• Math in Sciences Po : more problems than solutions ?

    Un article de Mariam Ben Slama pour le Sundial Press Equations, derivatives and vectors are things most students thought they left behind after finishing high school, and who can blame them? After all, aren’t we in a Social Sciences university ? Yet students are still required to take a Math class that is worth 3 credits during the first semester of their first year.   Why are they taught in Sciences Po ?  It might not seem like much and most people might think that just because Math is not as important as History or Political Institutions it must be…