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MAJOR IN MATHEMATICS

(Special Sequence for Students Seeking Secondary School Teacher Certification)

I. General Education Requirements (36)

Course No. Title Credits

A. Curriculum Area I (Arts and Humanities)

ENGL 203 Fundamentals of Contemporary Speech — 3
GERM 101 Fundamentals of German I — 3
GERM 102 Fundamentals of German II — 3
OR
FREN 101 Fundamentals of French I — 3
FREN 102 Fundamentals of French II — 3
OR
SPAN 101 Fundamentals of Spanish I — 3
SPAN 102 Fundamentals of Spanish II — 3

Total — 9

B. Curriculum Area II (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

(Select one course from each of two disciplines) 

Social Sciences: Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology,Geography.

Behavioral Sciences: Criminal Justice, Human Ecology, Social Work, Psychology.

Total — 6

C. Curriculum Area III (Biological and Physical Sciences)

PHYS 181H Honors Introductory Physics I — 4
PHYS 182H Honors Introductory Physics II — 4

Total — 8

D. Curriculum Area IV (Mathematics)

(Select one course)

MATH 109/110 College Algebra/Trigonometry & Anal. Geometry — 6 or 3
OR
MATH 111/H Elementary Mathematical Analysis/Honors — 4
OR
MATH 112 Calculus I — 4

Total — 3 or 4

E. Curriculum Area V (English Composition)

ENGL 101 Basic Composition I — 3
OR
ENGL 101H
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II — 3
OR
ENGL 102H
ENGL 305 Technical Writing — 3
OR
ENGL 310 Advanced Composition 

Total — 9

Course No. Title Credits

MATH 112 Calculus I — 4
MATH 211 Calculus II — 4
MATH 212 Calculus III — 4
MATH 301 College Geometry — 3
MATH 302 Number Theory — 3
MATH 309 Introduction to Probability — 3
MATH 310 Mathematical Statistics I — 3
MATH 321 Differential Equations — 4
MATH 342 Advanced Calculus — 3
MATH 411 Modern Algebra — 3
MATH 412 Linear Algebra — 3
CSDP 350 Linear Programming — 3

Total — 40

III. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (39)

Course No. Title Credits

EDCI 200 Introduction to Contemporary Education — 3
PSYC 305 Human Growth and Development — 3
PSYC 307 Educational Psychology — 3
EDCI 402 Fundamentals of Reading Instruction — 3
EDCI 311 Comprehensive Assessment in Education — 3
EDCI 406 Classroom Management — 3
EDCI 200 Introduction to Special Education — 3
EDCI 400 Senior Seminar in Education — 3
EDCI 425C Curriculum and Instruction in the Mathematics — 3
EDCI 460/480 Teaching Internship: Secondary Education — 12

Total — 39

IV SUPPORTIVE COURSE REQUIREMENTS (8)

Course No. Title Credits

CSDP 220 Introduction to Computer Programming — 4
CSDP 222 Advanced Programming — 4

Total — 8

TOTAL (MATHEMATICS/SECONDARY SCHOOL) — 123
 
 

MATHEMATICS 

(Secondary-School Teaching Special Sequence) 

Recommended Course Sequence

FRESHMAN YEAR 

First Semester

ENGL 101 Basic English Composition I — 3 
Gen. Ed. Area II — 3
MATH 111H Elementary Mathematical Analysis (Honors) — 4 
Foreign Language — 3

Total — 13

CSDP 220 Intro. to Comp. Programming — 4
ENGL 102 Basic English Composition II — 3
MATH 112 Calculus I — 4
ENGL 203 Fund. of contemporary Speech — 3
Foreign Language — 3

Total — 17

First Semester

MATH 211 Calculus II — 4
PHYS 181H Introduction to Physics I — 4
EDCI 200 Intro. to Contemporary Ed. — 3 
(Select one course in English) — 3 
Gen. Ed. Area II (Humanities) — 3 

Total — 17 

CSDP 222 Advanced Programming — 4
MATH 212 Calculus III — 4
PYSC 305 Human Growth and Development — 3
EDCI 311 Comprehensive Assessment in Education — 3
PHYS 182H Introduction to Physics II — 4

Total — 18

First Semester 

MATH 301 College Geometry — 3
MATH 309 Introduction to Probability — 3
MATH 411 Modern Algebra — 3
PSYC 307 Educational Psychology — 3
EDCI 406 Classroom Management — 3

Total — 15

EDCI 200 Intro. to Contemporary Ed. — 3
MATH 310 Mathematical Statistics I — 3
MATH 302 Number Theory — 3
MATH 412 Linear Algebra — 3
MATH 342 Advanced Calculus — 3

Total — 15

First Semester 

MATH 321 Differential Equations — 4
EDCI 200B Introduction to Special Education — 3
EDCI 425 Curr. & Inst. in Math — 3
EDCI 402 Fund. of Reading Instruction — 3
ENGL 305/310 Tech. Writing/Advanced Comp. — 3

Total — 16

MATH 490 Senior Seminar — 1
EDCI 460-490 Teaching Internship in Math — 12
EDCI 400 Senior Seminar — 3

Total — 16  

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