The University of Georgia
College of Education
Department of Mathematics and Science Education
BSED in Mathematics Education
Graduation and Program Requirements
____ Environmental Literacy ____ U.S. & Georgia Constitution ____ U.S. & Georgia History
____ Physical Education ____ Diversity Requirement ____ GACE Basic Skills
____ Pre-professional Experience ____ FYOS 1001 (All freshman must complete this within the first year of enrollment at UGA)
Area I: Foundation Courses (9 Hours)
____ 3 ENGL 1101 English Composition I
____ 3 ENGL 1102 English Composition II
____ 3 MATH 1113 or MATH 2250 Pre-Calculus or Calculus I for Science and Engineering
Area II: Sciences (7-8 Hours) One Physical Science and One Life Science Required; at least one must have a laboratory
____ 3-4 Physical Science ________________ (PHYS 1211-1211L Preferred)
____ 3-4 Life Science ________________
Area III: Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 Hours)
____ 4 MATH 2250 or MATH 2260 Calculus I or II for Science and Engineering (Preferred; Requires MATH 1113 and/or MATH 2250)
Area IV: World Languages and Culture; Humanities and the Arts (12 Hours)
____ 3 World Language and Culture ________________
____ 3 World Language and Culture ________________
____ 3 World Language and Culture ________________
____ 3 Humanities and the Arts ________________
Area V: Social Sciences (9 Hours)
____ 3 POLS 1101 American Government (Satisfies U.S. & Georgia Constitution requirement)
____ 3 HIST 2111/2112 American History to/since 1865 (Satisfies U.S. & Georgia History requirement)
____ 3 Social Science ________________
Area VI: Courses Related to the Major
____ 3 EDUC 2110 Critical Issues in Education
____ 3 EDUC 2120 Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Diversity (Satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement)
____ 3 EPSY 2130 Exploring Learning and Teaching
____ 3 SPED 4030 Inclusion of Students with Special Needs, Grades 6-12
____ 3-4 MATH 2270/2500/2700 Calculus III or Multivariable Calculus or Elementary Differential Equations
____ 4 STAT 2000 Introductory Statistics
**NOTE: Students with credit in MATH 2500 may not earn credit in MATH 2270, and vice versa.
Entrance Requirements: (1) Completion of Core Areas I-V. (2) Completion of MATH 2260, MATH 2260, and MATH 3200—Courses can be “in
progress” when applying to the program. (3) Passing score on the GACE Program Admission Assessment or exempt this test with either an SAT
score of 1000 (Verbal and Quantitative) or ACT score of 43 (English and Math). (4) A minimum overall G.P.A of 2.5. (5) All teacher education
candidates are required to have a GaPSC pre-service certificate prior to beginning field experience.
Courses Related to the Program (NOTE: All courses listed below must be passed with a grade of “C” or higher)
Required Content Courses
____ 3 MATH 3200 Introduction to Higher Mathematics (Requires MATH 2260)
____ 3 MATH 3000 Introduction to Linear Algebra (Requires MATH 3200)
____ 3 MATH 4000 Modern Algebra and Geometry I (Requires MATH 3200)
____ 3 MATH 5200 Foundations of Geometry I (Requires MATH 3000 and MATH 3200)
Choose One of the Following
____ 3 STAT 4070 Probability and Statistics for Secondary Teachers (Requires STAT 2000)
____ 3 STAT 4210 Statistical Methods (Requires STAT 2000)
____ 3 MATH 4600 Probability (Requires MATH 2270 or 2500, MATH 2260 or 3100)
Choose Three (9 hours) from the Following
Courses taken in Area VI or as a Required Course in the section above cannot be counted as Major Electives Choose at least one MATH course
and at least one EMAT course (not from MATH 5001, 5002, 5003, 5020, 5030, 5035; EMAT 5280, 5290, 5320). Possible courses include (but are
not limited to):
____ 3 MATH 2270 Calculus III for Science and Engineering
____ 3 MATH 2500 Multivariable Calculus
____ 3 MATH 2700 Elementary Differential Equations
____ 3 MATH 3100 Sequences and Series
____ 3 MATH 4010 Modern Algebra and Geometry II
____ 3 MATH 5210 Foundations of Geometry II
____ 3 EMAT 4450 Mathematics in Context
____ 3 EMAT 4550 Contemporary School Mathematics
____ 3 EMAT 4600 Problem Solving in Mathematics
____ 3 EMAT 4650 Historical and Cultural Foundations of Mathematics
____ 3 STAT 4210 Statistical Methods
____ 3 STAT 4220 Applied Experimental Designs
Professional Education Courses
____ 3 EMAT 3700 Connections in Secondary School Mathematics I
____ 3 EMAT 4800 Teaching Secondary School Mathematics I
____ 1 EMAT 4800L Field Experience I
____ 3 EMAT 3800 Connections in Secondary School Mathematics II
____ 3 EMAT 4850 Teaching Secondary School Mathematics II
____ 1 EMAT 4850L Field Experience II
____ 3 EMAT 3900 Connections in Secondary School Mathematics III
____ 3 EMAT 4900 Teaching Secondary School Mathematics III
____ 1 EMAT 4900L Field Experience III
____ 12 EMAT 5460** Student Teaching in Secondary School Mathematics
____ 3 EMAT 4950 Professional Seminar in Teaching Mathematics
**NOTE: Students electing the “Teaching Advanced Mathematics” degree emphasis can elect to replace EMAT 5460 with EMAT 5700, EMAT 4920
and an additional EMAT elective. EMAT 5700 must be taken with EMAT 4950.
Physical Education
____ 1 PEDB Physical Education ________________
Minimum Semester Hours: 120 (This total does not include the 1-hour PEDB course)
Contact (College of Education)
Mr. Umesh Patel | Academic Advisor
124P Aderhold Hall
P: (706) 542-0629
E:
[email protected]