How EEs rate math courses

The National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers, a project supported by the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was conducted in order to evaluate the numerous mathematics courses considered desirable for scientists and engineers. Subsequent work, here reported, has concentrated on an attempt to increase the value of the findings by means of a further study in which the electrical engineering discipline was broken down into a number of typical subspecializatons. Eight of the largest of the 35 categories that are covered by the IEEE Group-Society structure were included in the sample.