 5-255 different ways across 4 diffrent teams is going to engineering in the future.
The finite analysis on a bridge design happens quicker than the acutechtual render. There is no race in engineering, because the marketing people do not let us out of our cage.
I thought Calc III was generally taught to 1st semester sophs. Well it was when I went to college. If one had to make up two semesters of high school algebra, it would be pushed into junior year.
How would you like to drive over a bridge designed by one of these woke math graduates?