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I think tech-oriented schools, e.g., Caltech, MIT, Georgia Tech, etc., are exceptions rather than the rule. Most large state universities in the US are likely to have different physics / chemistry / math courses for students heading in different directons. Not all intro physics courses will be calculus-based, yet some of the students in those courses will still have to take calculus.

Many US medical schools, for example, silll require 1 semester calculus and some physics, but I don't think the physics course needs to be calculus-based. Many used to require a second calculus, but I think that has largely shifted to biostatistics instead.




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