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With universities there are usually some basic requirements for graduation, which may include things like math and writing requirements (along with other requirements such as sciences, humanities, languages, etc.) but there is flexibility in how and when you fulfill them.

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Yeah, universities get away with that because the students have already gone through primary education and already have the required foundation of knowledge.

Universities will require one class in a number of different fields to market themselves as liberal arts schools, but don't pretend like one algebra course gives a person all the math skills they will need in their life.

Most Highschools currently don't really require math beyond geometry and algebra.

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