Certified Math Major

728: Mathematics Certifiable for Secondary Teaching
A Minor or Second Major is Required

Mathematics Requirements – 35 hours

1. Required Courses (29 hrs) – MATH 126 and 227 (now 136/137) (or MATH 122-132-232) (9 hrs)

                      MATH 327/237 (4 hrs)    MATH 307 (3 hrs)    MATH 310 (3 hrs)
           MATH 317 (3 hrs)    MATH 323 (3 hrs)    STAT 301 (3 hrs)
      MATH 498 (1 hr)
                        You must complete these courses before the professional semester.

2. At least 3 hours must be in mathematics coursework at the 400-level other than MATH 475. All remaining math hours must be earned from the following courses:

MATH 275 (up to 3 hours), MATH 305, MATH 315, MATH 329/382, MATH 331, MATH 398 (up to 3 hours), MATH 405, MATH 406, MATH 409, MATH 415, MATH 417, MATH 421, MATH 423, MATH 429/482, MATH 431, MATH 432, MATH 435, MATH 439, MATH 450, MATH 470, MATH 475 (up to 6 hours)

Computer Science Requirement
3 hours: One of CS 230 or CS 240 is required.
(now numbered as CS 146, CS 180)

Teacher Education Requirements

General Education Restriction: PSY 100 should be taken in Category C as a prerequisite for PSY 310.

Required Secondary Education Courses

PSY 310 EDU 250 SEC 351 SEC 352 SEC 453 SEC 477
EDU 489 SEC 490

Students with sophomore standing are eligible to enroll in secondary education courses. They may enroll in EDU 250 by itself or concurrently with PSY 310. Application for admission to teacher education is made during the semester in which EDU 250 is taken. The next two courses, SEC 351 and 352, are junior level courses. The remaining courses SEC 453, SEC 477 (methods), EDU 489, and student teaching are taken during the senior year. Students are required to have 150 clock hours of field experiences in addition to coursework.

528: Extended Mathematics Certifiable for Secondary Teaching
No minor nor second major required

Mathematics Requirements – 48 hours

1. Required Courses (29 hrs) – MATH 126 and 227 (now 136/137)    (or MATH 122-132-232)       (9 hrs)
                     MATH 327/237 (4 hrs)    MATH 307 (3 hrs)    MATH 310 (3 hrs)
             MATH 317 (3 hrs)    MATH 323 (3 hrs)    STAT 301 (3 hrs)
                                                                                               MATH 498 (1 hr)
                          You must complete these courses before the professional semester.

2. At least 9 hours must be in mathematics coursework at the 400-level. All remaining mathematics hours must be earned from the following courses:

MATH 275 (up to 3 hours), MATH 305, MATH 315, MATH 329/382, MATH 331, MATH 398 (up to 3 hours), MATH 405, MATH 406, MATH 409, MATH 415, MATH 417, MATH 421, MATH 423, MATH 429/482, MATH 431, MATH 432, MATH 435, MATH 439, MATH 450, MATH 470, MATH 475 (up to 6 hours)

Computer Science Requirement
3 hours: One of CS 230 or CS 240 is required.
(now numbered as CS 170, CS 180)

Teacher Education Requirements

General Education Restriction: PSY 100 should be taken in Category C as a prerequisite for PSY 310.

Required Secondary Education Courses

PSY 310 EDU 250 SEC 351 SEC 352 SEC 453 SEC 477
EDU 489 SEC 490

University General Education Requirements
(A minimum of 44 hours total)

Cat. A: I. ENG 100 and 300 (6 hrs)     II. Foreign Lang. (3 hrs)        III. COMM 145 or 161 (3 hrs)
Cat. B:   I. Literature (3 hrs)       II. Electives (6 hrs)     (Three areas are required in Cat. B)
Cat. C:   HIST 119 or 120, and two other areas are required.   (9 hrs)
Cat. D:   I. Science (6 hrs; two fields must be represented, at least one must have a lab)      II. MATH (3 hrs)
Cat. E:   3 hours
Cat. F:   2 hours (May be two 1-hour PE courses, or a 3-hr class)

Residency Requirement

The minimum residence requirement for the bachelor’s degree is 25% of the minimum number of semester hours required in the student’s degree program. At least 16 of the hours counted in meeting the residence requirement must be completed after the semester in which the student has earned a cumulative total of at least 90 semester hours. Exceptions to these regulations may be made for WKU students who have been given permission to transfer credits earned at accredited professional schools to apply as electives toward the degree.

Application for Graduation

All candidates for a baccalaureate degree are expected to apply for graduation immediately after attaining senior status (90 hours earned). Associate degree candidates are expected to apply for graduation after earning 48 hours. The Application for Graduation is available on TopNet under Student Records.

All forms must be completed, all incompletes must be removed, all transfers of credit received and all correspondence courses completed by the end of any semester or term in which the degree is to be awarded. Failure to comply could result in postponement of the graduation date. Students with outstanding obligations to the University will not be awarded a diploma until the Registrar has been notified by the appropriate office that the obligation has been settled. The student must, in all cases, be primarily responsible for meeting the requirements for graduation.

Repeating Courses

An undergraduate student is permitted to repeat a maximum of six courses. Only two courses in which a grade of “C” or above has been earned may be repeated.

Credit for a course in which a grade of “F” has been received can be earned only by repeating the course in residence unless prior approval is given by the head of the department in which the course was taken. A course in which a grade of “D” has been received may be repeated at another accredited institution.

A course that has been failed cannot be repeated by independent learning without special permission from the department head. A student may not repeat by proficiency testing a course which has been previously taken or failed at WKU or another accredited institution.

If a course is repeated, only the second grade will be counted in computing the grade point average; if the course is repeated a second time both the second and the third grades will be used in computing the grade point average. The grade received for each attempt will continue to appear on the student’s academic record. A student may attempt a single course no more than three times.

Enrollment in Graduate Courses

Undergraduate students at Western Kentucky University may enroll in graduate level courses. Several conditions must be met to facilitate such enrollment:

1. Students must file all appropriate paper work through the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.
   a. Undergraduate Application for Graduate Enrollment Form
     b. Letter of recommendation from director of graduate program (or department head) that speaks to the student’s
         ability to perform at graduate level and justification of appropriateness of enrollment in such courses.

2. Undergraduate students must have declared a major or minor in the subject area or a closely related area for which the graduate course is offered.

3. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the major or minor area to which the graduate coursework is closely related.

4. Students may enroll in no more than 15 hours of coursework (graduate and undergraduate combined) in any semester in which enrollment in graduate-level courses occurs.

5. With the concurrence of the student’s undergraduate advisor, department head and dean, graduate coursework may be used to satisfy undergraduate degree requirements; however, graduate credit hours used to meet the requirements for a baccalaureate degree may not be used toward a graduate degree.

Dr. David K. Neal, Lead Academic Advisor
Department of Mathematics
4136 COHH
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270.745.6213

Secondary Certifiable Mathematics - Pre 2009 (No SMED)

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