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A.B./M.A./Certification Program
The A.B./M.A./Certification curriculum provides students with a Bachelor's degree and a Master's 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.
Requirements
Certification Requirements
Sample Certification Work Plan
Minor Requirement Details
Sample Minor Work Plan
- 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.
- Electives to complete the A.B. requirement (3 courses).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.)
- Education 200
- Psychology 203
- Psychology 206 (Developmental Psychology) or Psychology 214a (The Psychology of Adolescence) or General Programs 249b (Continuity and Change: The Contexts for Development)
- Education 301 (Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar; fall, last year)
- Education 302 and 303 (Practice Teaching Seminar and Practice Teaching, taken concurrently; 303 is double credit)
- One additional course from the following:
- Education 210 (On the Margins: Language, Power and Advocacy in Education)
- Education 250 (Literacies and Education)
- Sociology 258 (Sociology of Education)
- Education 266/Sociology/Cities 266 (Schools in American Cities)
- Psychology 206, Psychology 214a, or General Programs 249b, whichever has not already been taken.
- 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)
- Swarthmore College or University of Pennsylvania education electives.
Sample Certification Work Plan
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | |
| Year 1 | Math 101: Calculus I |
Math 102: Calculus II Division III requirement Elementary Language Free Elective (CS110*) |
| Year 2 | Math 201: Multivariable Calculus Math Elective (Math 231*) |
Math 203: Linear Algebra Education 200 (Division I) Intermediate Language |
| Year 3 | Math 301: Real Analysis I Math 303: Abstract Algebra I Psych 206 (Division I) Free Elective |
Math 302: Real Analysis II |
| Year 4 | Math 398: Senior Conference Math Graduate Course (500 level) Math Elective (Probability & Statistics*) |
Math Elective (221 or 312*) |
| Summer | Work on Thesis | |
| Year 5 | Education 301 Finish Thesis (Math 701) Math Elective (double as graduate) |
Education 302 Education 303 |
* STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!
The Pennsylvania Standards for Teacher Certification strongly recommend that students include these courses in their program:
* 1 Semester discrete mathematics (BMC/HC 231, or 394)
* 1 Semester of statistics and/or probability (BMC 104 or 205, or HC 203 or 218)
* 1 Semester of computer science (through bi-college programs)
* 1 Semester of geometry (BMC 221 or 312, or HC 335, 336, 390 or 392)
- Education 200 (Critical Issues in Education)
- Psychology 203 (Educational Psychology), Psychology 206 (Developmental Psychology), or Psychology 214a (Pyschology of Adolescence)
- Education 250 (Literacies and Education)
- 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)
- Education 310 (Defining Educational Practice), including a field placement for 2-4 hours per week in an education-related setting and a weekly seminar
- Education 311 (Fieldwork Seminar), including a field placement for 4-6 hours per week and a weekly seminar
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | |
| Year 1 | Math 101: Calculus I College Seminar Elementary Language Division III requirement or Lab Science (IIL) requirement |
Math 102: Calculus II Free Elective (CS110*) |
| Year 2 | Math 201: Multivariable Calculus Psychology 203 (Division I) |
Math 203: Linear Algebra Math 206: Transition to Higher Math (as math elective)
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| Year 3 | Math 301: Real Analysis I Math 303: Abstract Algebra I Psychology 250 (Division I) Division III requirement |
Math 302: Real Analysis II Math 304 or Elective (double as graduate) Education Elective Free Elective |
| Year 4 | Math 398: Senior Conference Math Graduate Course (500 level) Free Elective (Probability & Statistics*) |
Free Elective (Math 221 or 312*) |
| Summer | Work on Thesis (with stipend) | |
| Year 5 | Education 301 Finish Thesis (Math 701) Math Elective (double as graduate) |
Education 311 |
* STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!
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