>>12486787I just finished the last of my STEM requirements on Friday. Now I just have a few gen ed courses to take in the winter, and then I'll have a degree in math.
Calc II and differential equations were literally the two hardest courses I've taken. My professors for both courses were not even from the math department (they were both engineers or physicists or some shit), and they both involved learning and memorizing useless techniques. Actually DE can be pretty useful, but literally everything from Calc II is completely useless. Moreover, the sequence of these courses is retarded. Most of the shit you learn in Calc II is become trivial once you learn real analysis.
If you actually like math, abstract reasoning, and logic, then you will probably really enjoy stuff like real analysis and abstract algebra, and you will probably find these courses easier than stuff like calculus or freshman physics.
Also, if I were to redo my undergrad, then I would save all my natural science course requirements until the end of my degree. When I was starting off, I thought it would be better to take care of my required chemistry and physics courses at the beginning of the degree while I was also taking shit like calculus, discrete math, and linear algebra. If I could redo my degree, I would have started with my intro math courses and gen ed courses, because I think the work load would have been easier.
