Program Chair: Dr. Robert Willenbring
Degree Types: Bachelor of Science (default) or Bachelor of Arts (alternative)
The Mathematics Education major is a Bachelor of Science degree program designed to prepare students for a career as a secondary teacher or to provide the essential background for entrance into certain graduate programs. Depending on their previous coursework, students generally start in MAT 103 , MAT 153 , or MAT 209 unless they already have college credit for Calculus.
Program Outcomes
Mathematics Education graduates will: exhibit analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills be able to interpret and analyze data using quantitative reasoning skills be able to use technology to aid in the solving of problems and analysis of data be able to communicate mathematics to others in written and oral formats be able to communicate in the formal language of proof-based mathematics understand how the history and development of mathematics affects learning today be able to explain the mathematical concepts that underlie Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics, and Calculus, and be able to illustrate these concepts through appropriate applications be competitive in securing employment teaching middle school or high school mathematics or gaining admittance to programs of advanced study.
There are additional academic policies which apply to all education majors. Please review those policies on the Education: Graduate Programs page.
