Mathematics - Middle Childhood Specialist Bachelor of Science degree
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Middle Childhood Education – Mathematics Specialist (83 credit hours)
Required Courses
| MATH 122 | University Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 123 | University Calculus II | 4 |
| MAED 301 | Mathematics for School Teachers I | 3 |
| MAED 302 | Mathematics for School Teachers II | 3 |
| MATH 210 | Mathematical Structures and Proof | 4 |
| MATH 231 | Linear Algebra | 4 |
| MAED 303 | Mathematics for School Teachers III | 3 |
| MAED 310 | Reading and Writing Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 341 | Geometry | 3 |
| MATH 381 | History of Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 405 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| STAT 150 | Statistical Ideas | 3 |
| or | |
| STAT 200 | Statistical Methods I | 3 |
| or | |
| STAT 350 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| One additional MATH or STAT course numbered 311 or higher | |
| MAED 105 | Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics Education | 3 |
| or | |
| MAED 106 | Contemporary Mathematics Education - Field Experience | 0 |
| EDU 224 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| EDU 250 | Introduction to the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| EDU 251 | Practicum in Inclusive Education II | 0 |
| MAED 276 | Literacy and Technology for Science and Mathematics | 3 |
| EDU 301 | Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Child Abuse and Child Abduction | 1 |
| EDU 302 | Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse | 1 |
| EDU 303 | Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Safety Education/Fire and Arson/School Violence | 1 |
| MAED 305 | Diversity in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics | 3 |
| and | |
| MAED 313 | Diversity in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Field Experience | 0 |
| EDU 321 | Teaching in the Middle School | 3 |
| EDU 349 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| MAED 417 | Middle School (Grades 5-9) Methods in Mathematics | 3 |
| EDU 429 | Student Teaching in Middle Childhood Education - Mathematics Specialist | 15 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 83 |
All mathematics majors must complete a science course and its laboratory selected from the following:
Chemistry:
| CHEM 115 | General Chemistry Lecture I | 3 |
| and | |
| CHEM 125 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
Physics:
(Majors in the Middle Childhood Mathematics Specialist Track may satisfy this requirement by taking SCI 301, SCI 302, and SCI 303.)
Students in all certification programs are required to demonstrate competence in a foreign language. This requirement must be satisfied in any one of the following ways:
- Score of 85 percent or higher on New York State Regents Exam (or local equivalent). Requirement is fulfilled.
- Scores of 65 percent - 84 percent on High School N.Y.S. Regents Exam (or local equivalent): Student needs to take an Elementary I level course or an Elementary II level course of a language or equivalent course(s) or successfully complete an equivalent SUNY Fredonia proficiency exam.
- Scores below 65 percent on High School N.Y.S. Regents Exam (or local equivalent) or if student did not take a N.Y.S. Regents or local Exam: Student needs to take an Elementary I level course and an Elementary II level course of the same language or equivalent.
Note: The General Education foreign language requirement differs from the certification requirement and must be satisfied for degree conferral.
Students may double major in Mathematics-Middle Childhood Education Specialist and Mathematics, or in Mathematics-Middle Childhood Specialist and Applied Mathematics by completing all of the requirements for both majors.
Mathematics majors are encouraged to take additional courses in computer science consistent with their career and educational goals.
For certification information, please consult the Education section of the catalog.