Secondary Mathematics Education: A Pathway to Teacher Certification
Academic Requirements
The program’s undergraduate coursework is divided into three areas of focus. Graduate-level education courses are also required.
a) Mathematics Preparation
A Mathematics major specializing in any concentration, including the following courses:
- MAT 352: Real Analysis
- MAT 371: College Geometry or MAT 370: Non-Euclidean Geometry
- MAT 292: Theory of Numbers or MAT 395: Abstract Algebra
b) Pre-candidacy Education Preparation
- HRD 200J: Human Growth and Development
- CPI 211I: Culture and Community Fieldwork and Seminar *
- EDU 220: Middle School Community
- EDU 320: Applied Skills for Teaching and Learning
- EDU 390: Portfolio Development
c) Post-candidacy Professional Preparation
- MME 445: Teaching 7-12 Mathematics in Maine: Curriculum and Capstone Course
Graduate-level education courses taken during the last year of the program:
- MME 512: Professional Internship in Secondary Mathematics Education or EDU 544: Applied Pedagogy
- MME 552: Middle School Mathematics Methods & Curriculum Design or EDU 552: Curriculum Design
- MME 554 or EDU 554: Secondary Mathematics Methods & Curriculum Design
- EDU 514: Improving Teaching in Content Areas through Literacy
- EDU 541: Seminar I in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
- EDU 542: Seminar II in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
- EDU 550: Instructional Strategies or EDU 651: Strategies in Secondary Education
- EDU 613: Professional Internship in Secondary Education
- SED 540: Nature and Needs of Learners Who Are Exceptional
*Not subject to listed prerequisites. |
