Just read a post claiming that students need a course in statistics to major in STEM fields. Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a good (abet broad) field in college, it is great for finding a job upon graduation. However, the key field, engineering, demands integral calculus. All the engineering fields, electrical, chemical, mechanical, and civil, demand integral calculus. The class lectures, the homework, the exams, and more are all phrased in calculus and if you don't have calculus you simply don't understand what the professor is talking about. Engineering is the best of the STEM courses, you get to do new design work which is the most fun. You need to take integral calculus freshman year. And that means you took trigonometry in high school, cause you need trig for calculus. I never took a course in statistics and never missed it in 40 years of engineering work.
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