Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Mathematics or B.S.Ed. in Secondary Mathematics
Concentration: Mathematics Education
Suggested Course Sequence
For Students beginning in Fall of an EVEN Year
- Total Hours for Degree: 128
- This sequence requires that students begin in Calculus I in an even numbered year.
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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Freshman Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | |
| Liberal Studies | 3 | Liberal Studies | 3 | |||||
| First-Year Seminar | 190 | 3 | CMHC | 201 | Communication | 3 | ||
| Liberal Studies | 3 | ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 | |||
| ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 | Liberal Studies | 3 | |||
| MATH | 153 | Calculus I | 4 | MATH | 255 | Calculus II | 4 | |
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Sophomore Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | |
| Liberal Studies | 3 | Liberal Studies | 3 | |||||
| MATH | 250 | Intro to Logic & Proof | 2 | Liberal Studies | 3 | |||
| MATH | 256 | Calculus III | 4 | General Elective | 3 | |||
| MATH | 270 | Stat. Methods | 3 | SPED | 336 | Teaching Exceptional Children | 3 | |
| EDCI | 231 | Foundations of Education | 3 | MATH | 362 | Intro to Linear Algebra | 3 | |
| MATH | 400 | History of Math | 3 | |||||
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Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. |
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Junior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | |
| Liberal Studies | 3 | EDSE | 322 | Principles & Methods of Teaching | 2 | |||
| General Elective | 3 | MATH | 361 | Intro to Abstract Algebra | 3 | |||
| MATH | 300 | Problem Solving | 3 | MATH | 310 | Discrete Structures | 3 | |
| PSY | 322 (best) or 320 | Adolescent Development or Child & Adolescent Development | 3 | PSY | 321 | Educational Psychology | 3 | |
| MATH Elective | 3 | MATH Elective | 3 | |||||
| ELMG | 466 | Computers in Education | 3 | Liberal Studies | 3 | |||
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Note: After earning ninety hours, the student must file an application form with the Dean after paying a $30 graduation fee to the University Cashier. Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. |
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Senior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | |
| General Elective | 5 | EDSE | 490 or 485 | Supervised Student Teaching or Internship II | 6 | |||
| MATH | 415 | Methods Math | 3 | EDSE | 495 | Seminar | 3 | |
| MATH | 411 | Foundations in Geometry | 3 | MATH | 491 | Student Teaching Math | 3 | |
| MATH | 479 | Capstone | 2 | |||||
| EDSE or General Elective | 484 | Internship I | 3 | |||||
NOTES:
- Total Hours for Degree: 128
- This sequence requires that students begin in Calculus I in an even numbered year.
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.