Bachelor [Mathematics/Statistics Education] From Utah State University

USU is one of the only universities in the nation where students can be certified to teach both mathematics and statistics in one degree program, which makes them more marketable and competitive for teaching positions. USU’s program has also served as a model for other universities that wish to create similar programs.

USU’s math education program is recognized as the largest and the best in the state, with 100% of its graduates receiving teaching positions in school districts upon graduation. Students in the program learn much higher math than they will ever teach in middle school or high school, making them experts in their subject area. They also take methods courses where they learn how to teach the material to students and have early experience in actual classrooms, making them more familiar and comfortable with these settings before they begin their student teaching.

In order to obtain a secondary teaching license for grades 6-12, students must complete the 35-credit Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP), which includes one semester of student teaching in a public school. This program is administered by USU’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL) within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Student must apply to the School of TEAL the semester before taking STEP courses. This is usually the fall of their junior year. Students learn subject content through the Mathematics and Statistics Department, and spend the last year or two studying education techniques through the STEP program.

Students who graduate in mathematics/statistics education (composite) are qualified to teach mathematics and statistics in middle schools or high schools.

•     Calculus I
•     Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose     
•     College of Science Course
•     Calculus II
•     Breadth Life Sciences
•     Statistics for Scientists
•     Breadth Social Sciences
•     College of Science Course
•     Breadth Physical Sciences