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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics, Licensure in Grades 6-10 and/or 6-12 Concentration, B.S.

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CIP Code: 27.0101

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.
Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.
Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate NES and/or Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Courses

Core Requirements to include:

EDU 101 - Education as Profession Credits: 2
MAT 142 - Calculus I Credits: 4
PSY 113 - General Psychology Credits: 3
PHY 241 - General Physics I Credits: 4
PHY 242 - General Physics II Credits: 4
OR
PHY 251 - University Physics I Credits: 4
PHY 252 - University Physics II Credits: 4

Additional Required Courses (3)

PSY 211 - Developmental Psychology-Lifespan Credits: 3

Required Mathematics Courses (32)

MAT 231 - Statistics Credits: 3
MAT 235 - Linear Algebra Credits: 3
MAT 241 - Calculus II Credits: 4
MAT 242 - Calculus III Credits: 4
MAT 261 - Differential Equations Credits: 3
MAT 350 - Foundations of Mathematics Credits: 3
MAT 370 - Geometry Credits: 3
MAT 385 - Survey of Discrete Mathematics Credits: 3
MAT 420 - Abstract Algebra Credits: 3
MAT 490 - Mathematics Tutorial Credits: 1
MAT 491 - Mathematics Thesis Credits: 2

Mathematics Electives (Choose from the following) (3)

MAT 430 - Graph Theory Credits: 3
MAT 440 - Real Analysis Credits: 3

Professional Education Courses (34)

EDU 201 - Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education Credits: 2
EDU 308 - Psychology of Learning and Cognition Credits: 3
EDU 315 - Exceptional Child Credits: 3
EDU 331 - Educational Assessment Credits: 4
EDU 342 - Classroom Management Credits: 3
EDU 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
OR
SOW 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
EDU 415 - Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
EDU 425 - Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
EDU 456 - Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12 Credits: 11
EDU 457 - Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12 Credits: 1

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)

EDU 410 - Technology in Education Credits: 3

Note:

*Individual student ability will determine if MAT 131 and/or MAT 141 are needed as prerequisites for MAT 142 .

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for Mathematics, Licensure in Grades 6-10 and/or 6-12 Concentration

It is the student’s responsibility to contact the program coordinator for current requirements and transfer information.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (14)

FYE 101 - First Year Experience Credits: 1
ENG 101 - Composition I Credits: 3
MAT 142 - Calculus I Credits: 4
History Core Credits: 3
Religion/Philosophy Core Credits: 3

Spring Semester (15)

EDU 101 - Education as Profession Credits: 2
ENG 102 - Composition II Credits: 3
MAT 231 - Statistics Credits: 3
MAT 241 - Calculus II Credits: 4
Fine Arts Core Credits: 3

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (16)

EDU 201 - Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education Credits: 2
MAT 235 - Linear Algebra Credits: 3
MAT 242 - Calculus III Credits: 4
PSY 113 - General Psychology Credits: 3
Literature Core Credits: 3
PE Activity Credits: 1

Spring Semester (15)

COMM 221 - Speech Communication Credits: 3
MAT 261 - Differential Equations Credits: 3
MAT 350 - Foundations of Mathematics Credits: 3
PSY 211 - Developmental Psychology-Lifespan Credits: 3
Humanities Core Credits: 3

Junior Year

Fall Semester (16)

MAT 370 - Geometry Credits: 3
MAT 420 - Abstract Algebra Credits: 3
EDU 331 - Educational Assessment Credits: 4
EDU 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
OR
SOW 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
EDU 410 - Technology in Education Credits: 3

Spring Semester (16)

EDU 315 - Exceptional Child Credits: 3
EDU 342 - Classroom Management Credits: 3
EDU 415 - Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
MAT 385 - Survey of Discrete Mathematics Credits: 3
PHY 251 - University Physics I Credits: 4

Senior Year

Fall Semester (14)

EDU 308 - Psychology of Learning and Cognition Credits: 3
EDU 425 - Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
MAT 430 - Graph Theory Credits: 3
MAT 490 - Mathematics Tutorial Credits: 1
PHY 252 - University Physics II Credits: 4

Spring Semester (14)

EDU 456 - Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12 Credits: 11
EDU 457 - Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12 Credits: 1
MAT 491 - Mathematics Thesis Credits: 2

Note:

Apply for admission to the program as early as possible in the sophomore year. No EDU- prefixed courses may be taken until the student is admitted to the Teacher Education Program at UT Southern (exceptions: EDU 101 , EDU 201 , EDU 308 and EDU 360 which are cross listed).
Apply by October 1 for spring clinical practice, by March 1 for fall clinical practice.
All required sections of the Praxis II must be passed prior to the clinical practice semester.