<p>Math is not science but just related with science...not sure how math department is for undergraduate students.
Is it tough? And where do math major graduates go to? Graduate school or something else?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>the math building is old and run down.....(idk if you care) but other than that i gues that math department is OK...lot of smart kids, and they do go on to graduate programs at stony brook.</p>
<p>math department sucks from my experiences but give it a shot maybe you will like it</p>
<p>how does it suck?</p>
<p>no calculators on exams</p>
<p>calculators dont really help all that much anyway [unless you dont know what youre doing or cant do simple math]</p>
<p>even non-graphic calculator?</p>
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<p>It depends...
if it is about math proofs,calculators will help at all.</p>
<p>and if you dont mind being taught my a grad student who has no idea how to teach and prolly speaks broken english lol</p>
<p>"no calculators on exams"</p>
<p>Um... okay. Cry me a river. Good luck finding an intro math class anywhere that does let you use a calculator, since a non-graphing calc wouldn't help you and a graphing calculator could do all the work for you.</p>
<p>my previous college allowed TI89 titanium graphing calc in my Pre-Calc class and Calculus I class.</p>
<p>yeah i agree with entity</p>
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<p>Most math graduate students today are not Americans I guess,in every school.</p>
<p>Math dept sucks because no calculators are allowed? That is the most ridiculous reason imaginable. Math is usually hard in general and from experience professors don't help a lot anyhow. I have never had a foreign ta/prof. but it doesn't make a difference since it seems they all teach exactly out of the book. You have to learn on your own and go to class for clarification/questions... In my opinion, you should look at the resources available within the department (guidance/facilities/classes/etc).</p>
<p>Does anyone know why stony brook only gives 3 credits for calc 4 while most schools give 4? Also, I see that they have an intro to linear algebra and a linear algebra course--my school only has one linear algebra(matrices) for two credits. Are they trying to slow the students down or something?</p>
<p>eh..i think they don't allow calculators so they make sure you understand the cocnepts....just in case people try to store information on their calculators and cheat >_>
Anyway it shows that you understand the concept more if you do it by hand..instead of using a calculator</p>
<p>Dunno about everything else sorry x.x</p>