Cougar09

I know there has been a lot of talk about the math classes but here's some more questions. Is math 114 as horribly curved as I hear math 104 is? Is it useful for either Finance, Accounting or some other Wharton concentrations? Any other comments would be helpful. Thanks

crashingwaves

It is curved pretty much the same. A lot of Wharton people take 115 or just stop at 104.

Cougar09

whats the difference between 114 or 115?

Millhouse

Wharton students aren't allowed to take 115.

tenebrousfire

engineers generally aren't allowed to take 114 either

AstonMartin

^You mean 115

I actually don't know anyone who takes 115. I heard it's like a dead end (in terms of fulfilling prerequisites for higher level math/engineering classes)

tenebrousfire

oh whoops, yeah engineers can't do 115

the only person i know who did 115 was predental, heh

bat

why arent we allowed to take 115 if we are engineers?

tenebrousfire

because it doesn't prepare you as well as 114 for upper-level calculus that you'll need to take for engineering (math 240, 241, and beyond)

like the econ department says:

"Moreover, Mathematics 114 is the gateway course for the upper-level mathematics courses, while taking Mathematics 115 complicates further study of mathematics."

Advice for Freshman Contamplating a Major or Minor in Economics

or, for the simple reason that our curriculum worksheets specify 114, not 115 =p
in the same way, engineers taking physics must take 140/141 (150/151), not 101/102