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Comment author: sketerpot 20 March 2011 08:14:37PM *  2 points [-]

That's an intriguing idea, and now that you mention it, there are other classes that seem to have similar purposes. Physics gives you practice with basic calculus, and electromagnetics involves more multivariate calculus than you can shake a stick at.