An Analysis of the Math Requirements of 199 CS BS/BA Degrees at 158 U.S. Universities
Carla E. Brodley, McKenna Quam, Mark Allen Weiss · Communications of the ACM · 2024
There is no consensus across U.S. universities as to the placement of discrete math and calculus in the CS course sequence, and indeed early placement serves as an institutional barrier that affects students' discovery, retention, and persistence in computing.