2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog

Recommended Four-Year Plan for Mathematics, Licensure Grades 6-10 and/or 6-12 Concentration

It is the student’s responsibility to contact the program coordinator for current requirements and transfer information.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (17)

ENG 101Composition I

3

Religion/Philosophy Core

3

MAT 142Calculus I

4

FYE 101First Year Experience

1

CS 110Introduction to Programming Logic & Design

3

History Core

3

Spring Semester (15)

ENG 102Composition II

3

Fine Arts Core

3

MAT 231Statistics

3

MAT 241Calculus II

4

EDU 101Education as Profession

2

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14)

MAT 235Linear Algebra

3

MAT 242Calculus III

4

Literature Core

3

PSY 113General Psychology

3

HPPE Activity Course

1

Spring Semester (15)

COMM 221/ENG 221Speech Communication

3

MAT 350Foundations of Mathematics

3

Humanities Core

3

PSY 211Developmental Psychology-Lifespan

3

MAT 261Differential Equations

3

Junior Year

Fall Semester (17)

MAT 370Geometry

3

MAT 420Abstract Algebra

3

Or

MAT 440Real Analysis

3

EDU 331Educational Assessment

4

EDU 360Multicultural Education

3

PHY 241General Physics I

4

Or

PHY 251University Physics I

4

Spring Semester (16)

MAT 385Survey of Discrete Mathematics

3

PHY 242General Physics II

4

Or

PHY 252University Physics II

4

EDU 315Exceptional Child

3

EDU 342Classroom Management

3

EDU 415Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12

3

Senior Year

Fall Semester (12)

MAT 430Graph Theory

3

Or

MAT 440Real Analysis

3

EDU 308Psychology of Learning and Cognition

3

MAT 490Mathematics Tutorial

1

EDU 410Technology in Education

2

EDU 425Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12

3

Spring Semester (14)

EDU 456Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12

11

EDU 457Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12

1

MAT 491Mathematics Thesis

2

Total Credit Hours: 120

Apply for admission to the program as early as possible in the sophomore year. No EDU– prefixed courses may be taken until the student is admitted to the Teacher Education Program at UT Southern (exceptions: EDU 101, EDU 308 and EDU 360 which are cross listed).

Apply by October 1 for spring clinical practice, by March 1 for fall clinical practice.

All required sections of the Praxis II must be passed prior to the clinical practice semester.