The "6 year" graduation rate

Jamrock411
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:43:28 +0000

@ucbalumnus

Some of the 60 credits in the pre engineering track are what would be remedial courses in college (e.g. precalculus). The student in this program would gain 3 semesters in the math and science sequences, not 4 semesters, so it may be more realistic to try for 2.5 or 3 year graduation rather than 2 year graduation. Or perhaps try for a masters degree by the end of 4 years.

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Mathematics
Course List:
Course ID Class Title
MAC1105 College Algebra
MAC1114 Trigonometry
MAC1140 Pre Calculus Algebra
MAC1147 Precalculus Algebra And Trigonometry
MAC2233 Calculus For Business Social And Life Sciences
MAC2311 Calculus And Analytical Geometry I
MAC2312 Calculus And Analytical Geometry Ii
MAC2313 Calculus And Analytical Geometry Iii
MAD2104 Discrete Mathematics
MAP2302 Differential Equations
MAS2103 Linear Algebra{/quote]

Any course at or above College Algebra is not considered remedial. These are kids are entering their Junior Year of High School and many of them did not take a rigorous Precalculus Algebra And Trigonometry (MAC1140) before hand.

@tk21769: This is the first time I see those 4-yr graduation numbers for engineering majors. They seem quite low to me. Do you think the “actual” graduation rate is closer to 5 years (more than 80%) than 4.5 for the representative sample of universities shown above?