Word: math
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...Math Ma" syllabus seems very similar (if not identical) to "Math Xa," so it's difficult to determine what exactly this new title means...
Maybe it reminded too many freshman last year of the blood-red ink and sweaty palms of high school math tests...
...UPDATE: Math preceptor Jameel Al-Aidroos writes in an e-mail that the name change came "at the request of students and administrators" because students didn't like the name. How they arrived at M? Still unclear...
...departmental QR-fulfilling course that was always welcoming, however, especially for those who balk at the sight of numbers, was Math Xa, the basic introduction to calculus offered every fall. But now Math Xa is nominally no more, having been replaced this fall with Math "Ma." The reason for the name change? So far no response from the math department, so for now, our theories—after the jump...
...maybe "Ma" connotes a more maternal, welcoming, and loving environment that will be implemented in the course this year. And who knows? Maybe there will eventually be a spring semester sequel course called "Math Pa" that really lays down the law and separates the men from the boys...