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Undergraduate Degrees & Certificates

B.S. in Mathematics Teaching


The B.S. program provides the mathematical preparation necessary for teaching secondary school mathematics in Indiana, and is designed to result in teacher certification. Information on additional requirements for teacher certification is available in the department office. You are encouraged to choose and complete a teaching minor.

You should work closely with your academic advisor when choosing free electives and courses to meet the IPFW general education requirements so as to assure completion of the certification requirements set by the Indiana Department of Education for secondary teacher certification. Full information about teacher certification is available from the School of Education. To be certified, you must have a GPA of 2.00 or higher in the school's general education distribution areas of humanities and social and behavioral sciences. Additionally, you must have a GPA of 2.50 or higher in your teaching major of mathematical sciences courses and the professional education courses listed below. Each professional education course must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Degree Requirements

The requirements are identical to those for the major in mathematics with mathematics teaching option listed above. The school distribution requirement in humanities need not include two semesters of foreign language study.

You must also complete the following courses in professional education:

Credits Course

3

EDUC H340 - Education and American Culture

2

EDUC M448 - Methods of Teaching High School Mathematics

10

EDUC M480 - Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools

3

EDUC P250/M201 - General Educational Psychology and Lab/Field Experience

3

EDUC P253/M301 - Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers and Lab/Field Experience

1

EDUC W200/M101 - Microcomputers for Education: An Introduction and Lab/Field Experience

3

EDUC X401 - Critical Reading in the Content Area

To become certified to teach secondary school mathematics, you must also satisfy the requirements of the Indiana Department of Education as prescribed by the IPFW School of Education. Prior to the second semester of your sophomore year, you must complete succesfully the Preprofessional Skills Test (PPST) before admission to the teacher education program. The National Teachers Examination (NTE) must be completed before or during the student teaching semester, normally in your senior year.

Teacher Certification Minor in Mathematics

(Details may be obtained from the School of Education)

Credits Course

10

MA 163-164 Integrated Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, II

3

MA 305 Foundations of Higher Mathematics

3

MA 351 Elementary Linear Algebra

3

MA 560 Fundamental Concepts of Geometry

3

one of the following:

 

STAT 511 Statistical Methods

 

STAT 516 Basic Probability and Applications

3

one of the following:

 

CS 160 Introduction to Computer Science I

 

CS 210 Computer Programming Fundamentals

3

MA 453 Algebra I

3

MA 575 Linear Graph Theory

31

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