Mathematics, BA/MSE (5 year)
This program is designed for students interested in teaching 7th-12th grade mathematics. In five years, students will be able to complete all required courses for a bachelor's degree in mathematics, a master's in education, and New York Certification in adolescence education with or without dual certification teaching students with disabilities.
Students will be admitted into the B.A. Mathematics/M.S.ED adolescence program upon application to Mount Saint Mary College in their freshman year. Requirements for entrance and continuing enrollment in the 5-year master's program in mathematics/adolescence education are:
- Incoming freshmen must meet 2 of the following 3 criteria:
- 85 scholastic average in HS;
- Top 30% of their graduating class;
- SAT scores of 1000 (critical reading and mathematics)
- Students transferring into the program (internally or externally) must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA).
- Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average throughout the five years of the program and must pass ED 2051, Orientation to Teaching. Students who transfer ED 2051 from another college must pass the writing assessment section of ED 2051 at Mount Saint Mary College.
- Students in the 5-year Master's program will be evaluated at the end of each semester. Students who do not meet the minimum 3.0 GPA requirement in any semester will be placed on probation. Only one probationary period will be allowed; students who fail to meet the minimum GPA requirement for more than one semester will be removed from the program and placed into BA program in mathematics.
Admissions criteria of the college will be applied along with the maintenance of a 3.0 GPA throughout the five-year program for those selecting this degree option. For those who may choose to apply for the five-year master's degree option after initial admission, either as a transfer student or a MSMC student who chooses to change majors, will come under the original admissions stipulations at the time they apply for the five-year master's option. Each student in the program will be assigned two advisers: one from the Division of Mathematics and IT and one from the Division of Education.
Students in the five-year master's degree program may elect to remove themselves from the program and enter a bachelor's program at Mount Saint Mary College at any time. However, no more than 6 credits of graduate education courses may be counted toward an individual bachelor's degree if a student leaves the five-year master's program for any reason. These graduate credits may not then be used toward a master's degree.
Both degrees will be awarded at the completion of the fifth year of the program.
Undergraduate Requirements
*90 liberal arts credits and 1 education credit (91 undergraduate credits total) for single certification*
*93 liberal arts credits and 1 education credit (94 undergraduate credits total) for dual certification with special education*
Requirements for the Mathematics major (36 credits)
| MTH 2510 | ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY- CALCULUS I | 4 |
| MTH 2520 | ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY- CALCULUS II | 4 |
| MTH 2530 | ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY- CALCULUS III | 4 |
| MTH 2650 | FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL REASON | 3 |
| MTH 3010 | PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS | 3 |
| MTH 3060 | LINEAR ALGEBRA | 3 |
| MTH 4040 | COORDINATING SEMINAR | 3 |
| MTH 4050 | MODERN ABSTRACT ALGEBRA | 3 |
| | MTH elective | |
| | MTH elective (3000 or 4000 level) | |
Additional undergraduate requirements (55 credits)
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Subject area
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Course
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Title/Course Number
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Credits
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Semester
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Arts & Letters
(12 credits)
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ENG 1010 College Writing
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3 credits
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ENG 1020 Forms of Literature
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3 credits
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FR,
GER, SPA or ITA
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3 credits
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Arts & Letters course
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3 credits
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Science with lab
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AST, BIO, CHM, ERS, PHY, MST, SCI
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3 credits
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Social
Sciences
(9 credits)
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HIS
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3 credits
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PSY 1010
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3 credits
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Social Sciences course
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3 credits
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Philosophy
& Religion
(9 credits)
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PHL 1020, PHL 1030, or PHL 2100
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3 credits
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REL
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3 credits
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PHL 3080
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3 credits
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Computer Information Technology*
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CIT1052, CIT1002, or MTH1015
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3 credits
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Education
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ED 2051
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1 credit
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Liberal Arts Electives
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Arts & Letters, Math & IT, Natural Science, Philosophy & Religious Studies, Social Sciences
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18 credits
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*If a student opts to fulfill the computer literacy requirement by passing the computer competency test instead of taking a CIT course, then the student must replace the CIT course requirement with 3 credits liberal arts.
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Graduate Requirements
Adolescence Education (grades 7-12) – 42 credits
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Required Courses
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Credits
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ED 5005 Orientation to Graduate Ed (during first semester)
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0
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ED 5001 Introduction to Special Education
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3
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ED 5042 Applied Research in Behavior Management
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3
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ED 5210 Nature of Schools in the Education of All Children
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3
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ED 5220 Theories, Research and Application of Adol Dev.
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3
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ED 5231 Content Area Literacy in the Secondary School
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3
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ED 5246 Curriculum and Assessment in Math
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3
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ED 5252 Introduction to Instruction and Assessment
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3
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ED 5390 Collaboration with Professionals and Parents
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3
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ED 5441 Basics of Literacy Instruction for Adolescence
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3
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ED 5464 Student Teaching in Secondary Education
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6
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ED 5522 Child Abuse, Health and Safety Education Workshop
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0
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ED 5568 Content – Mathematics Methods
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3
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ED 5700 Teaching with Technology
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3
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ED 5710 Differentiated Instruction
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3
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ED 0990 Graduate Comprehensive Exam
(after coursework is completed)
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0
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