Mathematics Education

Program Type: Major
Program Level: Undergraduate
Department: Mathematics

Students must follow all departmental requirements for program acceptance, acceptance into student teaching and exit requirements for the secondary education major. In addition the following 27 credits in mathematics are required.

Major Course Requirements 

Choose 27 credits from the following:

  • MTH 115 Geometry I
  • MTH 116 Geometry II
  • MTH 151 College Algebra
  • MTH 180 Precalculus
  • MTH 205 Discrete Mathematics
  • MTH 209 Calculus I
  • MTH 210 Calculus II
  • MTH 215 Elementary Statistics
  • MTH 303 Non-Euclidean Geometry
  • MTH 355 Linear Algebra
  • MTH 375 Methods in Numerical Analysis

Education Course Requirements

  • EDN 150 Orientation to Teaching
  • EDN 156 Child and Adolescent Development
  • EDN 216-18 Field Experience in Middle/Secondary
  • EDN 233 Educational Psychology
  • EDN 234 Measurement, Evaluation and Management
  • EDN 266 Middle School/Junior High Education
  • EDN 316-18 Practicum in Middle/Secondary
  • EDN 360 Indian Studies
  • EDN 362 Middle School/Secondary Reading in the Content Area
  • EDN 374 Middle School and Secondary General Methods
  • EDN 376 Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning EDN 377 Human Relations Skills
  • EDN 441 Special Methods for Mathematics
  • EDN 453 Student Teaching Seminar
  • EDN 457 Secondary School Student Teaching
  • EDN 490 Seminar: The Teaching Profession
  • SPE 260 Psychology of the Exceptional Individual

Recommended courses:

  • PHY 221 Principles of Physics I
  • PHY 222 Principles of Physics II
  • MTH 270 Math Modeling