The Following Courses are necessary in the completion of the certificate:

M 518  Statistics for Teaching

Distance format PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing in mathematics or science education, teaching endorsement in mathematics or science, or consent of instructor. Stochastic concepts including probabilistic underpinnings of statistics, measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, distributions, sampling, and simulation. Exploratory data analysis including experiments, surveys, measures of association and inferential statistics. Discussion of methods for teaching statistics in secondary mathematics and science.

M 524  Linear Algebra for Teaching

Distance format. PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing in mathematics education, teaching endorsement in mathematics, or consent of instructor. Algebraic systems, special matrices, determinants, vector spaces, and linear programming. Includes applications relevant to industry and business and connections to topics in secondary mathematics.

M 525  Analysis for Teaching

Distance format. PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing in mathematics education, teaching endorsement in mathematics, or consent of instructor. A study of calculus concepts and processes from graphical, numerical and algebraic perspectives. Technology is incorporated throughout the course. Includes connections to topics in secondary mathematics.