SEAS or Columbia College

Denzera
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:54:19 +0000

C02’s right, that was highly simplistic. I was an Applied Math major, class of 06, and let me assure you - you do your share of proofs, and you take plenty of classes right alongside the Math majors in the College (and some classes alongside the Econ majors - those are the sleepers! ). The curriculum is a little more research-focused and application-focused, but there is substantial class overlap and also substantial opportunity overlap. Many students in the department - both AM and AP majors - end up going to grad school in their subject. By no means is it “just a continuation of your high school classes”. That’s a crock. Freshman physics, Mechanics and E&M, that’s a continuation. Maybe Quantum Mechanics, if you take the “easy” one, PHYS 1403, is still along the same lines. But it’s a ball-buster if you take 2601, and anything beyond that is in a different league as far as stretching your analytical muscles go. Neither pure Math/Phys nor AM/AP is any easier than the other.