Dec 26, 2024

2013-2014 General Catalog (Spring 2014)

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Mathematics Education - BS with a Teaching Minor

College of Science

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Students must complete the General Education Requirements :

CHEM 1120
or
GEO 1110
will fulfill the Physical Sciences requirement

Students must also complete the University Studies Depth Requirements :

Two courses having CI designation (such as
CS 2450
;
MATH 4200
,
MATH 4310
,
MATH 5580
; and
STAT 5100
,
STAT 5890
) will meet the Communications Intensive (CI) requirement
One course having QI designation (such as
MATH 2210
,
MATH 2250
,
MATH 2270
,
MATH 2280
; and
STAT 2000
,
STAT 3000
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:

1. One year of calculus:

MATH 1210 - Calculus I (QL) 4 and
MATH 1220 - Calculus II (QL) 4

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.

2. One of the following year-long sequences. The chosen sequence must be outside the student’s major department.

BIOL 1610 - Biology I 4 and
BIOL 1620 - Biology II (BLS) 4
Or
CHEM 1210 - Principles of Chemistry I 4 and
CHEM 1220 - Principles of Chemistry II (BPS) 4
Or
GEO 1110 - Physical Geology (BPS) 3 and
GEO 3200 - The Earth Through Time (DSC) 4
Or
PHYS 2110 - General Physics - Life Sciences I 4 and
PHYS 2120 - General Physics - Life Sciences II (BPS) 4
Or
PHYS 2210 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (QI) 4 and
PHYS 2220 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (BPS/QI) 4

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

A. Mathematics and Statistics Courses (39 credits)

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

C. Pedagogy Courses (22 credits)

See note ¹

SCED 3100 - Motivation and Classroom Management 3
SCED 3210 - Educational and Multicultural Foundations (DSS/CI) 3
SPED 4000 - Education of Exceptional Individuals 2
SCED 4200 - Language, Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas (CI) 3
SCED 4210 - Assessment and Curriculum Design 3 or
MATH 5020 - Mathematical Cognition and Assessment of Mathematical Achievement 3
MATH 4300 - School Laboratory for Mathematics Teachers Level II 1
MATH 4500 - Methods of Secondary School Mathematics Teaching 3
Teaching Methods in Minor course3 ¹
Clinical Experience course 1 ²

D. Student Teaching Semester (12 credits)

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.

¹Students 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.

²The 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