Information for New Engineering StudentsIf you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or ...

Calculus has long been one of the most-debated flash points in high school math. The course is commonly seen as the pinnacle of the high school progression, a clear signal to college admissions ...

Calculus is expected to be difficult; it should not be impossible. But, too often, this course becomes a gatekeeper that pushes students out of careers in science, technology, engineering and math — ...

But calculus was still viewed as college-level work in the 1980s, when only about 30,000 public high school students took the course each year. Today, that number is about 800,000.

The 74 investigated why, at 20 of the top engineering programs in the US, many have dropped the calculus requirement, despite others' staunch recommendation for keeping it.

Even though 95 percent of the respondents agreed that calculus isn’t necessary for all students, 74 percent put the College Board’s Advanced Placement calculus course among the top four math courses ...

To increase access to advanced math courses in high school, a suburban Maryland district is focusing on elementary school.

The calculation was part of an important lesson in Calculus 1, which itself is extremely important to many students. The course is usually required for anyone pursuing careers in science, engineering ...

All prerequisite courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better.For official course descriptions, please see the current CU-Boulder Catalog.