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 approved
Subject Matter Program
Differential and Integral
Calculus I
Differential and Integral
Calculus II
Higher Mathematics: An
Introduction
Elementary Applied Linear
Algebra
or 322 Linear Algebra
Probability and Statistics
Number Theory
College Geometry
History of Mathematics
Modern Algebra I
Fieldwork and Seminar:
Secondary Mathematics
Teaching
Capstone Seminar: Secondary
Mathematics Teaching
Graph Theory and
Combinatorics
Probability Theory or
Mathematical Modeling
Multivariable Calculus
Real Analysis I
Computing for Math/Science
or Programming I
Course
Number
161
SMP
Units
4
FLM
Units
4
211
4
4
220
3
3
222
3
3
322
250
306
308
310
320
390
3
3
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
3
4
2*
490
1
1
316 or 416 3
0
345 or 470 4 or 3
0
261
340
Math 180
or CS 115
4
4
2
or
4
4
0
0
0
Total Units for SMP/FLM
53-56
Total Upper Division Units
26-29
37-39
+2*
14*
Introduction to Physics I
Proposal for Foundational
Level Program
Differential and Integral
Calculus I
Differential and Integral
Calculus II
Higher Mathematics: An
Introduction
Elementary Applied Linear
Algebra
Probability and Statistics
Number Theory
College Geometry
History of Mathematics
Modern Algebra I
Fieldwork and Seminar:
Secondary Mathematics
Teaching*
Capstone Seminar: Secondary
Mathematics Teaching
**Two courses outside of the
Mathematics and Statistics
Department that involve
significant applications of
mathematics, approved by the
Mathematics and Statistics
Department Chair
Phys 114
6-8**
* 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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