As a current college student I can tell you that what you are saying is an exaggeration. A small subset of Linear Algebra is required for graphics . I took linear algebra in first year of college and forgot almost all of it by the time I took a second year graphics, needless to say I had no problem picking up the concepts in a weekend from scratch. The amount of LA required is a very very small subset compared to all the crap you do in a full blown LA course.

Most students in the CS program hate math and CS theory courses. Subjects like Algorithm Analysis, Discrete Math, Automata Theory which often get cited as examples of stuff that self-taught programmers might not know are boring and annoying. Almost every student in the department dreads these courses but has to hold his/her nose and take them to fulfill the degree requirement and most people promptly forget these courses after passing the exam unless they have real interest in the topic and are taking fourth year electives in the subject. To be honest I don't think the self-taught programmers are missing anything.

And congratulations for digging up a use case for Calculus in CS. I can site examples of CS fields where say Cognitive Psychology has huge influence. The fact still remains that it is completely irrelevant to most of CS unless you are interesting in that one obscure area (in which case more power to you).