The First Two Years of Mathematics at the University as it relates to the mathematical needs of students in the social sciences

Robert Z. Norman
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Robert Z. Norman: Dartmouth College

A chapter in The Future of College Mathematics, 1983, pp 75-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The task of preparing a common set of courses in mathematics for students intending to major in one of the social sciences differs significantly from the same task for prospective physical science, mathematics, or engineering majors. For one thing, there is no generally accepted body of mathematics that every social science student is expected to know. In fact, a great many social science majors take as little mathematics as they can, usually a modicum of statistics. And few social science departments require much mathematics from their students. Besides, many of the faculty teaching in the social sciences have little mathematical training and use almost no mathematics; they are not apt to encourage their students to study mathematics. Many of these students and quite a few of the faculty show a strong fear of mathematics.

Keywords: Social Science; Linear Algebra; Physical Science; Discrete Mathematic; Science Student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5510-9_7

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