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The calculus of dumbing down community college math

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I challenge the validity of the transfer of credits for the course Calculus III from Connecticut community colleges to the University of Connecticut. Generally speaking, the standards associated with the teaching of the Calculus III (multivariable) course at Connecticut community colleges are very low. The community college classes do not teach the "essential" Fundamental Theorems of Multivariable Calculus - Gradient, Green's, Stokes and Divergence. They are called fundamental for a reason! These four theorems set the foundation for Maxwell's Equations.

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