2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics, Licensure Grades 6-10 and/or 6-12 Concentration Requirements

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

1. Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.

2. Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.

3. Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate NES and/or Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Courses

Core Requirements to include:

EDU 101Education as Profession

2

MAT 142Calculus I

4

PSY 113General Psychology

3

PHY 241General Physics I

4

PHY 242General Physics II

4

Or

PHY 251University Physics I

4

PHY 252University Physics II

4

Additional Required Courses (3)

PSY 211Developmental Psychology-Lifespan

3

Required Mathematics Courses (32)

MAT 231Statistics

3

MAT 235Linear Algebra

3

MAT 241Calculus II

4

MAT 242Calculus III

4

MAT 261Differential Equations

3

MAT 350Foundations of Mathematics

3

MAT 370Geometry

3

MAT 385Survey of Discrete Mathematics

3

MAT 420Abstract Algebra

3

MAT 490Mathematics Tutorial

1

MAT 491Mathematics Thesis

2

Mathematics Electives (Choose from the following) (3)

MAT 430Graph Theory

3

MAT 440Real Analysis

3

Professional Education Courses (34)

EDU 308Psychology of Learning and Cognition

3

EDU 315Exceptional Child

3

EDU 331Educational Assessment

4

EDU 342Classroom Management

3

EDU 360Multicultural Education

3

EDU 410Technology in Education

2

EDU 415Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12

3

EDU 425Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12

3

EDU 456Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12

11

EDU 457Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12

1

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)

CS 110Introduction to Programming Logic & Design

3

*Individual student ability will determine if MAT 131 and/or MAT 141 are needed as prerequisites for MAT 142.

Total Credit Hours: 120