Dec 27, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics Education (BS)

The overarching goal of the BS in Math Education program is to prepare graduates for careers as highly-qualified secondary mathematics teachers. Students who successfully complete the program will be able to:

Demonstrate and apply understandings of major mathematics concepts, procedures, knowledge, and applications within and among mathematical domains of Number; Algebra and Functions; Calculus; Statistics and Probability; Geometry, Trigonometry, and Measurement.
Demonstrate, within or across mathematical domains, their knowledge of and ability to apply the mathematical processes of problem solving; reason and communicate mathematically; and engage in mathematical modeling.
Use knowledge of students and mathematics to plan rigorous and engaging mathematics instruction supporting students’ access and learning.
Implement effective and equitable teaching practices to support rigorous mathematical learning for a full range of students by establishing rigorous mathematics learning goals, eliciting and using student responses, developing conceptual understanding and procedural fluency, and posing purposeful questions to facilitate student discourse.
Assess and use evidence of students’ learning of rigorous mathematics to improve instruction and subsequent student learning.
Reflect on their teaching and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders to grow professionally, to support student learning, and to create more equitable mathematics learning environments.

Four Year Plan

Please refer to the Four-Year Plan for departmental recommended path toward graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

College Requirements:

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Foreign Language:

Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
- The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
  - Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements:

The College Breadth Requirements are taken in addition to the University Breadth Requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. College Breadth courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.

A total of 18 credits from Groups A, B, and C is required with a minimum of six credits in each group. The six credits from each group could be from the same area.

Major Requirements:

Minimum grade of C- required for major courses, related work, and Professional Studies.

Core:

MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I Credit(s): 3
MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B Credit(s): 4
MATH 243 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus C Credit(s): 4
MATH 245 - An Introduction to Proof Credit(s): 3
MATH 302 - Ordinary Differential Equations Credit(s): 3
MATH 308 - Historical Development of Mathematical Concepts and Ideas Credit(s): 3
MATH 349 - Elementary Linear Algebra Credit(s): 3
MATH 350 - Probability Theory and Simulation Methods Credit(s): 3
MATH 450 - Mathematical Statistics Credit(s): 3
MATH 451 - Abstract Algebra I Credit(s): 3
MATH 518 - Mathematical Models and Applications
MATH 540 - College Geometry: A Historical Approach

Mathematics Option:

One of the following:

MATH 315 - Discrete Mathematics II Credit(s): 3
MATH 401 - Introduction to Real Analysis Credit(s): 3
MATH 503 - Advanced Calculus and Nonlinear Dynamics
MATH 508 - Introduction to Complex Variables and Applications

Computer Science:

One of the following:

CISC 106 - General Computer Science for Engineers Credit(s): 3
CISC 108 - Introduction to Computer Science I Credit(s): 3

Laboratory Science:

One of the following sequences:

Restricted Electives:

Six additional credits in mathematics or in related disciplines at the 300-level or above.
- Courses which are crosslisted with a Mathematical Sciences (MATH) course may be counted.
- Non-mathematics courses can be in CISC, ECON, PHYS and STAT from an approved list maintained by the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Professional Development:

MATH 279 - Problem Solving Strategies Credit(s): 1
MATH 379 - Teaching and Learning Secondary Mathematics I Credit(s): 3
MATH 380 - Teaching and Learning Secondary Mathematics II Credit(s): 4
MATH 382 - Student Teaching Seminar in Secondary Math Credit(s): 2
EDUC 400 - Student Teaching Credit(s): 3-12 (10 credits)
EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology Credit(s): 4
EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents Credit(s): 3
EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education Credit(s): 3
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit(s): 1-3 (1 credit)

Note:

To be eligible to student teach, Mathematics Education students must have a GPA of 2.5 in their mathematics major and an overall GPA of 2.5. They must also pass a teacher competency test as established by the University Council on Teacher Education. Remaining in the program is subject to periodic review of satisfactory progress and, to be admitted to EDUC 400 - Student Teaching , students must have completed all the mathematics courses required in the secondary mathematics education program. Students should consult the teacher education program coordinator to obtain the student teaching application and other information concerning student teaching policies.

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.