<p>For those who are not math-people, but have taken calc in highschool, which is a better choice to fulfill the math requirement: Stats or calc?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>That probably depends on what you are going to study. Stats would be very good for many of the liberal arts programs, especially social work/sociology, education, anyone wanting to go into some sort of liberal arts research. Calculus may be better for many of the sciences, though statistics may also be a good thing for sciences.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would assume since you say you are a non-math person you are also a non-science person. bajamm is right, stats are used in many other areas such as poli sci, public health, etc.</p>
<p>Depending on you major, Symbolic Logic may fulfill your quantitative reasoning requirement.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I guess my intent was unclear; I’ll be majoring in English and Spanish, so I (hopefully) won’t need math in the future at all… I was more wondering which option would be easier, considering that I’ve taken calc in highschool. Is Calc I difficult/does it introduce a lot of new concepts for someone who has taken non-AP calculus in highschool? In general, is calc or stats perceived to be an easier course? And what is Symbolic Logic?</p>
<p>Symbolic Logic fulfills the math requirement but is actually considered a philosophy course. It is the math version of “If all A’s are B’s and all B’s are C’s, then all A’s are C’s” kind of thing. My D took it, she is also an English major and a China Studies major, although she likes math but decided to go the Symbolic Logic route anyway. She enjoyed it and did not find it overly challenging. But again, she is very good in math.</p>
<p>Bottom line, with your intended majors that would be a good course for you to consider.</p>
<p>Agree with Fallenchemist - it was an excellent choice for my mathematically disinclined S (and he actually really enjoyed it too!)</p>