Middle-Level Math Education

Education

A.A.T. Degree (G,W)

The Middle-Level Mathematics Education Associate of Arts in Teaching degree program prepares students for transfer to a baccalaureate degree program that leads to a teaching career in middle school mathematics. The program provides rigorous math course work, integrated educational technology, and experiences in a math center and a middle school environment.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Employ mathematical strategies to solve algebraic, geometric, trigonometric, and calculus problems.
2. Analyze mathematical principles and theories as they relate to a variety of applications.
3. Apply knowledge of the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of adolescents in designing and delivering instruction.
4. Access and implement educational technology.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ECO 111	Macroeconomics	3
ENG 101	Composition I	3
ENG 102	Composition II	3
MAT 183	Reasoning with Functions I	5
PSY 121	General Psychology	3
SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1

Program/Major Courses

ECE 233	Introduction to Exceptional Learners	3
MAT 143	College Geometry	3
MAT 162	Statistical Reasoning	4
MAT 193	Reasoning with Functions II	4
MAT 200	Mathematics Internship	3
MAT 251	Finite Math	3
MAT 253	Discrete Mathematics	3
MAT 281	Calculus I	4
MAT 282	Calculus II	4

Program/Major Support Courses

BIO 140	General Biology	4
ENG 124	Oral Communications	3
PSY 126	Child and Adolescent Development	3
SCI 150	Earth and Space Science	3
SPA 136	Spanish Communication I	4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1
ENG 101	Composition I	3
MAT 183	Reasoning with Functions I	5
MAT 162	Statistical Reasoning	4
PSY 121	General Psychology	3

Semester 2

ENG 102	Composition II	3
MAT 193	Reasoning with Functions II	4
MAT 251	Finite Math	3
PSY 126	Child and Adolescent Development	3
SPA 136	Spanish Communication I	4

Semester 3

ECE 233	Introduction to Exceptional Learners	3
ECO 111	Macroeconomics	3
MAT 143	College Geometry	3
MAT 281	Calculus I	4
SCI 150	Earth and Space Science	3

Semester 4

BIO 140	General Biology	4
ENG 124	Oral Communications	3
MAT 200	Mathematics Internship	3
MAT 253	Discrete Mathematics	3
MAT 282	Calculus II	4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 66 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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