Mathematics: Education, M.S.

General Requirements for the Degree

Credit Hours

A minimum of thirty six (36) semester hours is required. At least twenty four (24) must be in mathematics at the 5000 level.

Program Core Requirements

Zero (0) to nine (9) credit hours depending on whether these courses were taken at the undergraduate level:

Concentration Requirements

In order to ensure that students choosing the Education concentration have a broad mathematics background, they must complete at least one course selected from a required sequence in each of the other three concentrations (9 hours total), plus a second course (3 hours) to complete one of those sequences.

Twelve (12) hours be chosen from the following list of courses. These courses are required for teacher licensure in Tennessee.

EDUC 5140 - Teaching in Diverse Classrooms
EDUC 5200 - Social and Historical Foundations of Education
EDUC 5210 - Human Development Applied to Education
EDUC 5220 - Instructional Planning and Evaluation
EDUC 5630 - Literacy Instruction for Middle/High School Learners
EDUC 5750 - Educational Technology
If all these courses have been completed, other graduate courses from the College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies may be chosen with the consent of the student’s graduate program committee to complete the twelve hours.

Electives

Students must complete additional elective hours as needed to complete the degree. In addition, a special project (0-3 hours) or a thesis (6 hours) may be chosen to fulfill part of these elective hours. Prior to enrolling in MATH 5900 , MATH 5998r , or MATH 5999r , a student choosing to do a project or thesis must have the topic approved by his or her graduate program committee and the Graduate Coordinating Committee and must submit the committee form to the Graduate School for final approval.