STEM Teaching Certificate
This certificate is designed to give K-12 teachers a basic understanding of a broad range of topics of STEM education. These courses are specially designed to help you integrate inquiry-based science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into the classroom while improving content and pedagogical knowledge in each of these areas. Students will successfully complete 12 credits, with at least one course from each of the STEM content areas AND one methods course in either STEM or Engineering. The methods course will also count as the content course in that STEM area.
Students cannot use more than four credits of 400-level courses on a Certificate Program of Study.
Students will successfully complete at least one course from each of the STEM content areas (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and one required Methods course for a minimum of 12 credits as follows:
| Methods | ||
| EGEN 511 | Engineering Methods for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) * | 3 |
| MSSE 501 | Inquiry Sci Eng Prac (Fall, Spring, Summer-Online) | 2 |
| MSSE 511 | STEM Methods for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) ** | 2 |
Science | ||
| Choose from any science content course from the MSSE Course Catalog, https://www.montana.edu/msse/course-catalog/index.html, as well as from the AGED courses listed below. | ||
| AGED 507 | Program Planning and Evaluation (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| AGED 511 | Philosophy of Teaching and Learning in Agricultural Education (Fall-Online) | 3 |
Technology | ||
| CSCI 581 | Computational Thinking Tchrs (Summer-Odd Years-Online) | 2 |
| CSCI 582 | Joy Beauty Data for Teachers (Summer-Even Years-Online) | 2 |
| CSCI 583 | Integrating Computer Science in Science Classrooms (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| MSSE 502 | Emerging Technology and the Science Classroom (Summer-Online) | 2 |
| MSSE 511 | STEM Methods for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) ** | 2 |
Engineering | ||
| EELE 508 | Solar Cell Basics for Teachers (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| EGEN 511 | Engineering Methods for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) * | 3 |
Mathematics | ||
| M 517 | Advanced Mathematical Modeling for Teaching (Summer-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| M 518 | Statistics for Teaching (Summer-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| M 520 | Access and Equity in Mathematics Teaching (Fall-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| M 521 | Mathematics Learning Theory for Teaching (TBD-Online) | 3 |
| M 525 | Analysis for Teaching (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| M 534 | Research in Mathematics Education (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| MSSE 508 | Statistics Bootcamp for MSSE Capstone Projects (Spring-Online) *** | 1 |
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EGEN 511 may count towards both Methods and Engineering
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MSSE 511 may count towards both Methods and Technology
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MSSE 508 is restricted to students also enrolled in MSSE 575