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Departmental Honours Academic Plans: Requirements

Pure Mathematics

Honours Pure Mathematics/Teaching Option (Co-op Only)

Students must be accepted into the Teaching Option to be eligible for this plan.

In conjunction with the common degree requirements in Table I in "Degree Requirements,"  this plan requires at least 24 math courses. These overall requirements must include the Faculty core courses outlined in Table II in "Degree Requirements"  and the following courses:

All of

MATH 237 (or MATH 247) Calculus 3
MATH 239 (or MATH 249) Introduction to Combinatorics
CS 234 Data Types and Structures
PMATH 345 Polynomials, Rings and Finite Fields
PMATH 346 Group Theory
PMATH 351 Real Analysis
PMATH 360 Geometry

One of

PMATH 352 Complex Analysis
PMATH 354 Measure Theory and Fourier Analysis

One additional PMATH course.

Three additional 300- or 400-level math courses.

All of

MTHEL 206A Introduction to Mathematics Education
SOC 207 Sociology of Education

Notes

  1. The Bachelor of Education requirements are completed during an eight-month education study unit in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University in Kingston. This unit occurs in the fall and winter terms following completion of 3B.
  2. The selection of courses required for the BMath Teaching Option must include a second teaching subject in one of the following disciplines: biology, chemistry, computer science, or physics. Four units are required to qualify for a second teaching subject.

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