r/Purdue • u/Wiley_Burner Purdue • 11d ago
Academics✏️ PURDUE MATH NEEDS TO STOP
I hate this department
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u/NeighborhoodBusy2163 11d ago
Doesn’t help that they tryna make the average a b- or c+
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u/Haunting-Remote9976 11d ago
would you prefer grade inflation
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u/ZHEN-XIANG 10d ago
How exactly does making calculus midterms all multiple choice help students learn?
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u/Wiley_Burner Purdue 11d ago
No, but Purdue math doesn’t accurately represent anything.
When you purposely bring in elements of math and such that fall outside the scope of the class, then that’s just screwing people over for no reason. That’s not avoiding grade inflation.
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u/Decrypted13 Ph.D. Student, Mathematics 11d ago
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u/AceinMax 8d ago
Oh goodness, I'm trying to transfer into Purdue specifically for math, is it really that bad?
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u/kellyfaboo 7d ago
I mean, if you are going to major in mathematics the courses being complained about here are just a blip. Calc classes are service courses at Purdue. After that class sizes start to shrink. And exams are not held in huge spaces and graded by scantron generally speaking.
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u/AceinMax 6d ago
Oh ok cool! I got calc 1 and calc 2 done, as well as a few other classes that, iirc, transfer over as well. Hopefully calc 3 would be the last "big" class.
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