2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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

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 17114General Statistics *

3

MATH 17120Calculus I

4

MATH 17121Calculus II

5

MATH 17145Computational Reasoning and Data

3

MATH 17280Methods in Teaching with Technology

3

MATH 17311Linear Algebra

3

MATH 17351College Geometry

3

MATH 17390Transition to Proofs

3

MATH 17415Modern Algebra

3

MATH 17497Connections to Teaching Mathematics

1

MATH 17580Methods in Secondary School Mathematics

3

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 17321Calculus III

4

MATH 17333Probability and Statistics

3

MATH 17361Differential Equations

3

MATH 17520Applied Analysis

3

CSIS 44141Computer Programming I

3

CSIS 44241Computer Programming II

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.