General Catalog 2025-2026

Secondary Education in Mathematics (BA)

The Arecibo, Metropolitan and San Germán campuses are authorized to offer this Program.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education in Mathematics

General Education Requirements 51 credits
Core Course Requirements 41 credits
Major Requirements 35 credits
Elective Courses 6 credits
Total 130 credits

General Education Requirements - 51 credits

Fifty-one (51) credits are required in General Education for this Program. In addition to GEHS 2010, students will take GEHS 4020 and 4030 in the Historic and Social Context category. Students will take courses GEPE 4040 and GEPE 3010 or 3020 to fulfill the six credits required in the Philosophical and Esthetic Thought category. Students will take the course GEMA 1200 in the Basic Skills in Mathematics category.

Core Course Requirements - 41 credits

EDUC 1080Field Experiences in The Educational Scenario I

1

EDUC 2021History and Philosophy of Education

3

EDUC 2022Society and Education

3

EDUC 2031Developmental Psychology

3

EDUC 2032Learning Psychology

3

EDUC 2060Integration of Technology in Education

2

EDUC 2870The Exceptional Student Population

4

EDUC 2890Field Experiences in The Educational Scenarios Ii

2

EDUC 3013Teaching Strategies

2

EDUC 3015Clinical Experiences in The Educational Scenario I

2

EDUC 4011Evaluation and Assessment

3

EDUC 4012Classroom Research

2

EDUC 4013Clinical Experiences in the Educational Scenario II

4

EDUC 4050Curriculum Design

2

EDUC 4551Integration of Basic Knowledge and Communication Skills

1

EDUC 4552Integration of Professional Skills

1

HIST 3010Historical Process of the United States of America

3

Major Requirements - 35 credits

EDUC 3869Instructional Theory, Methodology and Technological Resources in the Teaching of Mathematics at the Secondary Level

3

MATH 1500Precalculus

5

 

MATH 2000Discrete Methods

3

Or

COMP 2501Discrete Computational Structures I

3

 

MATH 2100Introduction to Probability and Statistics

3

MATH 2251Calculus I

5

MATH 2380Topics in Geometry

3

MATH 3130Theory of Numbers

3

MATH 3350Linear Algebra

3

MATH 4391Abstract Algebra I

3

PHYS 3001General Physics I

4