2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics Education Comprehensive Major, 46 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 (21 hours)

To achieve the common objectives, all majors in Mathematics are required to complete a common foundational set of 21 semester hours and participate in senior assessment. The area’s common foundational requirements are:

Required Courses

MATH 17120Calculus I

4

MATH 17121Calculus II

5

MATH 17230Probability and Statistics

3

MATH 17311Linear Algebra

3

MATH 17495Seminar in Mathematics

2

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.

A Discrete course chosen from:

MATH 17215Discrete Mathematics

3

MATH 17319Graph Theory

3

A Professions course chosen from:

INCO 77297Profession-Based Work Experience

1 to 3

MATH 17197Exploring Mathematics-Related Fields

1

Mathematics Education (22 hours)

MATH 17390Transition to Proofs

3

MATH 17351College Geometry

3

MATH 17497Connections to Teaching Mathematics

1

MATH 17280Methods in Teaching with Technology

3

MATH 17580Methods in Secondary School Mathematics

3

Note: CSIS 44141 has a prerequisite of a grade of C or better in CSIS 44101 or CSIS 44130, both of which are options for the Institutional Requirement for Digital Literacy.

Note: CSIS 44149 has a prerequisite of MATH 17117 or MATH 17120 and a course in the Digital Literacy section of the Institutional Requirements with a grade of C or better in each.

An Algebra course chosen from:

MATH 17415Modern Algebra-Rings

3

MATH 17416Modern Algebra-Groups

3

A Programming course chosen from:

CSIS 44141Computer Programming I

3

CSIS 44149Scientific Computing

3

An Analysis course chosen from:

MATH 17421Introduction to Analysis

3

MATH 17520Applied Analysis

3

Approved departmental electives (3 hours)

Electives, if not chosen above, chosen from:

MATH 17215Discrete Mathematics

3

MATH 17316Linear Statistical Models I

3

MATH 17319Graph Theory

3

MATH 17321Calculus III

4

MATH 17351College Geometry

3

MATH 17361Differential Equations

3

MATH 17415Modern Algebra-Rings

3

MATH 17416Modern Algebra-Groups

3

MATH 17421Introduction to Analysis

3

MATH 17518Number Theory

3

MATH 17511Applied Linear Algebra

3

MATH 17520Applied Analysis

3

Professional Education Requirements

See Secondary Education Program Requirements

MATH 17580 methods in Secondary School Mathematics must be completed as part of the Professional Education requirements.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

This major meets Missouri certification standards.