Secondary Education: Mathematics, BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Secondary Education
department office: Curriculum & Instruction
311 Education Building
1310 South Sixth
Champaign, IL 61820
phone: (217) 244-8286
department website: https://education.illinois.edu/ci
department faculty: Curriculum & Instruction Faculty
overview of college admissions & requirements: College of Education
college website: https://education.illinois.edu/
Not currently accepting applications Fall 2022
Curriculum Preparatory to Secondary School Teaching
This program prepares teachers for grades nine through twelve. A minimum of 120 semester hours is necessary for graduation1.
Students pursuing teacher licensure programs in the College of Education (COE) must meet requirements in a series of sequential gateways. Included in the gateway requirements are successful completion of specified coursework, achievement of appropriate grade point averages, requirements for clinical experiences, and appropriate tests for the licensure area. Meeting all Gateway requirements leads to degree and licensure completion.
Students are admitted to Secondary Education as freshmen. In order to be recommended for licensure, candidates are required to maintain University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, cumulative, content area, and professional grade point averages of 2.5 (A=4.0). Grades in courses of C- or lower may not be used for State of Illinois licensure, endorsements, or approvals. Candidates should consult their adviser or the Council on Teacher Education for the list of courses used to compute these grades point averages.
For teacher education licensure requirements applicable to all curricula, see the Council on Teacher Education (www.cote.illinois.edu/).
Licensure requirements are subject to change without notice as a result of new mandates from the Illinois State Board of Education or the Illinois General Assembly.
Students in the Secondary Education licensure program must complete the Campus General Education Requirements, the courses for the Mathematics concentration, and the professional education coursework.
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Six hours of ROTC upper level courses (300 level or above) can count toward the degree as free electives.
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Secondary Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 101 | Education Orientation Seminar | 1 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Composition I | 4-7 | |
| Select one of the following groups: | 4 | |
| Principles of Writing and Principles of Research | ||
| Oral & Written Comm I and Oral & Written Comm II | ||
| Intro to Academic Writing I and Intro to Academic Writing II | ||
| Principles of Academic Writing | ||
| Advanced Composition | 3-4 | |
| Natural Sciences and Technology | 6-8 | |
Life science | ||
Physical science | ||
| Cultural Studies | 6-12 | |
Western/Comparative | ||
Non-Western | ||
US Minority | ||
| Social/Behavioral Sciences | 6-8 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 6-8 | |
Quantitative Reasoning I | ||
Quantitative Reasoning II (QRI or QRII) | ||
| Humanities/Arts | 6 | |
| Language Other Than English | 0-12 | |
Three years of one language other than English in high school or completion of the third semester of college level language. | ||
| Electives | ||
Elective Courses (if needed to complete the 120 hour graduation requirement) | ||
Six hours of ROTC upper level courses (300 level or above) can count toward the degree as free electives. | ||
| Professional Education | 39 | |
| CI 401 | Introductory Teaching in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| CI 403 | Teaching a Diverse High School Student Population | 3 |
| CI 404 | Teaching and Assessing Secondary School Students | 3 |
| CI 473 | Disciplinary Literacy | 2 or 3 |
| EDPR 442 | Educational Practice in Secondary Education | 2 to 12 |
| EDUC 201 | Identity and Difference in Education | 3 |
| EDUC 202 | Social Justice, School and Society | 3 |
| EPSY 201 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EPSY 485 | Assessing Student Performance | 3 or 4 |
| SPED 405 | General Educator's Role in Special Education | 3 |
| Total minimum Hours for degree | 120 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CI 436 | Technology and Mathematics Education | 3 or 4 |
| CI 491 | History of Mathematics (History of Mathematics) | 3 or 4 |
| MATH 213 | Basic Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| These Calculus courses taken in sequence: | ||
| Calculus | ||
or MATH 221 | Calculus I | |
| Calculus II | ||
| Calculus III 5 | ||
| MATH 225/MATH 415 OR MATH 416 | Introductory Matrix Theory | 2 |
| MATH 347 | Fundamental Mathematics | 3 |
| or MATH 348 | Fundamental Mathematics-ACP | |
| MATH 241 and 347 must be completed before taking advanced level math courses. | ||
| MATH 402 | Non Euclidean Geometry | 3 or 4 |
| or MATH 403 | Euclidean Geometry | |
| MATH 405 | Teacher's Course 6 | 3 or 4 |
| MATH 453 | Number Theory | 3 or 4 |
| STAT 200 | Statistical Analysis | 3 |
| or STAT 400 | Statistics and Probability I | |
| Total Hours | 37-45 | |