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Secondary Mathematics Education Students
Acceptance Information
A total of 15 students may be accepted each academic year.
Selection Criteria
The combined limit of mathematics students allowed entry into the
Professional Education Program is 15 majors per year (minors are not included in
this count).
The Mathematics Education faculty will consider the final selection based upon the
following criteria:
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the Professional
Education Program as set by the School of Education.
- Applicants must complete the following courses in the major: either Math 220 or Math
222.
- Applicants must score "satisfactory" on the essay component
described below.
- Applicants must have a major GPA
 2.75.
- Applicants will be ranked according to their GPA sum: the sum of the
overall GPA (including transfer credits) and the major GPA (including transfer credits)
divided by two.
- Fall applications: Up to 10 applicants will be selected according to their GPA sum.
During the fall application, only those applicants with a GPA sum 3.00 will be considered.
- Spring applications: Applicants will be selected according to their GPA sum.
- In the event that step 5b does not fill all 15 positions available
for the year, applicants with a major GPA < 2.75 may be considered.
- Applicants denied admission may appeal through the School of Education.
- Applicants denied admission to the Professional Education Program will be allowed to
make one more application (a total of two applications).
Deadline
School of Education deadline: September 22 and February 22 of each year.
Essay Component
Bring your essay directly to the Mathematics and Computing Department
(Science Building, B246). The essay is due on or before the deadline for applying for
admission to the Professional Education Program.
Respond to the following question: Why do you want to be a mathematics teacher?
The paper must be typed (word-processed preferred), double spaced,
standard margins, standard type size, and NO MORE than two pages long. Do not do any
research or reading for this essay. Express your ideas in complete sentences with
appropriate transitional phrases and punctuation. In this technological world, the use of
an electronic spell checker is prudent. Be sure to proof what you write and, as with any
writing, it is a good practice to let someone else critique your work before you turn it
in.
Approved by the CUTEM committee, Mathematics and CIS
Department
Approved by the Teacher Education Committee (April 20, 1999)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This Document Revised on September 17, 1999
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