
Overview
- Provides a strong credential in elementary mathematics education
- Supports a career goal of elementary mathematics specialist (EMS)
- Graduates have found jobs with ease
Topics Covered
- Number Systems
- Patterns, Functions, Algebra
- Geometry and Data Analysis
- Discrete Structures with Proof
- Calculus I & II
- Upper-level mathematics elective
Outcomes
- Mathematics for Elementary School (PreK-8)
- Active-learning pedagogy in mathematics
- Foundations of Secondary Mathematics
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Designed to educate elementary mathematics specialists
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Active and collaborative learning
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15-25:1 student faculty ratio
Requirements
Learning Outcomes
- Students have the ability to explore and understand advanced mathematical knowledge.
- Students effectively communicate mathematical ideas.
- Students use the language of mathematical proof correctly and appropriately.
- Students understand the interconnectedness of mathematics.
- Students understand applications and real-world uses of mathematics.

Still have questions?
Program Coordinator for Elementary Mathematics Education amee@westfield.ma.edu
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Dr. Jesse Johnson
Chair of Mathematics
Wilson 328D