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2012-2013



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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: MATHEMATICS EDUCATION


CURRICULUM CREDITS

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing 3
(minimum grade C-)

First Year Experience (FYE) 0-4
  
University Breadth Requirement (minimum grade C-) 12

Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) 3

Multi-cultural Course 3

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Writing: (minimum grade C-) 3
Second writing course taken after completion of 60 credits

Foreign Language 0-12
Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112) in a given language. Number of credits needed and initial placement will depend on number of years of high school study of foreign language. Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language may attempt to fulfill this requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination.

College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements:  (minimum grade C-) 
The College Breadth Requirements are in addition to the University Breadth Requirement. Up to 3 credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements.

Eighteen credits from Groups A, B and C with a minimum of six credits from each group 18
   
Group A:  Creative Arts and Humanities 6

Group B:  History and Cultural Change 6

Group C:  Social and Behavioral Sciences  6

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
A grade of C- or better is required for major courses and related work.

Mathematics Section
MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics I 3
MATH 242 Analytic Geometry and Calculus B 4
MATH 243 Analytic Geometry and Calculus C 4
MATH 245 An Introduction to Proof 3
MATH 302 Ordinary Differential Equations 3
MATH 308 Historical Developments of Mathematical Concepts and Ideas 3
MATH 349 Elementary Linear Algebra 3
MATH 350 Probability Theory and Simulation Methods 3
MATH 450 Mathematical Statistics 3
MATH 451 Abstract Algebra 3
MATH 540 College Geometry: A Historical Approach 3
One of the following modeling classes 3
MATH 512 Contemporary Applications of Mathematics
MATH 518 Mathematical Models and Applications

One course from the following list 3
MATH 315 Discrete Mathematics II
MATH 401 Introduction to Real Analysis
MATH 503 Advanced Calculus for Applications
MATH 508 Introduction to Complex Variables and Applications

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
Either CISC 106 or CISC 108 (for those with no previous equivalent experience)
or
CISC 181 3

SCIENCE
A two-semester, 8 credit sequence of laboratory science (courses designed for non-majors in a discipline are not appropriate, except for CHEM 103/CHEM 104) 8

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MATH 279 Problem Solving Strategies 1
MATH 379 Problem Solving Strategies 1
MATH 380 Approaches to Teaching Mathematics 3
MATH 382 Student Teaching Seminar in Secondary Math 2
EDUC 400 Student Teaching 9
EDUC 413 Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology 4
EDUC 414 Teaching Exceptional Adolescents 3
EDUC 419 Diversity in Secondary Education 3
EDUC 420 Reading in the Content Areas 1

Nine additional credits in mathematics or in related disciplines at the 300 level or above 9

Courses not approved for math majors cannot be counted towards these 9 additional credits. Non mathematics courses can be in CISC, ECON, PHYS and STAT from an approved list maintained by the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 124




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