Professional Licensure: Mathematics

Educators pursuing professional licensure as a Teacher of Mathematics (Middle or High School) have the opportunity to advance their content knowledge and career by applying to the Professional Licensure Program in Mathematics.

Candidates who successfully complete four of the courses approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and all other state requirements will be eligible for endorsement at the professional level by Northeastern University.

Program Objectives

• Develop the principles of beginning and intermediate algebra; review mathematical concepts and how to transfer personal mathematical accomplishment into effective teaching strategies
• Examine the study and teaching of beginning and intermediate geometry
• Research functions – their definition, application, methods of manipulating them, generalized notions (so called “multi-valued functions” and “relations”), and their algebra
• Evaluate the practices and principles of probability theory, descriptive statistics, and beginning inferential statistics
• Explore techniques and practices of calculus, assessing general principles, mechanisms, and issues that make the subject work
• Assess the concepts covered in the standard AB calculus curriculum; limits, continuity, differential calculus, beginning integral calculus, and the fundamental theorem of calculus