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posted by martyb on Sunday December 04 2016, @12:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the math++ dept.

Choosing math courses is one of the most important aspects of being a math major, though these choices are often quite difficult. Upon entering Princeton, many math majors do not know which areas of math to explore. Even for those who have decided this question, it is often not apparent which courses to take and in what order. Moreover, there are always questions of which courses it is feasible to take simultaneously, which courses overlap in material covered, what knowledge does one need before taking a course, and many others.

The goal of this course guide is to provide information to help math majors make these decisions. Before this course guide was compiled, the available sources of information were the registrar's Course Offerings and the math department's undergraduate courses page. These two are important information sources, and every math major should consult them. This course guide supplements these sources by bringing in the student's perspective. All of the information presented here is taken from the experiences math majors have had taking these courses.

Princeton's Math Department is often lauded as one of the very best in the world. Now you can see how they approach the study of the subject there.


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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 04 2016, @10:32AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday December 04 2016, @10:32AM (#436858) Homepage

    If you are mentioning Khan Academy and Coursera in the same sentence as advanced math, then you are in for a world of hurt. Both of those services are shit.

    Let me give you a tip - Advanced math is all algebra. Symbolic manipulation, isolating variables. If you are comfortable with intermediate algebra, then you can do advanced math. Don't do what I did and spend your intermediate algebra class pinching your girlfriend's braless nipples and playing Led Zeppelin on your guitar unless you want to do what I did and work your way up to discrete math from high-school level plane geometry in college.

  • (Score: 2) by fubari on Sunday December 04 2016, @08:35PM

    by fubari (4551) on Sunday December 04 2016, @08:35PM (#436968)

    Oh yes, I expect it to hurt so good.
    Good to know on algebra, fwiw I do feel on solid ground there.
    r.e. advanced: hmmm, maybe for me change my description: s/advanced/next step/ for single-var calculus.

    r.e. Khan: I've been pretty impressed w/Khan Academy. They do an impressive job with drills and feedback, for computerized instruction I don't know how they could do better. I often find myself wishing Khan Academy was around when I was first learning about math.

    r.e. coursera: I don't have enough data points to say good / bad, just seems kind of sparse, like there isn't much demand for online "math trajectories."

    At any rate, I will keep your advice in mind - thank you. :-)