Secondary Education - Mathematics
Effective Fall, 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Mathematics must declare majors in both Mathematics and Secondary Education (Mathematics) and complete the full Mathematics BA course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.
A total of 121 credits is required for a bachelor of science in education degree with a specialization in Mathematics.
Requirements include:
Mathematics
- 53.185 Discrete Mathematics
- 53.225 Calculus III
- 53.226 Calculus IV
- 53.231 College Geometry
- 53.310 Introduction to Abstract Algebra
- 53.314 Linear Algebra
- 53.360 Number Theory
- 56.121 Computer Science
Select one computer course which must be numbered 56.122 or higher
Any two (2) Mathematics courses numbered 53.311 or higher (53.410 Mathematical Modeling is recommended)
Secondary Education
60.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
60.251 Psychological Foundations of Education.
60.291 Principles of Teaching
60.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
60.406 Multicultural Education
65.453 Teaching of Mathematics
60.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
60.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
70.275 Linking Assessment
70.358 Methods of Instruction
Choose one of the following four courses:
- 56.305 Computer Applications
- 60.204 Educational Computing and Technology
- 60.350 Instructional Design Systems
- 60.351 Virtual Learning Communities
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
20.101 Composition I
20.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:
- 20.131 The Bible as Literature
- 20.151 Introduction to Literature
- 20.152 Literature and Society
- 20.156 Popular Literature
- 20.226 European Literature I
- 20.227 European Literature II
- 20.236 American Literature I
- 20.237 American Literature II
- 20.246 British Literature I
- 20.247 British Literature II
- 20.256 Non-Western Literature I
- 20.257 Non-Western Literature II
Choose one of the following two courses
45.211 Principles of Sociology
48.101 General Psychology
48.212 Adolescent. Psychology
53.125 Calculus I
53.126 Calculus II
53.241 Probability and Statistics
70.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
72.415 ELL Basics of Lang & Comm or
79.494 ELL Strategies and Methods
Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.