Mathematics, Secondary Education, B.A.

In partnership with the Hope College Department of Education, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers a teaching major in the secondary level for certification through the State of Michigan.

The requirement for a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics for those intending to become middle school or high school mathematics teachers is a plan of study designed in consultation with a departmental advisor, and includes a total of at least 34 credits in mathematics as follows:

Requirements

MATH 132 - Calculus II Credits: 4
MATH 231 - Multivariable Mathematics I Credits: 4
MATH 280 - Bridge to Higher Mathematics: An Introduction to Mathematical Proof Credits: 3
MATH 311 - Statistical Methods Credits: 2
MATH 312 - Applied Statistical Models Credits: 2
MATH 321 - History of Mathematics Credits: 2
MATH 331 - Real Analysis I Credits: 3
MATH 341 - Algebraic Structures I Credits: 3
MATH 351 - College Geometry Credits: 3 must be included
No more than 16 credits from courses numbered 232 and lower shall be counted towards the 34 required credits
MATH 323 - Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary School Credits: 3 and
MATH 324 - Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School Clinical Experience Credits: 1 must also be taken (this counts as education credit, and does not count toward the 34 mathematics credits).

Additional credits chosen from the following courses:

MATH 126 - Calculus with Review II Credits: 4
or
MATH 131 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 232 - Multivariable Mathematics II Credits: 4 and all courses numbered above 300 except MATH 323 and MATH 324