Mathematics Teacher Certification

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Certification Requirements

Required for certification for teaching mathematics in secondary schools:

MTH 121 - Calculus I 1 course unit
MTH 122 - Calculus II 1 course unit
MTH 223 - Calculus III 1 course unit
MTH 226 - Linear Algebra 1 course unit
MTH 240 - Transition to Abstract Mathematics 1 course unit
MTH 326 - Abstract Algebra 1 course unit
MTH 331 - Mathematical Statistics I 1 course unit
MTH 342 - Advanced Geometry 1 course unit
MTH 353 - CUE: Landmarks of Mathematics 1 course unit *
Any 100 level Computer Science course
CUE in Mathematics (described below)

Note:

* When MTH 353 - CUE: Landmarks of Mathematics is taken during the Senior Year, it qualifies as the CUE. In this case, completion of two electives in mathematics chosen from among MTH 227 - Differential Equations and courses numbered 300 or above is required. When taken during Junior Year, it does not qualify as the CUE, thus completion of one elective as described above and the CUE (either MTH 370 - CUE: The Art of Problem Solving taken during the spring of the Junior Year or an Approved Project taken during fall of Senior Year) is required.

The student must maintain a 2.50 grade point average in courses for the major in order to meet teacher certification requirements.

Mathematics Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE)

The CUE in mathematics provides each student with the opportunity to engage in an intellectually rigorous experience that draws upon knowledge acquired within the major, while allowing students flexibility to select the type of experience they pursue. Each student who majors in mathematics will select one of the following three options for a senior CUE experience:

Successful completion of MTH 353 - CUE: Landmarks of Mathematics .
Successful completion of MTH 370 - CUE: The Art of Problem Solving .
The design, execution, and completion of an appropriate research project, involving at most two students, to be supervised by a department faculty member. A project can involve original research initiated at Muhlenberg or it may be a follow-up independent study to extend summer work completed during a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at another institution. A CUE project must be formally proposed by the student(s) and approved by the department by the end of spring semester of the junior year. Project requirements will include (but are not limited to) a paper detailing the mathematical work completed and a presentation at an appropriate local/regional/national mathematics meeting outside of Muhlenberg.

The option selected as the CUE must be completed during the student’s senior year, except by departmental permission. A student who takes MTH 353 - CUE: Landmarks of Mathematics or MTH 370 - CUE: The Art of Problem Solving previous to these last two semesters will not be able to count such a course as fulfilling the CUE requirement for the major.