Jun 07, 2025

Missouri Baptist University 2025-2026 Catalog

Mathematics (Grades 9-12 or 5-12) Certification

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CIP Code: 13.1311

NOTE: 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:
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.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

See your advisor for certification requirements.

Professional Requirements

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

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) ^¹
EDUC 200 - Continuing Portfolio Development for Teacher Candidates Semester Hours: Zero (must be enrolled concurrently with EDUC 201 )¹
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) ^¹
EDUC 573 - Applications of Technology Semester Hours: Three
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDPS 313 - Psychology of Learning & Development Semester Hours: Three ⁑¹
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three (Only required for those pursuing middle and secondary certification.)
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ^
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching) ^²
EDTR 413/513 - Trauma Informed Classroom I Semester Hours: Three (must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)

Total: 32 Hours (35 for combined middle and secondary)

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
²Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.

^ Teacher Education Program Gateway Courses - requires a grade of B or higher (may be repeated once)

† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

⁑ For students transferring professional education course work, the combination of Educational Psychology (or equivalent) and a course that covers child and adolescent growth and development (generally a prerequisite to Educational Psychology) will be substituted for EDPS 313 .

‡ 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 .

Field and Clinical Experiences

See your advisor for certification requirements.

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting) †‡^¹
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211 ) ¹
EDCL 411/511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than EDCL 211 )*†^
EDUC 410/510 - Field Experience II Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511 )
EDUC 470 - Student Teaching Professional Development Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)¹
ESCL 4712/5712 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Twelve (must be in grades 9-12 in a high school setting, different grade than EDCL 211 or EDCL 411/511 )
OR (for those pursuing two secondary content areas)
ESCL 4709/5709 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Nine (must be in grades 9-12 in the primary content area)
ESCL 4703/5703 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 9-12 in the add-on content area)
OR (for those pursuing secondary/middle combined)
ESCL 5709 - Student Teaching: Secondary Semester Hours: Three (must be in grades 9-12 in a secondary school setting)
EMCL 4703/5703 - Student Teaching: Middle School Semester Hours: Three

Total: 14 Hours

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses

^ Teacher Education Program Gateway Courses - requires a grade of B or higher (may be repeated once)

† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

* Candidates pursuing secondary/middle combined certification must complete EDCL 411/511 in a middle school setting.

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

EDMS 473/573 - Teaching Mathematics for Middle/ Secondary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three

Total: 3 Hours

Content Area Requirements

MATH 133 - College Algebra (MOTR MATH 130) Semester Hours: Three
AND
MATH 143 - College Trigonometry Semester Hours: Three
OR
MATH 155 - Precalculus (MOTR MATH 150) Semester Hours: Five
MATH 164 - Calculus I Semester Hours: Four
MATH 213 - Discrete Mathematics Semester Hours: Three
MATH 254 - Calculus II Semester Hours: Four
MATH 264 - Calculus III Semester Hours: Four
MATH 273 - Probability and Statistical Methods Semester Hours: Three
OR
MATH 243 - Probability and Statistics (MOTR MATH 110) Semester Hours: Three *
MATH 323 - Foundations of Geometry Semester Hours: Three
MATH 353 - Linear Algebra Semester Hours: Three
MATH 363 - Differential Equations Semester Hours: Three

Elective(s) from the following to total at least 33 hours in mathematics

MATH 313 - Elementary Number Theory Semester Hours: Three
MATH 343 - Statistical Methods Semester Hours: Three *
MATH 423 - Algebraic Structures Semester Hours: Three
MATH 433 - Mathematics Seminar Semester Hours: Three
MATH 453A/553A - Advanced Calculus I Semester Hours: Three
MATH 453B - Advanced Calculus II Semester Hours: Three
MATH 463/563 - Numerical Analysis Semester Hours: Three

Total: 33 Hours (minimum)

Note(s)

*Only students who take MATH 243 Probability and Statistics (MOTR MATH 110) will be permitted to take MATH 343 Statistical Methods to fulfill the elective requirement.

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Mathematics (Grades 9-12 or 5-12) Certification

Professional Requirements

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

Total: 32 Hours (35 for combined middle and secondary)

Note(s)

Field and Clinical Experiences

Total: 14 Hours

Note(s)

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

Total: 3 Hours

Content Area Requirements

Elective(s) from the following to total at least 33 hours in mathematics

Total: 33 Hours (minimum)

Note(s)

Total: 82 Hours (85 for combined secondary and middle school certification)