BS in Mathematics Education
(74 hours*, including licensure hours)
This major is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.
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- Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.
- Complete the following core requirements:
MTHED 177 : Critical Review of School Mathematics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Strengthen understanding of high-school mathematics; gain awareness as mathematics learners in learning communities; learn how to support collaborative communities as teachers. |
MTHED 277 : Task Design and Assessment of Student Understanding.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 & MATH 290 & MATH 313 & MTHED 177 & MTHED 276; or MATH 113 & MATH 290 & MATH 313 & MTHED 117 & MTHED 276 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Building tasks that elicit important mathematical ideas. Reflecting on and assessing the success of tasks through questioning and other methods of formative assessment. |
MTHED 308 : Mathematics Teaching with Technology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 313 & MATH 362 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Using technology to teach and understand mathematics. Math-specific software and calculators used to investigate Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, algorithms, probabilities, etc., research regarding effectiveness. |
MTHED 377 : Mathematics Teaching in the Public Schools.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MTHED 277; Departmental consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Mathematics teaching practice in grades 7-12, including lesson/task design, curriculum evaluation, and classroom management in context of practice teaching. |
MTHED 378 : Practicum in Mathematics Education.
(1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in MthEd 377. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Implementing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
Note: Prerequisites for all mathematics education courses will be strictly adhered to.
- Complete the following:
MATH 112
Honors Calculus 1.
MATH 112 : Calculus 1.
(4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 and 111 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule. |
: Honors Calculus 1.
MATH 113
Honors Calculus 2.
MATH 113 : Calculus 2.
(4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 112 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Techniques and applications of integration; sequences, series, convergence tests, power series; parametric equations; polar coordinates. |
MATH 290 : Fundamentals of Mathematics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 112 or concurrent enrollment with instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Achieving maturity in mathematical communication. Introduction to mathematical proof; methods of proof; analysis of proof; induction; logical reasoning. |
MATH 314 : Calculus of Several Variables.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 313 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Partial differentiation, the Jacobian matrix, and integral theorems of vector calculus. |
MATH 334 : Ordinary Differential Equations.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 & MATH 313 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Methods and theory of ordinary differential equations. |
MATH 341 : Theory of Analysis 1.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 & MATH 290 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Rigorous treatment of calculus of a single real variable: topology, order, completeness of real numbers; continuity, differentiability, integrability, and convergence of functions. |
MTHED 300 : (MthEd-Math) History and Philosophy of Mathematics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Historical development of important mathematical ideas and philosophies; implications for the mathematical curriculum. |
MTHED 362 : (MthEd-Math) Survey of Geometry.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 290 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Logical and historical development of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, transformations and symmetry; relationships among axiomatic systems; use of software and other geometric models; proofs and Van Hiele levels. |
STAT 301 : Statistics and Probability for Secondary Educators.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 113 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Statistics and probability, emphasizing secondary-specific curriculum. Principles of counting, probability distributions, density functions, graphical methods, descriptive and inferential statistics, computer package. |
Note: Math 112 and 113 must be honors sections.
- Complete one course from the following:
MATH 487 : Number Theory.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 371 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Foundations; congruences; quadratic reciprocity; unique factorization, prime distribution or Diophantine equations. |
- A teaching minor is not needed for licensure. However, students interested in teaching an academic subject in addition to mathematics should consider pursuing a teaching minor in that discipline.
- Complete the Professional Education Component:
- Complete the following:
CPSE 402 : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course; FBI fingerprint background clearance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Issues, policies, and methods in teaching secondary students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Lab. |
MTHED 276 : Exploration of Mathematics Teaching.
(4:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MATH 112 & MATH 113 & MATH 290 & MATH 313 & MTHED 117; or MATH 112 & MATH 113 & MATH 290 & MATH 313 & MTHED 177; FBI fingerprint and background clearance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching mathematics to secondary students. |
SC ED 350 : Adolescent Development in an Education Context.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Adolescent development and its implications for integrated school culture, curriculum design, instructional practices, and assessment. |
SC ED 353 : Multicultural Education.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Designing and adapting instruction for diverse learners; collaborating with families, cultures, and communities in promoting and sustaining learning. |
SC ED 379 : Classroom Management.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in Sc Ed 377R and 378, or equivalent major courses. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current theory, research, and application in classroom management; creating positive teacher-student and peer relationships; developing optimal learning environments. |
Note: FBI fingerprint and background clearance must be completed prior to enrollment in MthEd 276.
- Complete 12 hours of one of the following:
MTHED 476 : Secondary Student Teaching in Mathematics.
(12:Arr:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of all course work or departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Capstone, field-based, semester-long experience in teaching mathematics to secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required. |
MTHED 496 : Academic Internship: Secondary Mathematics Education.
(12:Arr:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of all course work or departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Capstone, field-based, semester-long experience in teaching mathematics to secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required. |
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.