Mathematics, BA (teacher certification)

Completion of these course requirements does not guarantee the student’s certification. For information about additional certification requirements, consult the Teach North Texas academic advisor.

Degree requirements

Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Arts and Sciences requirements.

English Composition and Rhetoric core requirement

For satisfying the English Composition and Rhetoric core requirements the department suggests:

Major requirements

37 hours of mathematics courses, which must include:

Mathematics core, 16 hours

Secondary teacher preparation, 12 hours

Analysis, 3 hours

One of the following:

Algebra, 3 hours

One of the following:

Mathematics elective, 3 hours

One additional upper-level mathematics course numbered 3350 or higher. Recommended courses are:

At least one of the following

At least one of the following must be taken in satisfying other requirements:

Other course requirements

Science

Three laboratory science courses intended for science majors are required, as follows:

Two courses, with laboratory, from

One course from

Additional requirements

Students who take BIOL 1710 /BIOL 1730 and BIOL 1720 /BIOL 1740 in fulfilling the above requirements must enroll in either CHEM 4700 or PHYS 4700 . Students who take either CHEM 1410 /CHEM 1430 and CHEM 1420 /CHEM 1440 or else PHYS 1710 /PHYS 1730 and PHYS 2220 /PHYS 2240 must enroll in BIOL 4700 .

Equivalent honors courses can also be used to satisfy this requirement. Students seeking certification in both math and physics are required to take PHYS 1710 /PHYS 1730 , PHYS 2220 /PHYS 2240 , and PHYS 3010 /PHYS 3030 .

Foreign language

Students are encouraged to choose Spanish for the foreign language requirement.

Computer programming

Students taking mathematics courses at the 2000-level or above are expected to be competent in computer programming, using languages such as BASIC, C, C++, Fortran, PASCAL or Java. Students are encouraged to complete the programming requirement during their freshman or sophomore year. Students who have acquired a solid programming competency in a non-academic setting, such as through work experience, may demonstrate their programming competency by passing a departmental exam in place of the CSCE 1020 or CSCE 1030 course requirement. Required courses:

Minor requirements

A minor in mathematics and science secondary teaching, administered by Teach North Texas, is required.

Other requirements

Students must achieve at least a 2.0 GPA in all mathematics courses which are applied toward a mathematics major and are numbered 3350 or above.