2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics for Grades 7-12 Mathematics Certification, BA

This major does not require a minor. Professional education hours fulfill the minor requirement.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours required in major:
78 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in the major:
54 semester hours

Major Courses Required:

MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 1411 - Precalculus 4 hour(s)
MATH 2303 - Probability and Statistics 3 hour(s)
MATH 2412 - Calculus I 4 hour(s)
MATH 2413 - Calculus II 4 hour(s)
MATH 3310 - Foundations for Advanced Mathematics 3 hour(s)
MATH 3322 - Linear Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 3341 - Geometry 3 hour(s)
MATH 3363 - Problem Solving 3 hour(s)
MATH 4321 - Modern Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 4362 - Topics in Discrete Mathematics 3 hour(s)

Required Education Courses: 42 hrs

EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hour(s)
EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4365 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods 1: Construction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5686 - Clinical Teaching 6 hour(s)
SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hour(s)

Suggested Sequencing of Courses:

Fall - Year One

INDS 1311 - Applications of Learning 3 hour(s)
(For first term traditional freshmen)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

MATHEMATICS 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

POLS 1301 - U.S. Government and Politics 3 hour(s)

FINE ARTS 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year One

EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hour(s)
MATH 1411 - Precalculus 4 hour(s)
* Complete the prerequisite course or placement requirements
MATH 2303 - Probability and Statistics 3 hour(s)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

THEOLOGY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

MATH 2412 - Calculus I 4 hour(s)

NATURAL SCIENCE 4 hrs

General Education Requirements

LITERATURE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

HISTORY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 4 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 18 hrs

Spring - Year Two

EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hour(s)
MATH 2413 - Calculus II 4 hour(s)
SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hour(s)

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 4 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 17 hrs

Fall - Year Three

EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4365 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods 1: Construction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5343 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics 3 hour(s)
MATH 3310 - Foundations for Advanced Mathematics 3 hour(s)

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hour(s)
MATH 3322 - Linear Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 3341 - Geometry 3 hour(s)
MATH 3363 - Problem Solving 3 hour(s)

Total: 18 hrs

Fall - Year Four

EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hour(s)
MATH 4321 - Modern Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 4362 - Topics in Discrete Mathematics 3 hour(s)
Additional 3 credit hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

EDUC 5686 - Clinical Teaching 6 hour(s)

Total: 6 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced hours - 18
institutional advanced hours - 24

Required General Education courses:

SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412 or any two semesters of the same foreign language

This degree prepares students for a career teaching mathematics in grades 7-12. Students are prepared for the TExES Mathematics 7-12 Exam, the state exam for teacher certification in mathematics grades 7-12.

Mathematics certification candidates may also add ESL, special education or bilingual certification to their degree plan.