Math Middle Childhood Specialist - B.S. Degree
Mathematical Sciences
Office: 150 Fenton Hall
(716) 673-3243
Dr. Junaid Zubairi, Chairperson
Dr. Lan Cheng, Department Coordinator
Dr. Keary Howard, Mathematics Education Coordinator
Email: mathematics.department@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/mathematics-adolescence-education
Major Requirements
| MATH 122 | University Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 123 | University Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 210 | Mathematical Structures and Proof | 4 |
| MATH 231 | Linear Algebra | 4 |
| MATH 201 | Concepts of Foundational Mathematics: A Problem Solving Approach | 3 |
| MATH 202 | Concepts of Foundational Mathematics II | 3 |
| MAED 303 | Advanced Mathematics for School Teachers | 3 |
| MAED 310 | Reading and Writing Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 341 | Geometry | 3 |
| STAT 150 | Statistical Ideas | 3 |
| | or | |
| MAED 240 | Statistics for School Teachers | 3 |
| | or | |
| STAT 350 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| MATH 381 | History of Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 405 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| | One additional MATH or STAT course numbered 311 or higher | 3 |
| MAED 105 | Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics Education | 3 |
| | and | |
| MAED 106 | Contemporary Mathematics Education - Field Experience | 0 |
| EDU 224 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| EDU 250 | Introduction to the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| | and | |
| EDU 251 | Practicum in Inclusive Education II | 1 |
| MAED 276 | Literacy and Technology for Science and Mathematics | 3 |
| EDU 303 | Safe Schools/Healthy Students-DASA: Safety Education/Fire and Arson/School Violence | 1 |
| EDU 304 | Safe Schools & Healthy Students | 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 |
| MAED 416 | Math Student Teaching Seminar | 3 |
| MAED 428 | Student Teaching for Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education: Grades 5-6 Placement | 6 |
| MAED 429 | Student Teaching for Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education: Grades 7-9 Placement | 6 |
| 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 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
or
Physics:
| PHYS 230 | University Physics I | 4 |
| | and | |
| PHYS 232 | University Physics I Lab | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 5 |
NOTE:
- Majors in the Middle Childhood Specialist - Mathematics Track may satisfy this requirement by taking SCI 301, SCI 302, and SCI 303.
Total Credit Hours: 87-88
Candidates in all education programs are required to demonstrate competence in a language other than English (American Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish). Proficiency requirement met by the following:
- Fredonia Placement Exam determination of Fredonia Foundations courses 100 and 110 in the same World Language or course 110 (or higher) in World Language.
- Proficiency may also be fulfilled by qualifying AP, IB, CLEP Exam scores or transferred courses of Elem I and Elem II of same language, as verified by Registrar’s Office.
The General Education foreign language requirement meets the certification requirement.
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.