2003-2004 Academic Year

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

CHECKLIST/PLAN OF STUDY

Name Social Security Number

Address Current Teaching Certificate Y N

Previously-completed Master’s Degree Y N

Phone (h) (w) If no, Undergraduate Cumulative GPA

Undergraduate Major

Date admitted to SU’s Graduate Program Full Admission *Provisional Admission

Date of first course in M.S.M.E. program M.S.M.E. Advisor

Candidates seeking the M.S.M.E. must complete an approved program of study, including at least 33 semester hours of graduate credit (a minimum of 24 hours completed at SU) with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, with no grade lower than a C, and no more than 6 credit hours of C or C+.

I. Required Courses (12 credits)

Dept. Course No. Course Title Credits Semester Grade

EDUC 502** Introduction to Research 3

EDUC 506 Seminar in Teaching Mathematics 3

EDUC 514 Curriculum Construction 3

EDUC 545 Learning and Instruction 3

**EDUC 502 must be taken within the first 9 hours

II. Specialization [Middle or High-School] Track (12 credits) See reverse side of this sheet for course requirements

Dept. Course No. Course Title Credits Semester Grade

MATH 3

III. Approved Electives (6 credits) See reverse side of this sheet for approved courses

Dept. Course No. Course Title Credits Semester Grade

IV. Capstone Experience (3 credits) -- Course to culminate experience in the graduate program

Dept. Course No. Course Title Credits Semester Grade

EDUC 595 Research Seminar: Math Ed 3

Total Credits Completed

Student’s Signature Date

M.S.M.E. Cumulative GPA

Advisor’s Signature Date

Date M.S.M.E. Completed

M.S. Program Director’s Signature Date

*Candidates will be admitted provisionally if they do not possess a Master’s degree and their undergraduate cumulative GPA is less than 2.75. Provisionally-admitted candidates must complete 9 credit hours of graduate study with no grade below B to apply for full admission to the M.S.M.E. program.

II. Specialization Track - Choose one of the following tracks (12 credits)

A. High-School Track (all 4 courses must be completed)

1. MATH 500 – Foundations of Number Theory

2. MATH 502 – Applied Statistics

3. MATH 507 – Seminar: Algebra

4. MATH 508 – Seminar: Geometry

B. Middle-School Track (4 courses must be completed)

1. One of the following two courses:

a. MATH 541 – Conceptual Algebra for Teachers

b. MATH 555 –The Cartesian Triad: Algebra, Geometry and Coordinates in the Plane

2. MATH 503 – Data Analysis

3. MATH 566 – Geometry: From Euclid to Modern Day

4. One of the following two courses:

a. MATH 501 – Number Theory from a Multicultural and Historical Perspective

b. MATH 565 – Mathematical Modeling for Middle School Teachers

III. Approved Electives - Choose 2 of the following (6 credits)

*Middle-school track: Suggested electives include: MATH 510, MATH 520

*High-school track: Suggested electives include: MATH 551, MATH 561, MATH 580

*Other electives include:

*Any graduate-level course(s) in MATH

*Any graduate-level course(s) in another science

*EDUC 500 – Historical, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

*EDUC 503 – Classroom Management

*EDUC 504 – Multicultural Education

*EDUC 508 – Seminar: Research in Human Development

*EDUC 519 – The Law and Public Education

*EDUC 532 – Classroom Assessment

*EDUC 571 – Telecommunications in Education

*EDUC 582 – Teaching Reading in Content Areas, Part I

*EDUC 583 – Teaching Reading in Content Areas, Part II

*EDUC 586 – Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation

*EDUC 587 – Cooperative Learning

*EDUC 588 – Seminar: Educating Individuals with Disabilities

*EDUC 589 – Multimedia in the Constructivist Classroom

MATH/lsa 5/7/2003