Academic Programs - Mathematics Education
Admission to the undergraduate Mathematics Education degree program requires the following minimum qualifications:
- An overall grade point average of at least 2.75;
- Successful completion of MATH 2250 (Calculus I), MATH 2260 (Calculus II), MATH 3200 (Introduction to Higher Mathematics) and one of the following: MATH 2270 (preferred)/MATH 2500 (Multivariable Calculus), MATH 2700 (Elementary Differential Equations), or MATH 3000 (Introduction to Linear Algebra), and, each with a grade of C or better (a grade of C– is not suffient);
- Passing scores on the GACE Basic Skills Assessment or exemption;
- Completion of at least 30 clock hours of tutoring pre-college students in a structured setting in the mathematics of grades 6-12 with required documentation.
Students may apply to the program with the requirements above still in progress. However, no student will be admitted until all requirements are completed and appropriate documentation has been received.
Upon meeting these requirements, students will then be ranked using the following formula:
5 × [grade in MATH 2250 (Calculus I) + grade in MATH 2260 (Calculus II) + grade in MATH 3200 + grade in MATH 2270/2500/2700/3000+ overall grade point average].
A minimum of 57.25 points is required to be considered for admission. Students who have at least 57.25 points will then be rank ordered, and the 25 students having the highest point totals will be admitted to the program each semester. In the event of a tie, we will admit 26 students. A student who has been admitted for a given semester and is unable to enroll due to an emergency will automatically be allowed into the next cohort s/he is able to join. Students can reapply as many times as they wish.
Acceptable Tutoring Experiences
To help teacher candidates focus on students’ ways of doing and thinking about mathematics, admission into our program requires 30 hours of one-on-one tutoring. The experience is not arranged by the university or the Mathematics and Science Education Department; each teacher candidate is responsible for arranging his or her own tutoring experience. The tutoring must involve the mathematics that is taught in grades 6-12 and students of ages 11-17 who are not yet enrolled in post-secondary studies. Therefore, tutoring fellow college students even in mathematics from grades 6-12 is not acceptable. Likewise, tutoring at the university Athletic Association is not an option. This tutoring experience can come from a paid position or volunteer work. Tutoring in a structured setting is preferred (e.g., through CLASE, EDUC 2460, Communiversity, Athens Boys and Girls Clubs, etc.), but private tutoring is acceptable. Gaining experience working with students in a setting/situation that is different from your own background is encouraged though not required.
While we prefer that all 30 hours are earned at the same site, we understand the difficulties this can pose. Thus, the 30 hours may be accrued through tutoring at no more than two sites with no fewer than 10 hours in each site. Therefore 10 hours at site A and 20 hours at site B is acceptable; 2 hours at site A and 28 hours at site B is not.
See the application packet for the forms to document tutoring experience. Note that if you intend to use tutoring experiences from university coursework (EDUC, EPSY, EFND), it is your responsibility to retain copies of the documentation from these course; we cannot obtain it after the fact, and it will not be returned to you by the instructor.
