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    Mar 28, 2024  
Missouri Baptist University 2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Mathematics (Grades 5-9) Certification


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CIP Code: 13.1311

NOTE: Middle school candidates may opt to complete certification in one or two concentration areas. In addition, middle school certification may be combined with secondary certification in the same content area, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12.​

Subject-Specific Certification Requirements:
NOTE: A 24-credit-hour area of concentration is required for middle school certification. Areas of concentration offered by Missouri Baptist University include Business Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, and Speech/Theatre. Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must satisfy all the subject-specific secondary content area requirements, which will also fulfill the middle school concentration area requirements, except for middle/secondary general science combined.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

Professional Requirements


Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

Total: 38-41


1Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
2Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.
Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523  which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 Field Experience with English Language Learners 
 

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area


Candidates should complete only the course(s) which represent the subject field(s) of desired certification:

Field and Clinical Experiences


*Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must complete EDCL 511 Teaching Field Experience II  in a secondary school setting.

Core Requirements


  • MATH 164 - Calculus I
  • MATH 213 - Discrete Mathematics
  • MATH 323 - Foundations of Geometry
  • MATH 243 - Probability and Statistics
  • MATH 353 - Linear Algebra

College-level math electives


  • MATH 123 - Contemporary College Mathematics
  • MATH 154 - Precalculus (OR MATH 133 College Algebra + MATH 143 College Trigonometry)
  • MATH 173 - Finite Mathematics
  • MATH 254 - Calculus II
  • MATH 264 - Calculus III
  • MATH 343 - Statistical Methods

Total: 8 Hours


Total: 24 Hours


Total: 80-83 Hours


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