How much math did you take in college?

[markgm]

I applied for a job with the FBI awhile back and today I got an email asking for a copy of my transcripts showing 30 hours of math. I'm curious what the average person graduated college with.

 

[effowe]

16-18, No, No

 

[sobriquet]

0, No, No. God bless AP tests.

 

[sniperruff]

took cal3 and im a science major.

 

[Reel]

What position?

 

[Kadarin]

I never graduated college. I did, however, complete calculus and differential equations, with good grades.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Finished Calc last semester.... 3 credit hours of Math total. However, depending on my decision, I might be taking two more classes... Calc 2 & 3 which will be 6 more credit hours.

 

[Oscar1613]

21 (not including math pre-reqs, 28 including), no, yes

but some of those were tested out of via AP & general placement tests

 

[Nebor]

Wow, you guys took a TON of math!

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Reel
What position?

Vacancy 20-2006-0035, Computer Scientist, GS-1550-13/14/15 (EX)

 

[slsmnaz]

Started w/ 8 from my AP calc test then took 8 more. Another 4 of mathematical econ too but I don't count that. What type of job are you applying for?

 

[clamum]

Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Statistics
Linear Algebra
Discrete Math
Cryptography

Total of 25 credit hours (CS major)

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Started w/ 8 from my AP calc test then took 8 more. Another 4 of mathematical econ too but I don't count that. What type of job are you applying for?

When I applied the description seemed to be more the systems side than the analytical. It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

 

[kt]

I have about 40 credit hours of math.. and i am neither math, computer science, or engineering majors.

 

[czech09]

15

 

[tfinch2]

When I'm finished it will be 15 hours

 

[George P Burdell]

21, Computer Engineering

 

[amdskip]

15

 

[markgm]

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This is a cached listing. I guess this one was more math related than the others.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Calc II
Calc III
Lin Alg
Diff Eq
Coding and Crypt

i think thats it, so 20 + 4 from AP exam for Calc I so 24
Biomedical Engineering

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: markgm
I applied for a job with the FBI awhile back and today I got an email asking for a copy of my transcripts showing 30 hours of math. I'm curious what the average person graduated college with.

FBIjobs:

30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, AND
computer science. (15 of the 30 semester hours MUST have been in
any combination of statistics and mathematics that included
differential and integral calculus.)

The website says 15 hours of math... and when you add in CS classes it must be 30.

 

[hypn0tik]

What's a credit hour?

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie

Originally posted by: markgm
I applied for a job with the FBI awhile back and today I got an email asking for a copy of my transcripts showing 30 hours of math. I'm curious what the average person graduated college with.

FBIjobs:

30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, AND
computer science. (15 of the 30 semester hours MUST have been in
any combination of statistics and mathematics that included
differential and integral calculus.)

The website says 15 hours of math... and when you add in CS classes it must be 30.

Yeah, that's what I read when I applied, but today I got this email...

Thank you for applying to vacancy 20-2006-0035, Computer Scientist, GS-1550-7/9/11/12/13/14/15 (EX). Your application was ranked among those considered most qualified for this vacancy and has been referred to the selecting official for further consideration. At this time, Verification of Transcripts required for any further consideration; Mandatory education requirements 30 Semester Hours Math/Stat to include differential/Calculus. Please fax these documents to:...

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
What's a credit hour?

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Basically when I took engineering you could have a 3 credit class that took up at 5 or 6 hours a week. So a class is 3 credit hours even though you might have a 2 hour lab and an hour of recitation on top of the 3 hours of lecture. This is one of the reasons why engineering classes were so different from the non-engineering classes at my school. You could have 18 credits and be in class 18 hours and another person with 15 credits would be in classes for 30 hours.

Edit: On the flip side, aside from a trillion lab fees, it's nice that they did it this way so you weren't billed more for classes. I guess they'll change that soon 🙂.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

9 hours, Business major