Mathematical Connections

Catalog description

Mathematical Connections is a 3-credit required course for BSE mathematics majors. Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers (middle and high school) will explore the nature of the mathematics that they will teach through the lens of the undergraduate mathematics courses that they have taken as part of their required program. Mathematical topics will include number systems, functions, number theory, trigonometry, geometry (Euclidean and non-Euclidean), calculus, and statistics. The course will include an examination of concept analysis, problem analysis and mathematical connections between standard secondary mathematics content and post-secondary mathematics coursework. The course will actively involve pre-service teachers in a productive dialogue about and rigorous investigation into the mathematics that they will teach. Restricted to BSE majors. Pre/Coreq: C- or higher in MATH 333, and MATH 345, and MATH 354 or permission of instructor.