Catalog Navigator : Five-Year Program in Mathematics Education (Certification: Teacher of Mathematics [K-12])

Coordinator: Carolyn Maher (848-932-0802; email: carolyn.maher@gse.rutgers.edu)

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Program Description:

The five-year teacher education program in mathematics education (K-12) leads to a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and initial teacher certification. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have their bachelor's degree awarded by the undergraduate liberal arts college.

Students continue with the professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the fall to complete a student-teaching internship with related coursework and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the completion of all five-year program requirements.

After the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to the New Jersey State Department of Education on behalf of the student to receive a CEAS as a teacher.

Pre-Admission Core Courses (12.5 credits)

05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3)

05:300:201 Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)

05:300:306 Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)

05:300:341 High School Mathematics Content: Teaching and Assessment (3)

05:300:342 Supervised Undergraduate Tutoring in Mathematics (3)

Mathematics Education (15 credits)

05:300:442 Mathematical Practices: Doing and Teaching Mathematics (3)

05:300:443 Methods of Teaching and Assessing Secondary School Mathematics (3)

15:254:548 Technology in Mathematics Teaching (3)

01:640:468 Connecting Advanced Mathematics to High School Math (3)

Graduate-level elective in mathematics education or liberal arts (3)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)

05:300:450 Urban Education I (1.5)

05:300:451 Urban Education II (1.5)

05:300:452 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)

05:300:453 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)

15:255:534 Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)

15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)

Choose one from the following:

15:255:539 Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)

15:253:540 Teaching English Language Learners (3)

05:300:406 Community-Based Language Learning (3)

Clinical Experience (19.5 credits)

05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)

05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)

15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)

Major Requirements

Every student must complete an undergraduate major in mathematics through the School of Arts and Sciences or a major in the following from the School of Engineering: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, industrial and systems engineering, or materials science and engineering.