The request to revise M.S. in Mathematics and revise MATH and EDCI courses and create MATH/STAT 6108

Date: March 11, 2016
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: February 2, 2016
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Summer 2016

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

Summary

The new Mathematics Education Concentration in the M.S. in Mathematics replaces the recently discontinued M.A. in Mathematics Education program.

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MATH 6100. Foundations of Mathematics. (3) Cross-listed as EDCI 8100. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Logic, sets, and axiomatic systems.

MATH 6101. Foundations of Real Analysis Real Analysis for Secondary Mathematics Teachers I. (3) Cross-listed as EDCI 8101. Prerequisite: MATH 6100 or permission of department. Admission into the M.S. in Mathematics with the Mathematics Education concentration; successful completion of undergraduate calculus sequence; experience in writing formal mathematical proofs. Study of the axiomatic method and characteristics of axiomatic systems. Axiomatic and historical development of real and complex numbers