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For Construction Management Majors ...
We get it. If you had a choice
between having surgery without anesthetic or doing math, you probably
would choose the surgery! You are in college because you
want to learn construction management, not because you want to
learn calculus (or pre-calculus). You don’t see how you will ever use calculus
at the job site or at the office, and you’re frustrated that
you are required to endure all this math.
Does this sound like you? We
work with a lot of construction management majors (about a third
of our students are CM), and this describes the vast majority. We
want you to know that we understand your goals with regards to math. You
just want to get through it. Period. You
are not interested in learning about all the wonderful things calculus
can do for mankind, and we’re not going to waste your time
teaching you that (unless, of course, you request it!). You
have our commitment to teach you ONLY what you need to get through
the class with a good grade, and no more. Our only goal is to get
you through your math as QUICKLY and as EFFICIENTLY as possible,
and with a minimal amount of stress on you.
 You don’t
want fluff. You don’t want explanations using
a bunch of math symbols. You just want a plain English, get-to-the-point
translation of your math classes, so you can get them over with
and move on to what you came here for: construction management.
So
why does the CM department require you to learn calculus? Are they
just trying to make your life difficult? No, not at all. The
CM department at Cal Poly is one of the best, and they have very
good reasons for making you take all this math. Although they realize
it’s unlikely you’ll actually use calculus itself after
you graduate, they also know that you WILL use the problem-solving
skills that making it through calculus will force you to acquire.
They know that calculus is so tough that you simply can’t
get through it by using the high school strategy of just mastering
patterns
and getting partial credit on tests. They realize that you’ll
be competing with engineers in calculus, and in order to do so
successfully, you will have to master a logical, effective, and
methodical approach
to solving problems.
And believe it or not, the skills you will
develop to solve these math problems will be skills you can utilize
to solve problems
at the job site, in the office, or just in everyday life. And
these skills are exactly what we teach you!
We guarantee it.
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