Mathematics Minor, Elementary Education
Elementary Education students may select a minor in Mathematics to fulfill their standard teaching concentration requirement.
Minor Details:
- Requires 30 QH in addition to Mathematics courses taken as part of the General Education requirement
- Requires 10 QH of upper level coursework to be completed at NLU
- Requires a minimum of “C” in all coursework in the minor
- To complete this minor, 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
| MTH 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 403 | Mathematical Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| MTH 308 | Exploratory Probability and Statistics | 5 |
Area VII – History of Mathematics
| 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 |
| MTH 315 | The History of Mathematics: A Problem-Solving Approach | 5 |
Mathematics Electives
Choose 5 QH from the courses below:
| LAM 220 | College Algebra | 5 |
| LAM 303 | Computer Programming I | 5 |
| LAM 305 | Computer Programming II | 5 |
| LAM 309 | Theory of Numbers | 5 |
| LAM 311 | Calculus I | 5 |
| LAM 312 | Calculus II | 5 |
| LAM 403 | Mathematical Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 405 | Geometry | 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 |
| MTH 307 | Investigatory Geometry and Measurement | 5 |
| MTH 308 | Exploratory Probability and Statistics | 5 |
| MTH 315 | The History of Mathematics: A Problem-Solving Approach | 5 |