FIVE-YEAR BSc HONORS MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND BACHELOR IN EDUCATION Concurrent Degree Program

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

FIVE-YEAR BSc HONORS MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND BACHELOR IN EDUCATION Concurrent Degree Program

This program is designed to prepare students to teach at the intermediate-senior level (grades 7-12) only. Entry into this program begins after completion of first year, and may be limited. The program may be cancelled in a given year if enrolment targets are not met. Students who wish to transfer into this program after completion of second year of a different program must consult with the Chair of the Pre-Service Program in the Faculty of Education and a representative for the program from the Faculty of Science. See the website for this program to find the name of the current representative.

Students wishing to enrol in this program must choose sufficient courses in a second subject which would qualify as their "second teachable" subject. The minimum number of such courses is usually three; to find out exactly how many courses are necessary in that subject, please contact the Academic Counsellor in the Pre-Service Office in the Faculty of Education or consult the website of the Faculty of Education.

Admission Requirements

A complete first year program, with an average of at least 70%, in which three courses must be designated as principal courses, including Calculus 050a/b, Calculus 051a/b, Linear Algebra 040a/b, and Statistical Sciences 023a/b.

Another course in a second teachable subject is strongly recommended. (NOTE: Physics or Computer Science are recommended as appropriate second teachable subjects).

Computer Science 025a or 026a/b, plus 027a/b are strongly recommended.

One course from the Faculty of Arts or Social Science is also required. (English 020E or Sociology 020 is recommended.)

NOTE: A minimum of three full course equivalents in a second teachable subject must be completed before the beginning of fourth year.

Second Year and Third Years

The following must be completed during the second and third years and will be considered Principal Courses in the year in which they are taken:

Calculus 250a/b and 251a/b (to be taken in second year)

Statistical Sciences 257a (to be taken in second year)

One of Applied Mathematics 213b or Mathematics 203b (recommended to be taken in second year)

Differential Equations 215a and Applied Mathematics 261b

Full course equivalent in the Second Teachable subject.

Statistical Sciences 260b and one of Statistical Sciences 357a or 325a/b

Two half courses in Mathematics Sciences chosen from Sets 1, 2, and 3, listed below*

Teaching and Learning Theory in Intermediate/Senior Mathematics 30 (full course to be taken in third year)

The following must be completed during the second and third years and will be considered Subsidiary Courses in the year in which they are taken:

Two full course equivalents in the Second Teachable subject.

Two Practica: Education Practicum 401 and Education Practicum 402, each consisting of at least thirteen days (non-credit, pre-requisites for Education Practicum 403 [formerly Mathematics Education 101y] in Fifth Year).

A senior essay course (Education 200E is strongly recommended)

Fourth Year

Principal Courses

Mathematics 208a

Two half courses in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1, 2, and 3, listed below^*

Teaching and Learning Theory of the Second Teachable subject (full course)

Foundations of Education (Social Foundations .75; Psychological Foundations .25)

Education courses (Educating Exceptional Children .25; Additional education electives .75.

NOTE: Students intended to teach in Roman Catholic schools should include the Religious Education elective)

Subsidiary Courses

One half course option

Fifth Year First Term

Principal Courses

Three half courses in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1, 2, and 3, listed below^*

Education Practicum 403a (worth .5 credits)

Subsidiary Courses

Two half courses in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1, 2, and 3, listed below^*

Fifth Year Second Term

Principal Courses

Education Practicum 404b (worth 2.0 credits)

Education Practicum 403a

A formal discussion of the activities and events of Education Practicum 401, Education Practicum 402, and Transition to Professional Practice, including analysis of teaching experiences and critical reflection on the work of teachers in schools. (.5 credit)

Education Practicum 404b

A third practicum experience in which prospective mathematics teachers are placed in secondary school classrooms for a four month period and assume major teaching responsibilities. Students work under the guidance of an experienced mathematics teacher, and a teacher experienced in another subject area relevant to each student's program. (2 credits)

* All nine of the unspecified half courses in the mathematical sciences required in the third, fourth, and fifth years of this program must be chosen from Sets 1, 2, and 3, listed below. One must be chosen from Set 1 and at least two must be chosen from each of the Sets 2 and 3.

NOTE: Prerequisites for these courses are not necessarily met through the prescribed program courses. Students must plan ahead in selecting the appropriate prerequisites for the courses they wish to take from these Sets Set 1 (Complex variables)

Applied Mathematics 301a/b (Complex Analysis)

Mathematics 307b (Complex Variables I)

Set 2 (Theoretical courses emphasizing proofs)

Applied Mathematics 320b (Partial Differential Equations I)

Applied Mathematics 475a/b (Introduction to Applied Computer Algebra)

Mathematics 207a/b (Real Variables I)

Mathematics 221F/G (Conceptual Development of Mathematics)

Mathematics 222a (Discrete Structures I)

Mathematics 302a (Group Theory)

Mathematics 304a/b (Metric Space Topology)

Mathematics 308a/b (Rings and Modules)