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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't why anyone would want to take Precalculus as a terminal math class for a college degree. The name itself tells you why it's a bad idea! *Pre*calculus without calculus is useless trivia for the non-STEM major.

A better math class would be a non-calculus Statistics class, or computer programming or economics if that counts, or a Math for Liberal Arts class. [/quote]
For some kids, Precalculus is their terminal class in high school but they may go on (or at least have the option to go on) to some type of calculus in college. In addition, some community and state college systems used to have math proficiency tests that incoming freshmen would have to pass to enroll. For these kids, high school Precalculus could help them pass the proficiency test so it had some use even if they did not take further math afterwards. Now, however, community and state colleges are watering down or dropping math proficiency tests altogether because so many kids were failing the tests and they didn't want to disenroll huge numbers of kids. As incoming proficiency tests are watered down, the incentive to take high school Precalculus will go down as well for some kids. Some colleges are now shifting to quantitative reasoning proficiency tests which kids have an easier time passing even if their traditional math skills are poor. [/quote]

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