As a liberal arts student, I personally think that ordinary liberal arts students should not study except those majoring in philosophy and economics. From decades of work experience, I really don't need calculus and advanced algebra. From my own learning ability, if I study mathematics in college, I will spend a lot of energy and time, but I will do nothing with half the effort. Life is short, so spend your limited time and energy on things that are more closely related to your major and work. But this doesn't mean that we don't need the correct logical way of thinking. But this doesn't have to be learned through calculus and advanced mathematics. Book knowledge is important, but the influence of environment may be more important and play a greater and more direct role. At present, there are no classes in middle schools, which can only be said to conform to exam-oriented education, but not to quality education. Students with different thinking tendencies can learn from each other and learn from each other, but the result is simple separation. This may be beneficial to the exam, but it is not conducive to the formation of a good way of thinking. At that time, arts and sciences were not divided into classes, and students who loved arts and sciences often discussed, studied and carried out extracurricular activities together, so image thinking and logical thinking often collided and blended. Some students who like science begin to study calculus before entering university, while those who like liberal arts get along with them day and night, which can exert a subtle influence. In addition, try to apply for a comprehensive university, so that you can get in touch with all kinds of students. It would be better if we could, like some universities in Hong Kong, disrupt departments and mix liberal arts students into dormitories. This is conducive to breaking the single flat way of thinking and forming a comprehensive three-dimensional way of thinking. For ordinary liberal arts students, although they have no knowledge of advanced algebra and calculus, as long as they have such a way of thinking, it is completely enough.
Although all the pps sent to me by my old classmates are liberal arts students, some of them pay more attention to natural science, such as "Bird's Nest", "Measuring how long you live" and "Measuring the sensitivity of reaction", which is mostly due to the influence of her other half, because the other half is studying science and engineering. Visible, frequent contact between people, thinking mode and hobbies will change. Creating conditions for students from different disciplines to contact each other is obviously conducive to improving their quality. For liberal arts students, this may be more effective than letting them learn calculus. I remember when I was young, an engineering student told me that you liberal arts students lacked the vitality of dialectics of nature. I think if I have more contact with them, I will study dialectics of nature even if I don't study their major.
After all, it is too difficult for liberal arts students to learn calculus and advanced algebra. Even students majoring in economics can use it in the future. It is said that many people fail in every exam.
Therefore, it is better to change the way of thinking and change the method.
Some schools take mathematics as an elective course, and those who are willing to learn can get extra points by passing the exam, which is conducive to employment. This method is also good.