Mathematics Major, Elementary Education
Elementary Education students may select a second major in Mathematics to fulfill their standard teaching concentration requirement.
Major Details:
- Requires 45 QH including Mathematics courses taken as part of the General Education requirement
- Requires 25 QH of upper level coursework
- 15 QH of the upper level courses must be taken at NLU
- Requires a minimum of “C” in all coursework in the major
- To complete this major, choose five courses from four of the seven Areas of Mathematics listed below. Two of the courses must be in the same area.
Required Courses
Area I – Math Content for Elementary Ed Teachers
| LAM 301 | Mathematics Content for Teachers: Problem Solving | 5 |
Area II – Calculus
Area III – Modern Algebra / Number Theory
Area IV – Geometry
Area V – Computer Science
Area VI –Probability and Statistics
| LAM 308 | Exploratory Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 403 | Mathematical Probability and Statistics | 5 |
Area VII – History of Mathematics
| LAM 315 | History of Math: A Problem-Solving Approach | 5 |
| LAM 450 | History of Mathematics for Teachers: Algebra and Geometry | 3 OR 5 |
| LAM 451 | History of Mathematics for Teachers: Probability and Statistics | 3 OR 5 |
Mathematics Electives
Choose 20 QH from the courses below:
| LAM 214 | Finite Mathematics | 5 |
| LAM 220 | College Algebra | 5 |
| LAM 301 | Mathematics Content for Teachers: Problem Solving | 5 |
| LAM 303 | Computer Programming I | 5 |
| LAM 305 | Computer Programming II | 5 |
| LAM 307 | Investigatory Geometry and Measurement | 5 |
| LAM 308 | Exploratory Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 309 | Theory of Numbers | 5 |
| LAM 310 | Precalculus | 5 |
| LAM 311 | Calculus I | 5 |
| LAM 312 | Calculus II | 5 |
| LAM 315 | History of Math: A Problem-Solving Approach | 5 |
| LAM 320 | Discrete Mathematics | 5 |
| LAM 325 | Linear Programming | 5 |
| LAM 330 | Matrix Algebra | 5 |
| LAM 403 | Mathematical Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 405 | Geometry | 5 |
| LAM 410 | Linear Algebra | 5 |
| LAM 450 | History of Mathematics for Teachers: Algebra and Geometry | 3 OR 5 |
| LAM 451 | History of Mathematics for Teachers: Probability and Statistics | 3 OR 5 |