Academic Catalog - Middle School Math
T-PREP – Middle School Math – AA to BA in Education & Human Development
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4 Year Schedule for Middle School Math – AA to BA in Education & Human Development4-year plan is designed to be taken in sequence as specified in each year. Exception is core courses which can be shifted between semesters or taken during summer semester during Otero College first two years. |
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Schedule – Year 1 (31 Credit Hours) Otero College |
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| Semester 1 (14 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| COM 1150 – Public Speaking OR COM 1250 – Interpersonal Communications: GT-SS3 | 3 |
| ENG 1021 – English Composition I: GT-CO1 | 3 |
| MAT 1260 – Intro to Statistics: GT-MA1 | 3 |
| MAT 2410 – Calculus I: GT-MA1 | 5 |
| Semester 2 (17 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| ⁴ ECE 1088 – Practicum I | 2 |
| ⁴ EDU 2211 – Intro to Education | 3 |
| EDU 2611 – Teaching, Learning & Technology | 3 |
| ENG 1022 – English Composition II: GT-CO2 | 3 |
| HIS 1210 – U.S. History to Reconstruction OR Any GT-HI1 approved course | 3 |
| MAT 2500 – Intro to Proof and Reasoning | 3 |
Schedule – Year 2 (35 Credit Hours) Otero College |
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| Semester 1 (17 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| ⁵ EDU 2088 – Practicum II | 2 |
| ⁵ EDU 2401 – Teaching Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| MAT 2562 –Diff Eq/Engineer Application: GT-MA1 | 4 |
| PHY 1111 – Physics: Alg-based I w/lab: GT-SC1 Otero offers this course during fall term, once only every other year | 5 |
| PSY 2440 – Human Growth & Development: GT-SS3 | 3 |
| Semester 2 (18 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| Any ART prefixed GT approved course | 3 |
| A Behavorial Science GT approved course. Recommend: PSY 2441 – Child Development: GT-SS3 | 3 |
| EDU 2341 – Multicultural Education | 3 |
| LIT 1015 – Intro to Literature I: AH2 | 3 |
| PSC 1011 – American Government: SS1 | 3 |
| SCI 1105 – Science in Society: SC1 | 3 |
| AA degree earned with 60 credits | |
| • Gen Ed Courses may be taken in any order • C or higher required in English Comp courses • ENG & MAT 000 level courses do not apply to this degree plan • Apply for CU Denver Year 2, Semester 2 (need a 2.3 GPA) • Any courses transferred into Otero for AA must also be evaluated by CU Denver Advisor to ensure ultimate transfer to CU Denver • If student is not Calculus 1 ready there are two additional courses: o MAT 121 College Alg (4) (F/S/S) and MAT 122 Trig (3 c) (F/S) ⁴ Denotes clinical blocks courses must be taken together ⁵ Denotes clinical blocks courses must be taken together |
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Schedule – Year 3 (35-56 Credit Hours) University of Colorado Denver (at Otero College) |
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| Summer 1 (3 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| MTED 3040: Math for Elem Teachers | 3 |
| Semester 1 (Literacy Learning Clinical Block) (17 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| ⁶ EDHD - 2930*: Learning & Dev | 2 or 3 |
| ⁶ CLDE - 2000: Foundations of CLDE | 3 |
| ⁶ SPED - 4400: Universal Design for Learning | 3 |
| Any Core Cultural Diversity Course | 3 |
| Semester 2 (15 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| ⁷ EDHD - 3930*: Diverse Learners | 3 |
| ⁷ EDFN - 4010*: Social Foundations & Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ⁷ SPED - 4300: Family, Professional, and Community Collaboration | 3 |
| ⁷ CLDE - 4020*: Responsive Classroom Communities | 3 |
| MTED - 4623: Geom Ways Of Reasg OR one of this sequence | 3 |
| Take MS Math Praxis #5169 | |
| Summer Semester (6 credit hours) | Credits |
| STME 4001*: Intro to Pedagogy for STEM | 3 |
| MTED 4621: A World of (Different) Numbers Quantity and Operation OR one of this sequence | 3 |
Schedule – Year 4 (25 Credit Hours) Professional Year (PY) Residency |
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| PY Residency Semester 1 (13 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| UEDU 4931 – Residency Internship & Learning Comm Sem I | 2 |
| UEDU 4932 - Residency Internship & Learning Comm Sem II | 2 |
| MTED 4622: Expanding Conceptions of Algebra OR one of this sequence | 3 |
| MTED 4300: Cur & Methods for Tchg Math (Hybrid) | 3 |
| LCRT 4100: Secondary Literacy Instruction Assessment | 3 |
| PY Residency Semester 2 (12 Credit Hours) | Credits |
| MTED 4301: Assmt & Eq in Math Instr (Online) | 3 |
| UEDU - 4050 Capstone: Elem/ECE Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment | 3 |
| STME 4051: Capstone (Zoom in) | 3 |
| UEDU 4933: Res Intshp & Lrng Com Sem III | 6 |
| ALL PY Courses & Residency Internships Must Be Taken Exactly as Shown Above | |
| BA degree & ECE Teaching License earned with 126 credits | |
| ⁶ Courses must be taken together ⁷ Courses must be taken together • Apply to Professional Year Residency in Year 3 Semester 2, 3.0 GPA required • Pass Praxis (MS Math #5169) before start of Year 4 Semester 2 • All courses during PY Residency and (*) courses must be passed with B- or better • Student can also take and pass secondary math Praxis (#5161) to add the secondary math 7-12 endorsement to their MS Math License |
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