Mathematics Education
This major prepares high school teachers to be both competent in their subject material and dedicated to their profession. It includes subject matter that includes a strong foundation in the basics of mathematics and extends to a level that gives the student a broad overview of the subject. Students are academically prepared to meet any high school classroom challenge. Students in this major also receive strong pedagogical training so that they are prepared to clearly communicate the subject matter to a student at all levels of high school abilities.
Curriculum Highlights
- Freshman
- Transcendental Functions
- Calculus I
- Introduction to Education
- Sophomore
- Calculus II & III
- Elementary & Linear Algebra
- Educational Psychology
- Instructional Technology
- Junior
- Calculus IV
- Probability & Statistics I
- Abstract Algebra
- Teaching Mathematics (5-12)
- Teaching Techniques (9-12)
- Senior
- Modern Geometry
- Introduction to Exceptional Learners
- Adolescent Psychology
- Directed Teaching
- Assessment (5-12)
For further details see complete major information:
Mathematics Education Personal Opportunity Profile
You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.
Key Courses
Instructional Technology This class will give you the opportunity to experience the latest in computer and educational technology. It will help you in the selection of computer hardware and educational software for your classroom.
Teaching Mathematics (9-12) This class will help you develop your Christian philosophy for teaching math. You will also study materials, methods, procedures, and related topics in the teaching of mathematics in the high school.
Calculus I, II, III, IV These four courses will help you understand the tremendous potential of mathematics as the building blocks of our present technological age. You will learn the basics of analytic geometry, functions, limits, integrals, transcendental functions, conic sections, formal integration, multi-variable functions, partial differentiation, multiple integration, and the Maclaurin and Taylor series.
Directed Teaching Here you will have a chance to "try your wings" by teaching under the supervision of an experienced teacher. You will begin gradually and work into handling a teacher's normal load.
Career Opportunities
Some of the career opportunities available to our mathematics education graduates are:
- Teaching Mathematics
- Administration of Christian Schools
- Missionary Work
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Actuary Services (Insurance)
- Law
- Graduate School
We receive approximately 50-75 requests for math teachers each year, and we graduate about ten. Also, we anticipate the number of requests for math teachers will be increasing in the coming years. (In 1981, California State University at Long Beach had 400 requests for mathematics education graduates. They graduated seven that year.) There is a wide open door of opportunity for you in this area if you believe the Lord is leading you in this direction.