Mathematics Education (7–12; PTCP)
Admission Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in mathematics or an applied mathematics field from an accredited college or university with 36 credit hours of mathematics courses and a minimum GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale) in mathematics courses.
- Two years of high school or one year of college-level foreign language.
In addition, all applicants should review the Admission to a Graduate Program section in this catalog.
Program Requirements
Requirements may be fulfilled entirely with graduate courses, entirely with undergraduate courses or with a combination of undergraduate and graduate courses. Graduate-level courses are numbered 500 and higher; undergraduate-level courses are numbered 100–499.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics Education Courses (18-25 credit hours) | ||
| MED 200 | FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS 7-12 AND FIELD EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| or MED 500 | PRACTICUM I: GRADUATE FIELD EXPERIENCE IN SECONDARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION | |
| MED 307 | USES OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS | 3 |
| or MED 607 | TECHNOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION | |
| MED 383 | LEARNING AND TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 |
| Select one from the following: | 3-4 | |
| METHODS IN THE TEACHING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS | ||
| SEMINAR IN THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| Select one from the following: | 6-12 | |
| STUDENT TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL and STUDENT TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN HIGH SCHOOL (12) | ||
| PRACTICUM II: PRACTICE TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL and PRACTICUM III: PRACTICE TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL (6) | ||
| Professional Education Courses (13-15 credit hours) | ||
| SPF 303 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: MIDDLE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | 3 |
| SPF 403 | HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FORCES INFLUENCING SECONDARY EDUCATION | 3 |
| or SPF 525 | PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION | |
| EDU 416 | TEACHING LITERACY IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 3 |
| or EDU 513 | THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN LITERACY INSTRUCTION | |
| EDU 417 | ADOLESCENT LITERACY | 3 |
| or EDU 609 | RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN ADOLESCENT LITERACY | |
| MED 502 | PRACTICUM III: PRACTICE TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL | 1-3 |
| MED 524 | MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL | 1 |
| EXE 100 | NATURE AND NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS | 1-3 |
| or MED 524 | MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL | |
| Total Credit Hours | 34-43 | |