MATHEMATICS TEACHING

Bachelor of Science

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Teaching is designed for students planning to teach mathematics on the secondary school level (grades 9­12).

Freshman Year

First Semester

4 - BIOL 103 General Biology I

4 - CH 105 Beg. General and Organic Chemistry

1 - ED 100 Orientation

3 - ENGL 101 Composition I

4 - MTHSC 106 Calculus of One Variable I

2 - Elective

18

Second Semester

4 - BIOL 104 General Biology II

4 - CH 106 Beg. Gen. and Organic Chemistry

3 - ENGL 102 Composition II

4 - MTHSC 108 Calculus of One Variable II

3 - Elective

18

Sophomore Year

First Semester

3 - CP SC 120 Intro. to Information Technology

3 - HIST 172 Western Civilization

4 - MTHSC 206 Calculus of Several Variables

4 - PHYS 207 General Physics I

3 - Literature Requirement¹

17

Second Semester

3 - CP SC 111 Elem. Computer Prog. in C/C++ or

3 - MTHSC 360 Inter. Math. Computing

3 - ED F 302 Educational Psychology

3 - HIST 173 Western Civilization

3 - HUM 301 or 302 Humanities²

4 - PHYS 208 General Physics II

2 - Elective

18

Junior Year

First Semester

3 - ED F 301 Principles of American Education

3 - MTHSC 301 Statistical Theory and Methods I

3 - MTHSC 308 College Geometry

3 - Mathematics Requirement³

3 - Social Science Requirement⁴

3 - Elective

18

Second Semester

3 - ED 426 Teaching Secondary Mathematics⁵

1 - ED F (THRD) 315 Integrating Computers

into the Classroom

3 - MTHSC 311 Linear Algebra

3 - MTHSC 408 Topics in Geometry

3 - READ 498 Secondary Content Area Reading⁵

3 - Social Science Requirement⁴

16

Senior Year

(Directed TeachingEither Semester)

First Semester

3 - ED F 335 Adolescent Growth and Dev.

3 - ENGL 314 Technical Writing

3 - MTHSC 412 Introduction to Modern Algebra

3 - MTHSC 453 Advanced Calculus I

3 - SPCH 150 Intro. to Speech Comm. or

3 - SPCH 250 Public Speaking

3 - Mathematics Requirement³

18

Second Semester

12 - ED 412 Directed Teaching

3 - ED SP 370 Introduction to Special Education

15

138 Total Semester Hours

¹ENGL 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, or H210.

²May be satisfied by completing A A H 210 and MUSIC 210 or 311. In this case, the additional three credits will be recorded as electives.

³Any 200­400-level MTHSC course, except MTHSC 207, 210, 215, 216.

⁴Select from courses in ECON (including AP EC 202), GEOG, PO SC, PSYCH, SOC.

⁵To be taken the semester prior to Directed Teaching.