<p>Hello everyone! I am an older student, 34 years old to be exact, returning to school, and I will be transfering as an undergrad to Cornell for the spring semester. I am definitely nervous about going to school at my age, and my greatest fear is math. I am going to be an English major, and my math skills are just not that strong to be totally honest. What is the absolute easiest math class I can take at Cornell? Any help and advice you can give me would be very greatly appreciated!!!!</p>
<p>Calculus 1; haven’t seen anything offered below that.</p>
<p>Noooo!!! Take History of Math and you will be good to go!!! Or take Calc for the Social Sciences Major. Don’t take Calc 1 if it has been a long time.</p>
<p>I also agree that Calc I would not be a good option for someone who hasn’t taken math in a while. By reputation, the class is fairly intense with a healthy amount of homework.</p>
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Isn’t 1110 the lowest level remedial class?</p>
<p>Here are the list of appropriate math classes within the Math department:
[Cornell</a> Math - Lower-Level Courses](<a href=“http://www.math.cornell.edu/Courses/Catalog/lowerlevel.html]Cornell”>http://www.math.cornell.edu/Courses/Catalog/lowerlevel.html)</p>
<p>As a student in CAS, you aren’t limited to Math classes to fulfill your graduation requirements, but any course designated by MQR (Math & Quantitative Reasoning). I just tested it and you can search Cornell’s online courses of study and simply type “MQR” into the search to find all qualifying classes.</p>
<p>Quickly scanning the list, an introductory computer programming class might be interesting/different and wouldn’t require explicit use of complex math. In the Math department there is also “The Art of Secret Writing” and “Math and Politics.” You may be able to take introductory statistics courses from non-math departments since they have a reputation for being easy (plus quite useful). The Philosophy Dept. also offers some logic classes labeled MQR. Not sure if they’d be “easy” but they’d probably be closer to your academic strengths.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s what i meant - The Art of Secret Writing. I am assuming you are in CAS based on your major. My D knew several people in CAS that took this class and it was easy. She opted for Calc and it was harder, even with Calc in HS.</p>
<p>From one non trad student to another…best of luck!</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your responses!!! I very much appreciate the input!!!</p>
<p>Do not take Calc I! Lots of incoming freshmen who get 5s on the AP decide to forgo the AP credit and retake it at Cornell since they think it will be an easy A. It is a lot more difficult and some TAs are miserable. I know someone who got a 5 on the AP but a B in the course at Cornell!</p>
<p>I took ILR/STSCI 2100 Introduction to Statistics with Liz Karns in the spring and it was undoubtedly the easiest math course anyone can take at Cornell. Since it’s colloquially known as “ILR stats” a lot of people don’t realize it counts for Arts and Sciences but it does since it is crosslisted under STSCI! You do not have to use a calculator at all (in fact you are forbidden because there are absolutely no calculations!) and all the prelims are multiple choice. You can get 20% bonus points by attending class and doing the pop quizzes (there are 5 over the semester). Some of the dumbest kids I have met at Cornell were in that class and the median grade was an A-. I recall there was another mature student in the class when I took it. I have heard that it is a lot more difficult with Velleman in the fall.</p>