Re: [MATHEDCC] What lays ahead?
Brian Smith (smithb@MANAGEMENT.MCGILL.CA)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:08:55 -0500
>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:04:33
>To: liano greg <gliano@monet.csc.vill.edu>
>From: Brian Smith <smithb@management.mcgill.ca>
>Subject: Re: [MATHEDCC] What lays ahead?
>
>At 02:48 PM 3/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>March 11, 1997
>>
>> I have noticed a trend in the direction of teaching specialized
>>calculus courses. Villanova offers business calculus, calculus for
>>life sciences, calculus for liberal arts, and calculus for science and
>>engineering. With the advent of the TI-92, the question arises in my
>>mind as to what math departments will look like in the future. In some
>>ways, I believe the TI-92 and its progeny can have the effect of making
>>math instructors feel obsolete.
>>
>> For instance, I understand that the business department at a local
>>university here in Philadelphia may be taking over the teaching of
>>business calculus from the math department. I believe that technology
>>will spur a long-term trend away from stand-alone math departments and
>>towards the teaching of specialized math courses by the departments
>>requiring such courses. I would like to hear your views on this.
>>
>>Greg Liano
>>gliano@monet.vill.edu
>>
>Another good question!
>
>Traditionally, some faculties in some universities have offered their own
specialized math/quantitative courses. For example here at McGill the
faculty of Management offers courses in optimization, statistics, operations
research...
>All students in the faculty have already taken calculus and lin. alg. at a
two year college. I doubt if the advent of the CAS/calculator will lead to
a trend towards math courses moving away from math departments, but I would
welcome other opinions on this.
>
>Brian
>
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