Hey guys,
I’m wondering what i will need to do to get a degree in calculus?
What courses will i need to take?
How hard will it be?
I’ve found calculus to be really easy and intuitive in highschool so i want to persue it in university.
I think i want to specialize in 4D calculus because it sounds pretty cool, figuring out solids and stuff.
Anyone else do this?
You can’t get a degree in calculus, but you can major in math. You can look up the math major requirements at colleges you’re interesting, but generally speaking, a math major is a pretty flexible degree that you can customized based upon your interest. Most math majors have to take 3-4 semesters of calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, set theory, and maybe 2-3 other core classes. Then, after that, they can customize the upper-level major electives they take depending on their interests - some may take more applied math classes, some may take some specialized classes to get more practice in proofs for graduate school, some may concentrate on a specific area like geometry or algebra, etc.
How hard it is really depends on your facility in math.
“Most math majors have to take 3-4 semesters of calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, set theory, and maybe 2-3 other core classes.”
I would add probability, statistics, and stochastic process. Personally I liked calculus, but loved stochastic processes.
I agree with @juillet: You can’t major in Calculus. You can major in Math (and I did, and it worked out just fine in terms of a career).
“How hard will it be?”
“How hard it is really depends on your facility in math.”
Exactly. Math is one of those things where one person finds it impossible, another finds it hard, and another just loves it. If you are really good at Calculus, that is a good start. Also, math is very important in many other fields (particularly engineering, but also CS, econometrics, and other STEM fields). Thus if you start in math and change your mind, you already have a foundation which will be useful in other areas.