Secondary Education Requirements for Mathematics
Students who plan to teach at the high school level should major in a secondary subject matter field. Secondary teaching certification requirements include the college core (outlined elsewhere in this catalog for the B.A., B.S., or B.M. degree), additional teacher education core courses, the specialty area courses (outlined under the respective department sections of this catalog), and all professional education courses including EDU 300, EDU 300.1, EDU 436, EDU 450, EDU 372, EDU 446, EDU 484, PSY 203 and PSY 204.
Bachelor of Arts General core: 46 hours of courses are required for admission to teacher certification: ENG 101-102, six hours of English literature, MAT 131 or higher, PSY 201, COM 101 or 230, HIS 101 or 201, HIS 102 or 202, three hours of fine arts, four hours of a lab science, six hours of Foreign Language (intermediate level), three hours of a social studies elective (history, political science, geography, anthropology, economics sociology) and three hours of history, philosophy or English elective.
Mathematics Major:
A major consists of thirty semester hours including MAT 151, 152, 251, 252, and eighteen additional hours in courses numbered above 252, excluding MAT 316 and MAT 345. Mathematics majors are required to take three of the four seminar courses, MAT 109, 209, 309, and 409. MAT 109 is required, and the other two may be chosen from the remaining three. The specific program of study for each student is planned with the consultation and approval of the faculty advisor. Students may elect either the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree.
Mathematics Major, Teacher Licensure:
To be licensed to teach mathematics at the secondary level, a student must meet the following requirements:
- completion of all core curriculum requirements for the B.A. or B.S. degree,
- completion of all professional requirements mandated by the State of Mississippi licensure standards
- completion of the requirements for a major in mathematics that includes MAT 335, 336 or 337, 341, 436, 441, and three hours of approved mathematics electives numbered above MAT 252. Students must be advised from the both the department of mathematics and the department of education.