Secondary Education, B.S. (Mathematics 6-12)

Our Mathematics Education program prepares pre-service teacher candidates to teach math in grades 6-12.Our Mathematics education program enables graduates to meet all of the academic requirements for Florida Certification in Mathematics (Grades 6-12). Students are required to complete a set of courses in the Mathematics Department. In these courses, they develop essential understandings in the disciplinary field of mathematics that are necessary for the effective teaching of secondary school mathematics. The required Mathematics Education sequence includes courses and practica emphasizing ideas related to equity issues, mathematics curricula, mathematics instruction, mathematics learning, assessment and technology. The capstone of the program is the student teaching experience (internship) during the final semester.Mathematics Education is a field of study associated with the learning, observation, and teaching of numbers, quantities, arrangements, structures, patterns, shapes, and space as well as algebraic equations, geometry, and theorems etc., and is used to understand the world around us.

Completed the equivalent of a U.S. secondary school and have not earned a university degree equivalent to a US bachelor's degree.