This option is aimed primarily at preparing students to teach mathematics at secondary school and junior college levels. Students acquire a solid mathematical background together with the necessary pedagogical skills and support coursework from other departments, such as Statistics and Education. The main emphasis is to produce future educators who will provide high-quality content-based instruction.
Degree Plan Requirements
- Requires a minimum of 36 credit hours, at least 24 of which must be in mathematics.
- There must be 12 credit hours in specialized mathematics courses selected from the following:
- MATH 645 (Survey of Mathematical Problems I);
- MATH 629 (History of Mathematics)
- MATH 632 (A Transition to Graduate Level Mathematics)
- MATH 696 (Mathematical Communication and Technology)
- There must be 12 hours of graduate distance mathematics courses, selected from the following:
- MATH 609 (Numerical Analysis)
- MATH 613 (Graph Theory)
- MATH 614 (Dynamical Systems and Chaos)
- MATH 615 (Introduction to Classical Analysis)
- MATH 630 (Combinatorics)
- MATH 640 (Linear Algebra for Applications)
- MATH 647 (Mathematical Modeling)
- MATH 649 (Principles of Deep Learning)
- MATH 660 (Computational Linear Algebra)
- MATH 673 (Mathematical Foundations of Cryptography)
- MATH 677 (Mathematical Foundations for Data Science)
- There must be 6 credit hours of supporting coursework selected from the following:
- One graduate course in Education (the student has the option of an emphasis at either the secondary or collegiate level).* You can find a list of Education classes on our Courses page.
- One graduate course in statistical methods. Suggested courses include:**
- STAT 601 (Statistical Analysis)
- STAT 608 (Regression Analysis)
- STAT 630 (Mathematical Statistics)
- This leaves 6 out of 36 total credits to be chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. Note that at least 3 of these 6 credits must be either in Mathematics or Statistics.* For mathematics courses in this category students can use courses from item 3 if they have not already been used to satisfy the requirements for item 3. Other examples include but are not limited to:
- MATH 602 (Methods and Applications of PDE)
- MATH 662 (Seminar in Algebra)
- MATH 666 (Seminar in Geometry)
* STAT 651, STAT 652, or STAT 653 is allowed in lieu of your Education course with expressed permission of Committee Chair and Director of the Program.
**Math 619 is allowed in place of your Statistics course if it has not already been used to satisfy the requirements for item 3.
***Math 685 (typically 1 credit hour, no more than 3 credit hours) will be allowed only with expressed permission of the Committee Chair and the Director of the Program.