B.A. in Middle and Secondary Mathematics Education
Grade 7-12 with 5-6 extension
63-72 total credits required.
Contact Person: Donald Straight, Program Coordinator
216A Satterlee, (315) 267-2553, straigdc@potsdam.edu
All Mathematics Education courses must be completed with a 2.0 or
higher with a 2.75 GPA in the education major.
All students enrolled in the Secondary Mathematics Education Program
must also complete a major in mathematics. The mathematics major
must be completed with a 2.5 GPA or higher. Contact the Department of Mathematics to declare the major, be assigned a mathematics adviser,
and select appropriate courses.
All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:
| Credits | ||
| Education Major | 25 | |
| EDLS 349 | Introduction to Middle and Secondary School Education | |
| EDLS 315 | Teaching Students with Special Needs: Grades 5-12 | |
| SECD 316 | Technology and Media in Middle and Secondary School Mathematics |
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| SECD 356 | Reading in the Middle and Secondary Schools | |
| SECD 357 | Writing in the Middle and Secondary Schools | |
| Courses which must be taken concurrently | ||
| SECD 370 | Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School | |
| SECD 390 | Practicum in the Middle School Mathematics (2 credits) | |
| Courses which must be taken concurrently | ||
| SECD 470 | Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School | |
| SECD 490 | Practicum in the Secondary School Mathematics (2 credits) | |
Student Teaching Semester Courses which must be taken concurrently: | 14 | |
| EDLS 421 | Seminar in Middle/Junior and Secondary School Education (2 credits) |
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| SECD 455 | Student Teaching in the Middle/Junior High School (6 credits) |
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| SECD 456 | Student Teaching in the Senior High School (6 credits) | |
Cognate Requirements |
24 | |
| All cognate courses must be completed with a 2.0 or higher. | ||
| COMP 101 | Writing and Critical Thinking (4 credits) | |
| One elective chosen from COMP, LNGS, or LITR course prefix | ||
| HLTH 230 | School Health (CA, SAVE, 2 credits) | |
| PSYC 321 | Psychology of Adolescence | |
| PSYC 350 | Educational Psychology | |
| MATH 425 | Applied Combinatorics | |
| One of the following | ||
| MATH 404 | Elements of Geometry | |
| MATH 553 | Concepts of Geometry | |
| Plus one of the following | ||
| MATH 125 | Probability and Statistics I | |
| MATH 461 | Probability and Mathematical Statistics | |
Modern Language (ML) Requirement |
0-9 |
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Recommended Elective |
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| MATH 130 | Mathematical Origins | |
Certification Requirements
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