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FIVE-YEAR BSc HONORS MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND BACHELOR IN EDUCATION

Effective April 30, 2008, admission to the Five-Year BSc Honors
Mathematical Sciences and Bachelor in Education program is discontinued. Students currently enroled in the program prior to May 1, 2008 will be permitted to continue with the understanding that they must complete the requirements prior to September 1, 2011, and, that effective October 2011, the program be withdrawn and all registrations discontinued
.
( S.08-138)

Concurrent Degree Program
This program is designed to prepare students to teach at the intermediate-senior level (grades 7-12) only. Entry into this program begins after completion of first year and may be limited. The program may be cancelled in a given year if enrolment targets are not met. Students who wish to transfer into this program after completion of second year of a different program must consult with the Chair of the Preservice Program in the Faculty of Education and a representative for the program from the Faculty of Science. See the website for this program to find the name of the current representative.

Students wishing to enrol in this program must choose sufficient courses in a second subject which would qualify as their "second teachable" subject. The minimum number of such courses is usually three; to find out exactly how many courses are necessary in that subject, please contact the Admissions Coordinator in the Pre-Service Office in the Faculty of Education or consult the website of the Faculty of Education.
Admission Requirements
A complete first year program, with an average of at least 70%, in which 3.0 courses must be designated as principal courses, including:

(Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B (or Calculus 1301A/B with a minimum mark of 85%)), Linear Algebra 1600A/B, and Statistical Sciences 1023A/B. At least a 0.5 course in a second teachable subject is required; a 1.0 course in a second teachable subject is strongly recommended.

(Note: Either Physics or Computer Science is recommended as an
appropriate second teachable subject). Computer Science 1025A/B or 1026A/B, plus Computer Science 1027A/B are strongly recommended.

One course from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities or Social Science is also required. (English 1020E or Sociology 1020 is recommended.)

Note: A minimum of three full course equivalents in a second teachable subject must be completed before the beginning of fourth year.

Second and Third Years
The following must be completed during the second and third years and
will be considered Principal Courses in the year in which they are
taken:
Calculus 2502A/B and 2503A/B (to be taken in second year).
Statistical Sciences 2657A (to be taken in second year).
One of Applied Mathematics 2811B or Mathematics 2120A/B or the former Mathematics 203b (recommended to be taken in second year).
Differential Equations 2402A.
Applied Mathematics 2813B.
One of Applied Mathematics 3811A/B (Complex Analysis) or Mathematics 3124A/B (Complex Analysis I).
1.0 course in the Second Teachable subject.
Statistical Sciences 2858B and one of Statistical Sciences 3657A or 3652A/B.
1.0 course in Mathematics Sciences chosen from Sets 1 and 2, listed below*.
Educ 5217: Teaching and Learning Theory in Intermediate/Senior Mathematics (full course to be taken in third year).
The following must be completed during the second and third years and
will be considered Subsidiary Courses in the year in which they are
taken:
1.0 course in the Second Teachable subject.
1.0 senior essay course (Education 2200E is strongly recommended).
0.5 course option.
1.0 course Educ 5502B: Practicum (concurrent) and Educ 5503B: Practicum (concurrent), each consisting of at least thirteen days (prerequisites for Educ 5504B in Fifth Year).

Fourth Year
Principal Courses

1.0 course in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1and 2, listed below*.
4.0 courses equivalents from the Faculty of Education, which include Teaching and Learning Theory of the Second Teachable subject, Foundations of Education, Educating Exceptional Children, and additional electives.

Note: Students intending to teach in Roman Catholic schools should
include the Religious Education elective.


Fifth Year First Term
Principal Courses
    1.5 courses in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1 and 2, listed below*.
Subsidiary Courses
    1.0 course in Mathematical Sciences chosen from Sets 1 and 2, listed below*.
Fifth Year Second Term
Principal Courses

Educ 5504B: Practicum (concurrent), which is a formal discussion of the activities and events of Educ 5502B, Educ 5503B, and Transition to Professional Practice, including analysis of teaching experiences and critical reflection on the work of teachers in schools. (0.5 credit).
Educ 5505B: Practicum (concurrent), which is a third practicum experience in which prospective mathematics teachers are placed in secondary school classrooms for a four month period and assume major teaching responsibilities. Students work under the guidance of an experienced mathematics teacher, and a teacher experienced in another subject area relevant to each student's program. (2.0 credits).
* All nine of the unspecified half courses in the Mathematical Sciences
required in the third, fourth, and fifth years of this program must be
chosen from Sets 1 and 2, listed below. At least two must be chosen from each of the Sets 1 and 2.
 
Note: Prerequisites for these courses are not necessarily met through
the prescribed program courses. Students must plan ahead in selecting
the appropriate prerequisites for the courses they wish to take from
these Sets.

Set 1 (Theoretical courses emphasizing proofs)

Applied Mathematics 3815A/B (Partial Differential Equations I)
Applied Mathematics 4615F/G (Introduction to Applied Computer Algebra)
Applied Mathematics 4815A/B (Partial Differential Equations II)
Applied Mathematics 4817A/B (Methods of Applied Mathematics)
Mathematics 2121A/B
Mathematics 2122A/B (Real Analysis I)
Mathematics 2123A/B (Real Analysis II)
Mathematics 2124A/B (Introduction to Mathematical Problems)
Mathematics 2155A (Discrete Structures I)
Mathematics 2251F/G (Conceptual Development of Mathematics)
Mathematics 3020A/B (Introduction to Abstract Algebra)
Mathematics 3120A/B (Group Theory)
Mathematics 3122A/B (Metric Space Topology)
Mathematics 3150A (Elementary Number Theory I)
Mathematics 3151A/B (Elementary Number Theory II)
Mathematics 3154A/B (Introduction to Algebraic Curves)
The former Mathematics 319a/b (Geometry I)
Statistical Sciences 3657A (Probability I)
Statistical Sciences 3858B (Theory of Statistics)
Statistical Sciences 4657A/B (Probability II)

Set 2 (Theoretical courses emphasizing proofs)

Actuarial Science 2553A (Mathematics of Finance)
Actuarial Science 2555A/B (Corporate Finance)
Applied Mathematics 3129A/B (Introduction to Continuum Mechanics)
Applied Mathematics 3151A/B (Advanced Classical Mechanics I)
Applied Mathematics 3613B (Mathematics of Financial Options)
Applied Mathematics 3615A/B (Mathematical Biology)
Applied Mathematics 3813A/B (Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations and Chaos)
Applied Mathematics 3817A/B (Optimization)
Applied Mathematics 3911F/G (Modeling and Simulation)
Applied Mathematics 4129A/B (Viscous Fluid Dynamics)
Applied Mathematics 4251A (Quantum Mechanics II)
Applied Mathematics 4351A (Electromagnetic Theory II)
Applied Mathematics 4611F/G (Introduction to Object Oriented Scientific Programming)
Applied Mathematics 4613A/B (Finite Element Methods)
Applied Mathematics 4617A/B (Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations)
Mathematics 2156B (Discrete Structures II)
Mathematics 3152A/B (Combinatorial Mathematics)
Mathematics 3153A/B (Discrete Optimization)
Statistical Sciences 3652A/B (Applied Probability)
Statistical Sciences 3816A/B (Quality Control)
Statistical Sciences 3846A/B (Design and Analysis of Experiments)
Statistical Sciences 3853F/G (Survey Sampling)
Statistical Sciences 3859A/B (Regression Analysis)
Statistical Sciences 3861A/B (Time Series Analysis)
Statistical Sciences 4520A/B (Financial Modelling)
Statistical Sciences 4737A/B (Topics in Operations Research)
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