Sonoma State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Proposed Foundational-Level Mathematics Subject Matter Program+ B. A. in Mathematics with concentration in Bi-Disciplinary Mathematics (teaching option)
Sonoma State’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics currently offers a B. A. in Mathematics with concentration in Bi-Disciplinary Mathematics. We propose a subject matter program which would satisfy both the Foundational-Level requirements and the Bi-Disciplinary major requirements. This Bi-Disciplinary option would be very attractive to students who would like to become teachers in two subject areas but who do not want to complete the full secondary teaching track. Currently some of these students just take the CSET before entering the credential program. The proposed set of courses would serve as a much better mathematics preparation for a Foundation -Level Mathematics credential. A second group of potential students would be the strongest mathematics students among those preparing for the multiple subjects credential.
The below table shows the courses in our current approved Subject Matter Waiver Program for Mathematics and the subset of those which comprise the mathematics courses of our proposed Foundational Level/Bi-Disciplinary Major Program.
Current approvedSubject Matter Program / Proposal for Foundational Level Program / Course
Number / SMP Units / FLM Units
Differential and Integral Calculus I / Differential and Integral Calculus I / 161 / 4 / 4
Differential and Integral Calculus II / Differential and Integral Calculus II / 211 / 4 / 4
Higher Mathematics: An Introduction / Higher Mathematics: An Introduction / 220 / 3 / 3
Elementary Applied Linear Algebra
or 322 Linear Algebra / Elementary Applied Linear Algebra / 222
322 / 3 / 3
Probability and Statistics / Probability and Statistics / 250 / 3 / 3
Number Theory / Number Theory / 306 / 3 / 3
College Geometry / College Geometry / 308 / 3 / 3
History of Mathematics / History of Mathematics / 310 / 3 / 3
Modern Algebra I / Modern Algebra I / 320 / 4 / 4
Fieldwork and Seminar: Secondary Mathematics Teaching / Fieldwork and Seminar: Secondary Mathematics Teaching* / 390 / 2 / 2*
Capstone Seminar: Secondary Mathematics Teaching / Capstone Seminar: Secondary Mathematics Teaching / 490 / 1 / 1
Graph Theory and Combinatorics / 316 or 416 / 3 / 0
Probability Theory or Mathematical Modeling / 345 or 470 / 4 or 3 / 0
Multivariable Calculus / 261 / 4 / 0
Real Analysis I / 340 / 4 / 0
Computing for Math/Science or Programming I / **Two courses outside of the Mathematics and Statistics Department that involve significant applications of mathematics, approved by the Mathematics and Statistics Department Chair / Math 180 or CS 115 / 2
or
4 / 6-8**
Introduction to Physics I / Phys 114 / 4
0
Total Units for SMP/FLM / 53-56 / 37-39 +2*
Total Upper Division Units / 26-29 / 14*
* The 2 units of 390 do not qualify as part of FLM 32-unit minimum, nor as upper division units for the Bi-Disciplinary concentration. 390 is a prerequisite for 490, and contains the fieldwork hours to satisfy an entrance requirement into SSU’s Credential Program.
** One option would be CS 115(4 units) and Physics 114(4 units), which are in the approved SMP.
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