The BA/MA/Certification curriculum provides students with a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Mathematics, as well as Pennsylvania State Certification to teach mathematics at the secondary level. The Minor provides the same degrees in mathematics with a minor in Education.

• Certification Requirements

• Sample Certification Work Plan

• Certification Requirement Details

• Sample Minor Work Plan

• Minor Requirement Details

Major Requirements

1. For the undergraduate mathematics major: A minimum of ten semester courses are required for the major, including six core courses (Math 201, 203, 301, 302, 303, and 398) and four electives at or above the 200 level.

2. For teaching certification: Eight courses are required, including student teaching, namely Education 200, 301, 302, and 303 (double credit), Psychology 203 and 206, and one other elective. Also, a minimum of two semesters of experience teaching undergraduates in introductory courses as tutors/mentors, workshop assistants, or teaching assistants is required of candidates for certification.

3. For the Education minor: Six courses are required, including field placement, namely Education 200, 250, 310, and 311, and Psychology 203 (or 206 or 214a). Again, a minimum of two semesters of experience teaching undergraduates in introductory courses as tutors/mentors, workshop assistants, or teaching assistants is expected.

4. College requirements: College Seminars (2), Language (4), Division I (education and Psychology courses count here), Division II and Quantitative Skills (automatically satisfied by the mathematics major with one lab science course needed) and Division III (2 humanities courses).

5. Electives to complete the BA requirement (3 courses).

6. For the Masters in Mathematics: Six courses are required, including two 500-level mathematics graduate course, two graduate courses or "double counted" 300-level mathematics courses, and two course equivalents of thesis research. (Two 300-level courses in mathematics can be taken for graduate credit with prior arrangement for extra work.)

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Sample Certification Work Plan

* Strongly Recommended!!

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Certification Requirements

1. Education 200 (Critical Issues in Education)

2. Psychology 203 (Education Psychology)

3. Psychology 206 (Developmental Psychology) or Psychology 214a (The Psychology of Adolescence) or General Programs 249b (Continuity and Change: The Contexts for Development)

4. Education 301 (Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar; fall, last year)

5. Education 302 and 303 (practice Teaching Seminar and Practice Teaching, taken concurrently; 303 is double credit)

6. One additional course from the following:

1. Education 210 (On the Margins: Language, Power and Advocacy in Education)

2. Education 250 (Literacies and Education)

3. Sociology 258 (sociology of Education)

4. Education 266/Sociology/Cities 266 (schools in American Cities)

5. Psychology 206 (Developmental Psychology), Psychology 214a (The Psychology of Adolescence), or General Programs 249b (Continuity and Change: the Contexts for Development), whichever has not already been taken.

6. A subject-specific pedagogy course (e.g. at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the 400-level Association in Teaching courses in a major at Haverford, or an Independent Study that involves work as a teaching assistant in the subject area)

7. Swarthmore College or University of Pennsylvania education electives.

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Sample Minor Work Plan

*Strongly Recommended! (See explanation above)

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Minor Requirement Details

1. Education 200 (Critical Issues in Education)

2. Psychology 203 (Educational Psychology), Psychology 206 (Developmental Psychology), or Psychology 214a (Psychology of Adolescence)

3. Education 250 (Literacies and Education)

4. One elective (e.g., On the Margins, Sociology of Education, Schools in American Cities, or an approved class at the University of Pennsylvania or Swarthmore)

5. Education 310 (Defining Educational Practice), including a field placement for 2-4 hours per week in an education-related setting and a weekly seminar

6. Education 311 (Fieldwork Seminar), including a field placement for 4-6 hours per week and a weekly seminar

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