How much math does one need to become successful?

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I am a freshman in college, and my major has nothing to with math. It is more art affiliated. But I've always had great interest in math and I I know knowledge is power, that is one reason I didnt stop at Algebra 2 after I graduated from High school. I am currently taking  a Statistics class, and I wonder if I should take calculus next semester.

So this is a question to all the people who have graduated from college and are working and living a happy life. 
How much math did you take? 
Have you ever wished you had taken a math course you didnt take?
Should I take calculus next semester?

newinfiniteabyss · Accepted Answer

If you are going to do research in the future (I mean experiments and so on), you need math. Maybe not calculus, though, mostly algebra. Calculus is useful for scientific fields, "in computer science, in statistics, and in engineering; in economics, business, and medicine; and as a general method whenever the goal is an optimal solution to a problem that can be given in mathematical form." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus
In other words, 
science = calculus. 
arts = algebra. 
Business = calculus.
I say, no calculus.

BlueSea · Answer

How much one needs depends entirely on what one intends to do with one's life.  I personally hated math and just could not GET it at all.  As a result, I have a career that does not require more than very basic math skills, if even that.  
My daughter is in college right now and has difficulty in math like I did.  However she has to take math courses even though it has nothing to do with her major.  But she is working her butt off to get the assignments done and done right and she is getting an A.  So perhaps that is a lesson in and of itself.

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