Majoring in Math

I'm a current math major at a liberal arts college, and I want to know what math classes were the hardest for you whilst in college.

I sucked at differential equations. I blame it on god.

[purnell]

I have no talent for linear algebra

[chezlaw]

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I'm a current math major at a liberal arts college, and I want to know what math classes were the hardest for you whilst in college.

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Number theory and analysis were considered hardest (by a long way) by nearly everyone on the course I did.

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[udontknowmickey]

the things with the words "elementary" or "fundemental" have been really difficult for me.

That said, the one I struggled with the most have been dealing with modern algebra and group theory.

Wasn't a math major but Calc. III for engineers was a pain in the butt...specially since it wasn't required and I took it as a option [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[RJT]

May I suggest you also work on losing the use of the word "whilst"?

Just kidding, bud. (Probably a pre-requisite whilst at the liberal arts college, anyway.)

Sorry, I can't help you regarding your question - calc was the last of it for me.

[kiddj]

I majored in engineering, so the math requisites were about as stringent as a math major.

Where I went (USF), ENG Calc II was widely considered the hardest and was one of the "weed-out" classes. Calc III seemed easy for their curriculum. Differential Equations was extremely difficult, but was graded leniently. All my math profs were from other countries, so that aided the difficulty a little.

The only math class I dropped was abstract mathematics. It may have even been an intro class, but I found it to be a bitch. I only needed it to get a minor in math... so I didn't get a minor.

How heavy/diffidult your class load is may affect these classes as well. If you have time to study, pay attention, and actually GO TO CLASS, you'll be fine.

I hated a second year Probability and Statistics course. With "mutually exclusive" and blah blah distribution. I took 4 or 5 different Calculus for Engineers courses and I liked them all. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Siegmund]

Hardest for me was Advanced Calculus (intro to real analysis, actually - there was no derivative or integral in sight until more than halfway through the second semester).

Calculus II and differential equations require some effort but are rewarding in the sense that you are learning bread and butter math that you will actually use on a regular basis if you are in a technical field.

Linear algebra and all the probability and statistics courses were trivially easy, compared to the proofs/analysis classes.