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Mathematics Education - BS with a Teaching Minor


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College of Science

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Students must complete the General Education Requirements :

Students must also complete the University Studies Depth Requirements :

  • Two courses having CI designation (such as  ;  ,  ,  ; and   ) will meet the Communications Intensive (CI) requirement
  • One course having QI designation (such as  ,  ,  ,  ; and  ,   will meet the Quantitative Intensive (QI) requirement
  • Complete at least 2 credits in approved 3000-level or above courses from each of the following two categories: Humanities and Creative Arts (DHA) adn Social Sciences (DSS)

 

Major Requirements


Major and minor requirements in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics vary from time to time. Exact requirements in effect at any given time may be found in the USU online General Catalog. All grades for MATH and STAT courses applied toward a departmental major or minor must be C- or better. Major and minor requirements in effect at the beginning of Fall Semester 2011 are given below.

College of Science Requirements


Every bachelor’s degree candidate in the College of Science must complete the following coursework or its equivalent:

Note:


In some degrees or emphases within degrees, the second semester of calculus may be replaced by STAT 3000 . The substitution will be for specific degree programs, not by student choice.

Mathematics Education Major with a Teaching Minor (73 credits, plus the number of credits required by the teaching minor)


B. Teaching Minor Content Courses (number of credits vary by minor)


Note:


Acceptance to teacher education is required prior to enrolling in SCED 3100 , SCED 3210 , SCED 4200 , or SCED 4210 . This acceptance requires an overall GPA of at least 2.75, successful completion of a speech and hearing test, writing competency test, and passing a criminal background check.

All USU teacher education candidates will be required to take and pass the content exam approved by the Utah State Office of Education in their major content area prior to student teaching.

1 Students with a science teaching minor are required to take two science teaching methods courses (i.e., SCED 3400  and SCED 4400 ), thus raising the total for pedagogy courses to 25 credits.

2 The prefix for this course, numbered 3300, depends on the teaching minor.

Minimum University Requirements


Total Credits

120

Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)

2.00 GPA

Credits of C- or better

100

Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)

40

USU Credits (30 USU credits, 20 of which must be upper-division courses, 10 of which must be courses required for student’s major)

30 USU credits

Completion of approved major program of study

See college advisor

Credits in minor (if required)

12

Credits in American Institutions (ECN 1500 ;HIST 1700 , HIST 2700  or HIST 2710 ; HONR 1300 POLS 1100 ; or USU 1300 )

3

General Education Requirements  and University Studies Depth Requirements 

 

 

 

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