CU Teach Engineering Math (51 credits)

Earn an engineering degree and secondary math teacher (grades 7-12) licensure simultaneously.

  • Includes a semester-long student teaching experience in a middle or high school math classroom.  
  • Improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and engineering design in middle and high schools. 

The concentration includes 12 additional math credit hours and 39 education credit hours (some of which can also count for the Engineering & Applied Science Humanities & Social Science requirement).

CU Teach Engineering students must meet admission requirements for the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure program through CU Boulder’s School of Education

Admission to the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure program through CU Boulder’s School of Education is competitive; satisfying the minimum criteria does not guarantee acceptance.

Please refer to the School of Education's Secondary Math Licensure Page or Middle School Math Licensure Page to learn more about the application process and access application materials.

Required Education Courses (39 credit hours)

Course Names

Course Code

Credits

Notes

Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences

EDUC 2035 

3 credits

EDUC 2035 used to be EDUC 2020 & EDUC 2030.

School and Society

EDUC 3013

3 credits

EDUC 3013 counts toward the Engineering & Applied Science Humanities & Social Science requirement.

Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science 

EDUC 4050

3 credits

EDUC 4050 Counts toward the Engineering & Applied Science Humanities & Social Science requirement.

Classroom Interactions 

EDUC 4060

3 credits

EDUC 4060 is typically only offered in the fall semester.

EDUC 4060 is restricted to students admitted to School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program. 

Perspectives on Mathematics EDUC 4317 3 credits EDUC 4317 is typically only offered in the fall semester.

Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum

EDUC 4232

3 credits

EDUC 4232 is restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program. 

EDUC 4232 is typically only offered in the spring semester.

Teaching Design 

GEEN 4400

3 credits

GEEN 4400 is typically only offered in the spring semester.

GEEN 4400 should be taken in your junior or senior year.

Differentiating Instruction in Diverse Secondary Classrooms 

EDUC 4023

3 credits

EDUC 4023 is restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.

EDUC 4023 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 5375. 

EDUC 4060 is a pre-requisite for EDUC 4023.

EDUC 4023 counts toward the Engineering & Applied Science Humanities & Social Science requirement.

EDUC 4023 is best taken during your senior year.

Problem-Based Math Instruction

EDUC 5375

3 credits

EDUC 5375 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 4023.  

EDUC 5375 is best taken during your senior year. 

EDUC 4060 is a pre-requisite for EDUC 5375.

EDUC 5375 typically only offered in the spring semester.

EDUC 5375 restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.

Student Teaching and seminar

EDUC 4712

10 credits

EDUC 4712 and EDUC 4513 must be taken together in your final semester. 

EDUC 4742 and EDUC 4513 are restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.

Education and Practice EDUC 4513 2 credits

EDUC 4712 and EDUC 4513 must be taken together in your final semester.

EDUC 4513 restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.

Required Additional Math Courses (12 credit hours)

Set 1: Choose one course (3 credits)

Course Names

Course Code

Credits

Euclidean & Non-euclidean Geometry 

MATH 3210

3 credits

Teaching K-12 Mathematics: Geometry & Measurements 

EDUC 4835

3 credits

Set 2: Choose two courses (6 credits)

Course Names

Course Code

Credits

Notes

Matrix Methods

APPM 3310

3 credits

MATH 2135 is an approved substitute.

Discrete Math 

APPM 3170

3 credits

MATH 2001 is an approved substitute.

Complex Variables

APPM 4360

3 credits

Typically only offered in spring semester.
Set 3: Choose one course (3 credits)

Course Name

Course Code

Credits

Notes

Modeling in Applied Mathematics

APPM 4380

3 credits

Typically only offered in fall semester.

History of Mathematical Ideas

MATH 4820

3 credits

 

Teaching K-12 Mathematics: Number Sense

EDUC 4815

3 credits

EDUC 4815 typically only offered in spring semester.

Teaching K-12 Mathematics: Algebraic Thinking

EDUC 4821

3 credits

EDUC 4821 typically only offered in spring semester.

Teaching K-12 Mathematics: Geometry & Measurement

EDUC 4835

3 credits

 

Teaching K-12 Mathematics: Probability & Statistics

EDUC 4850

3 credits

EDUC 4850 typically only offered in fall semester.

Scholarships for CU Teach Concentration Students

$1,000 for EDUC 2035: Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences

  • Invites science, mathematics and engineering students to explore teaching as a career by providing first-hand experiences teaching science/math lessons in local elementary classrooms.
  • Introduces theory and practice necessary to design and deliver excellent instruction.
  • Master teachers provide ongoing support and feedback.
  • Meets weekly on CU campus (1.5 hours/week) and involves five visits to an elementary school.

Students must remain in the course for a full 10 weeks or else the scholarship allotment will need to be returned. Just Try It! scholarships are not for graduating seniors within 2 semesters of graduation.

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information and to apply for these scholarships.

Up to $25K in scholarship funds for your last 5 semesters: 

  • $4,000/semester for your 5th and 4th semester out from graduation
  • $6,000/semester for your 3rd, and 2nd semester out from graduation
  • $6,000 for your actual student teaching semester at DSST 

The CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship is offered to CU Teach Engineering students ONLY, by meeting the following requirements:

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information on the CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship.