Really Bad at Math? Come to UMass Boston's College of Management
You no longer need to know any math to become a successful business manager
Terrified of Math? UMass Boston Has Your Back!
Have you always dreamed of earning a management degree and becoming an accountant, data analyst, or even going on to earn a graduate degree in business administration, only to have your dreams mercilessly crushed by your complete and utter inability to do math? Did high school algebra make you question every life choice? Does the dreaded phrase “Managerial Calculus” send you into a spiral so deep you need a therapy dog/duck duo and a weighted blanket to recover? Mom, did you always hope to brag to your knitting club about your son, the accountant, but, alas, little Timmy is about to start high school and still thinks 2 × 8 = ??? is a cruel joke?
Well, great news! At UMass Boston, you can now get a degree in management, finance, or marketing… with almost no math required! That’s right, folx. In a bold move (possibly inspired by our realization that today’s students wouldn’t recognize a derivative if it slapped them in the face), our College of Management has heroically axed nearly all the math requirements.
✅ No more managerial calculus.
✅ No more continuity, limits and derivatives.
✅ No more breaking into a cold sweat at the sight of those cursed squiggly integral signs.
The only math course you’ll need to take is MSIS 111/IT 111, which covers:
Basic data collection
Frequency distributions
A little probability
Some statistical inference
Regression analysis (which sounds fancy but mostly involves clicking buttons in Excel)
Worried about market trends, marginal analysis, or optimization? Relax! Why stress over complex mathematical concepts when ChatGPT can do all that thinking for you? Just type in your question, et voilà! Instant expertise without the pesky burden of actual knowledge.
So, future business leaders, rejoice! The era of suffering through math is over. Welcome to a world where you can major in finance without ever needing to understand numbers. What could possibly go wrong?