College mathematics mainly includes calculus (advanced mathematics), linear algebra, probability theory and mathematical statistics, complex variable function, discrete mathematics and other courses. For most engineering students, they only need to study the first four subjects, not discrete mathematics. For students majoring in computational science or mathematics, all courses need to be studied. For students of general science or economics, they need to study the first three courses. For liberal arts students, they only need to learn relatively simple calculus knowledge.

The general course learning order is: calculus first, then linear algebra. There is not much connection between them, so they can learn simultaneously. But as far as the origin of the subject is concerned, the origin of calculus is earlier than that of linear algebra. Then there is probability theory and complex variable function, which should be studied on the basis of the first two. Although discrete mathematics is less dependent on other mathematics disciplines, it is generally studied in senior grades.