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Curriculum in Mathematics
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Concentration in Mathematics Education

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 200 or
MATH 200H1,G		 Calculus I
Calculus I Honors		 5
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
Art
Elective2,G		   3
Biological
Sciences 151G		   3
Biological
Sciences
Laboratory 152		   1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 201G Calculus II 5
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom                     3
††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors                                		 3
Biological or 
Physical Science4,G		   4
PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 223 Foundations of Discrete Mathematics            3
††MATH 312 Calculus III 3
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
HIST Elective
3
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
††SPED 200 Characteristics of Individuals with Exceptionalities 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 309 College Geometry 3
††MATH 360 Applied Linear Algebra 3
Physical
Science3,G		   4
††EDUC 407 Tests and Measures 3
PSYCH 204G Developmental Psychology                                    3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 311 History of Mathematics 3
††MATH 370 Abstract Algebra I 3
††MATH 380 Mathematical Statistics 3
††MATH 486 Capstone in Mathematics for Secondary Teachers 3
††EDUC 316 Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MATH 425 Applications of Combinatorics and Graph Theory 3
††MATH
Elective
(400 level)5		   3
††MATH
Elective 
(400 level)5		   3
††EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††MTED 386 Methods for Teaching Mathematics 3
††EDUC 485 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
†††EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 486 Teaching Residency Capstone 9
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Student must make a grade of “C” or better.
†††Student must make a grade of “B” or better.
1For placement in Mathematics 200, see Mathematics Placement in this catalog.
2To be taken from Art, Music, Dance, or Theatre.
3Must be taken from Chemistry 121/123 or Physics 221/223.
4Must complete a one year science sequence by taking Biological Sciences 153/154, Chemistry 122/124, or Physics 222/224.
5Math 447 may not be used to satisfy this requirement.