Mathematics / Concurrent Education

Program Overview

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Program Overview & Highlights

The Mathematics / Concurrent Education program at the University of Windsor is a unique and interdisciplinary program that prepares students to teach grades 7 to 12. This program is collaborative and hands-on, providing students with 80 days of real teaching experience inside local schools.

Key Highlights

• General 3-Year Program
• Combined Honours Programs Available
• BEd

Program Description

Get a bachelor of education degree by the numbers in this concurrent program where you’ll also earn a degree in mathematics. This program is designed to prepare students to teach grades 7 to 12, with a focus on hands-on teaching experience and career success.

Service Learning Electives

• 10 service learning electives to enhance your experience

Employment Rate

• 98.8% of our graduates are employed within 2 years

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements

• Advanced Functions/MHF4U
• Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
• English/ENG4U

Recommended Courses

• Physics/SPH4U

Minimum Average

• 80% (80% average in each attempted 4U/M Math course)

Mean Average

• 92%

Note

• Admission to first year only.

Career Tracks

• Secondary teacher
• Principal
• Special education teacher
• Learning strategist
• Academic administrator
• Department head
• Financial consultant
• Bank manager
• Risk management analyst

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

1. All students should attend Head Start.
2. Email to make an appointment with the undergraduate advisor if you have course selection questions.
3. Open Choice means any three-credit course.
4. EDUC 1199: This 1.0 credit course is required for this Concurrent Education major, but it will be added automatically to your course schedule later in the summer. Please select five courses now from your teachable subject area(s). The addition of EDUC-1199 will not create a course overload.

Required Course Notes

• MATH 1250 or MATH 1260
• MATH 1760 or MATH 1720
• COMP 1400*
• Two additional courses – Open Choice

*Course with lab

1. Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors should register in MATH 1720 and MATH 1250; those who do not have this credit should register in MATH 1760 and MATH 1260.

Required Courses

COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I

This course is the first of a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to algorithm design and programming in a high-level language such as C. The main objectives of the course are to develop the ability to identify, understand and design solutions to a wide variety of problems. Topics include: computer system overview, hardware and software, problem solving steps, concepts of variables, constants, data types, algorithmic structure, sequential logic, decisions, loops, modular programming, one-dimensional arrays, text files. If possible, problems like searching/sorting will be addressed. (3 lecture hours and 1.5 laboratory hours a week).

EDUC 1199: Community Service Education

The course provides students with directed experience in a community service organization such as a service club, a youth club or group, a national park or conservation area, or a science museum. The Faculty of Education Field Experience Office will arrange the Community Service Field Placements, where applicable. Workshops and seminars will prepare students for the Community Service Field Placements and introduce students to the Professional Year Applicant Portfolio as a means of documenting and reflecting on professional learning and practice in the teaching profession. (Open only to students in the Modern Languages, French, English Language and Literature, History, Drama, Visual Art, General Science and Mathematics I/S Concurrent Education programs). (This is an experiential learning course.)

MATH 1250: Linear Algebra I

This course will cover linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n-dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. (Prerequisites: Both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1280.) (Antirequisites: MATH-1260, MATH-1270.) (3 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1260: Vectors and Linear Algebra

This course is for students without Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). The course MATH- 1250 is for students with MCV4U. This course will cover vectors, three-dimensional geometry, linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n- dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. The course is equivalent to MATH-1250 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisites: MATH-1250, MATH-1270.) (4 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)