Graph Theory useful for software developers? [closed]

Question

I don't want to take any more math in college than I have to, the graph theory course is not a requirement but is "recommended" by the CS department. Is it worth learning graph theory as for a programmer?

Answer 1

Surprisingly many problems in CS can be reduced to graph problems. Without knowing basic graph theory those solutions will elude you and you might end up re-inventing the wheel or coming up with a sup-par solution. I would definitely go for it.