The City College of New YorkCCNY
Department of Mathematics
Division of Science

Secondary School Education Concentration (B.A. or B.S.)

This page describes the major requirements for the Mathematics undergraduate degree (B.A. or B.S.) with a secondary school education concentration. You may also check the bulletin entry.

In addition to completing the calculus sequence (20100, 20200/21200 and 20300/21300), students must complete the Major requirements listed below. Pedagogical requirements for NYS certification can be obtained from the School of Education.

Required Courses
NumberTitleCredits
30800Bridge to Advanced Mathematics3
32300Advanced Calculus I4
34200History of Math3
34500Theory of Numbers3
34600Elements of Linear Algebra3
36000Introduction to Modern Geometry3
36500Elements of Combinatorics4
37500Elements of Probability Theory4
Plus one of the following two:
34700Elements of Modern Algebra4
44900Introduction to Modern Algebra4
Plus one of the following:
32404Advanced Calculus II4
32800Methods of Numerical Analysis3
37600Mathematical Statistics4
38100Discrete Models of Financial Mathematics3
38200Continuous Models of Financial Mathematics3
39100Methods of Differential Equations3

Total credits for Specialization: 30-32

Additional requirements for the BS

For the BS, students need to complete four “Lab Sciences” intro courses from: BIO 10100, 10200; CHEM 10301, 10401; EAS 10600, 22700; PHYS 20300, 20400, 20700, 20800.

Additional requirements all degrees

All Mathematics majors must make a 10-minute oral presentation of a mathematical topic and receive a passing grade based on a faculty evaluation.

In addition to major requirements, students must complete the general requirements of the college. For more information, please consult the chapter entitled Degree Requirements at the end of the Bulletin.

Meet the Platonic Solids: Icosahedron

The icosahedron

The Platonic solids have been known since antiquity, and they play a prominent role in Plato's description of the physical world. The planar faces of each solid are identical polygons. Only equilateral triangles, squares and regular pentagons appear.

Although the platonic solids seem to be purely geometric objects, they embody a number of deep algebraic features. Their symmetries, for example, relate to the solution of polynomial equations of low degree.

If you would like to learn more about Platonic solids, you can start here.

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