Mathematics Education Comprehensive Major, 40-41 hours: B.S.Ed.-No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)

Location(s): On Campus

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CIP: 131311

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Foundational Requirements (34 hours)

To achieve the common objectives, all students in this major are required to complete a common foundational set of 34 semester hours and participate in senior assessment. The area’s common foundational requirements are:

MATH 17114 - General Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17120 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 17121 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 5
MATH 17145 - Computational Reasoning and Data Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17280 - Methods in Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17311 - Linear Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17351 - College Geometry Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17390 - Transition to Proofs Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17415 - Modern Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17497 - Connections to Teaching Mathematics Credit Hours: 1
MATH 17580 - Methods in Secondary School Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Note:

MATH 17120 : This course fulfills a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Approved departmental electives (6-7 hours)

Choose 6-7 hours, but students CANNOT take BOTH MATH 17333 - Probability and Statistics and MATH 17520 - Applied Analysis .

MATH 17321 - Calculus III Credit Hours: 4
MATH 17333 - Probability and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17361 - Differential Equations Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17520 - Applied Analysis Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44141 - Computer Programming I Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44241 - Computer Programming II Credit Hours: 3

Professional Education Requirements

See Secondary Education Program Requirements

Students must take MATH 17580 - Methods in Secondary School Mathematics as part of their professional education requirements.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

This major, when completed under the B.S.Ed. Secondary Program, will meet Missouri teacher certification standards for Mathematics grades 9-12.