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Mathematics Teaching Field Grades 5-Adult, B.A.


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Curriculum for Mathematics Teaching Field Grades 5-Adult


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Special Requirement:  To graduate, prospective student teachers must pass PRAXIS II Math Content Test or pass MATH 435 - PRAXIS II Math Preparation .  To be recommended for certification, however, candidates must pass the PRAXIS II Math Content Test (regardless of whether they pass MATH 435).

See professional education course listings under

  (35 hours required). Special Methods of Teaching Mathematics is EDUC 420 .

Contact Person: Dr. Osman Guzide, Stutzman-Slonaker Hall 211A, 304-876-5304.

Four-Year Course Progression


Mathematics Teaching Field Grades 5-Adult
FALL   FIRST YEAR     SPRING   FIRST YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
MATH 155 2 Discrete Structures 3   EDUC 150   Seminar in Education (FYEX) 1
Core Curriculum 1 ENGL 101 3   Core Curriculum 1 ENGL 104 (Req.) 3
Core Curriculum 1 History 3   ENGR 102   Engineering II (corequisite with MATH 207) 3
Core Curriculum 2 Choose AR with advisor 3   MATH 208   Calculus II 4
MATH 207 1 Calculus* (MA) (Req.) 4   ECON 205 2 Principles of Macroeconomics (SO-CK) (Req.) 3
    TOTAL 16       TOTAL 14
*Prerequisites: MATH 106 and MATH 108 or satisfactory math placement score.            
         
FALL   SECOND YEAR     SPRING   SECOND YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
COMM 202 2 Fundamentals of Speech (HM-GL) (Req.) 3   EDUC 320   Social and Psychological Conditions of Learning 4
PHYS 221 1 General Physics I (LS) (Req.) 3   PHYS 222 1 General Physics II (LS) (Req.) 3
PHYS 221L 1 Genera Physics I Lab (Req.) 1   PHYS 222L 1 General Physics II Lab (Req.) 1
EDUC 200 2 Foundations of Education (SO-MD) 3   MATH 307   Linear Algebra 3
MATH 309   Calculus III 4   GSPE 210 2 Fitness for LIfe (WE) 3
MATH 254   Discrete Mathematics 3       TOTAL 14
    TOTAL 17          
         
FALL   THIRD YEAR     SPRING   THIRD YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
EDUC 360 2 Survey of Exceptional Children (SO-MD) 3   EDUC 370   Reading in the Contenet Area 3
MATH 310   Differential Equations 4   MATH 329   Mathematical Modeling 3
MATH 312   Introduction to Abstract Algebra 3   Core Curriculum 2 Choose HM with advisor 3
MATH 321   Probability and Statistics 3   Elective   Choose Elective with advisor 3
Elective   Choose Elective with advisor 3   Elective   Choose Elective with advisor 3
    TOTAL 16       TOTAL 15
         
FALL   FOURTH YEAR     SPRING   FOURTH YEAR  
Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit   Sub./Course No. Tier Title Credit
EDUC 443   Reading in the Content Area 3   EDUC 400 3 Inclusion in the Regular Classroom (WM and CP) 3
EDUC 380   Technology in 21st-Century Teaching and Learning 3   EDUC 456   Student Teaching 5-12 9
EDUC 420   Special Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3   MATH 489   Mathematics Capstone 1
MATH 414   History of Mathematics 3       TOTAL 13
MATH 424   Foundations of Geometry 3          
    TOTAL 15       DEGREE TOTAL 120
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