Students focus on engineering problem solving. They learn the design process, with an emphasis on graphics and documentation. A student’s mathematics placement is determined by the Department of ...

The students huddled around their tables, scribbling and erasing their notes, nodding and shaking their heads and rearranging the blocks in front of them. “There has to be a hole in the middle.” “We ...

The students huddled around their tables, scribbling and erasing their notes, nodding and shaking their heads and rearranging the blocks in front of them. “There has to be a hole in the middle.” “We ...

Narrow math tests inevitably drive down real standards because accountability pressures principals and teachers to teach to the test. Conversely, well-engineered tests of the math we actually want ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

If you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or calculus course based on patterns of prior ...

I was excellent at math during my school years, able to solve complex derivatives and integrals with ease, but now I can ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below ...

With a unique blend of advanced mathematics and real-world problem solving, you will combine mathematical theory, practical engineering and scientific computing to address today's technological ...

AO Advice: How Your High School is Evaluated in the College Admissions Process Get the inside scoop on how colleges assess your high school and its course rigor. Featuring a former Admissions Officer, ...

Re: “The left’s attack on math and objective standards” (Nov. 14): As someone who has retired from a long and productive engineering career, I am saddened that columnist Susan Shelley does not ...