Requirements of Math Education Option in Math Major

Updated Sat Aug 27 11:20:20 PDT 2011

Notice:

The university requires all undergraduate students to complete 40 units in upper division courses. Completing the math major and upper division GE is not enough. It is the student's responsibility, not the math department's responsibility, to make sure this requirement is met.

Mathematics Education Option (67 units)

Single Field Major - No minor is required.

A grade of C or better is required in every course used in the major.

• A. Lower Division Required Courses (40 units)
  • MAT 131 Elementary Statistics and Probability (3 units)
  • MAT 143 Problem Solving in Mathematics (3 units)
  • MAT 191 Calculus I (5 units)
  • MAT 193 Calculus II (5 units)
  • MAT 211 Calculus III (5 units)
  • MAT 241 Programming and Technology in Secondary School Mathematics Teaching (3 units)
  • PHY 130 General Physics I (5 units)
  • PHY 132 General Physics II (5 units)
  • MAT 271 Foundations of Higher Mathematics (3 units)
  • MAT 281 Discrete Mathematics (3 units)
• B. Upper Division Required Courses (27 units)
  • MAT 331 Linear Algebra (3 units)
  • MAT 333 Abstract Algebra (3 units)
  • MAT 347 Modern Geometry (3 units)
  • MAT 401 Advanced Analysis I (3 units)
  • MAT 411 Mathematical Modeling or MAT 480 Graph Theory(3 units)
  • MAT 443 History of Mathematics (3 units)
  • MAT 447 Number Theory or MAT 448 Cryptography (3 units)
  • MAT 489 Fundamental Mathematics and Teaching in Secondary School (3 units)
  • MAT 490 Seminar in Mathematics Education (3 units)

Course descriptions and sample syllabi