Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

MED 508 Workshop

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

MED 513 Professional Renewal

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

MED 522 Topics in Mathematics Teaching at the Middle Level

A mathematics education course for current middle school teachers. Content includes mathematics education topics appropriate for teachers of middle level mathematics.
1- 3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course may be repeated 6 times

MED 523 Teaching Algebra

The course focuses on current research and practices of teaching, learning, and assessing algebra in secondary schools, including ways to support student thinking and teaching for understanding.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MED 543 Teaching Geometry

The course focuses on current research and practices of teaching, learning, and assessing geometry in secondary schools, including ways to support student thinking and teaching for understanding.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MED 550 Teaching Applied Probability and Statistics

The course focuses on current research and practices of teaching, learning, and assessing probability and statistics in secondary schools, including ways to support student thinking and teaching for understanding.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MED 555 Teaching Secondary Math for Understanding

This course explores the knowledge and skills to elicit, understand, build on, and respond to student thinking. It provides expertise to support student learning and teach secondary mathematics for understanding.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MED 560 Culture in the Math Classroom

This course examines ways to integrate knowledge of the role of culture in mathematics teaching and learning into mathematics instruction with the goal of developing students' internal motivation.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

MED 595 Teaching Advanced Topics in Secondary School Mathematics

The course focuses on current research and practices of teaching, learning, and assessing advanced topics in secondary schools.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

MED 599 Action Research Project Seminar

Students research a current problem in secondary mathematics education relevant to their teaching situation, developing goals, reviewing relevant literature and planning the project as they progress through the program.
3

Prerequisites

(MED 600 with a minimum grade of C) and (1 Course of MED 500-799 with a minimum grade of C)

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations