program information

 UTeachTech students receive a Bachelor's degree in any Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) content area (including Computer Science)  along with a minor in Secondary Education (6-12) and certification to teach.  The minor consists of 21 hours of coursework; teaching certification requires a 3-quarter clinical residency, which can be taken along with other courses and comes with a stipend. 

UTCH 101: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching - Honors credit available. 
1 Credit Hour. The first course in the UTeachTech program. An exploration of the teaching profession and the theory and practice of inquiry-based science and math instruction, with four hours of field work in an elementary school setting.  
 
UTCH 201: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design - Honors credit available. 
1 Credit Hour. Prerequisite UTCH 101. A continuation of research-based lesson plan development and implementation, with five hours of fieldwork in a middle school setting.  
 
EDCI 301: Knowing and Learning - Honors credit available. 
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite UTCH 201. Survey of cognitive learning theories specifically related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content.  
 
EDCI 302 21st Century Strategies - Honors credit available. 
1 Credit Hour. Introduces instructional technology for teaching and learning in STEM content areas.

EDCI 407: Classroom Interactions - Honors credit available. 
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite EDCI 301. Examines multiple models of teaching, evaluating student understanding, equity and diversity issues in classroom teaching, and designing a sequence of secondary math/science lessons.  
 
EDCI 408: Project-Based Instruction - Honors credit available. 
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite EDCI 407.  Students design full units of connected lessons through an intellectually challenging project-based instructional unit.  
 
HIST 380: Perspectives on Science and Mathematics - No prerequisite, honors credit available, and meets GER history requirement.
3 Credit Hours. Examines how scientists and mathematicians have historically developed innovative solutions to outstanding problems, using pedagogy appropriate to future science and mathematics teachers.  Meets GER history requirement.
 
EDCI 403: Materials and Methods of Teaching Reading
3 Credit Hours. Examines instructional techniques designed to assist the secondary teacher in implementing reading strategies in content courses. (G)
 
EDCI 434: Diverse Learners
3 Credit Hours. Provides teaching candidates with the awareness, knowledge, skill, and disposition to identify, assess, teach, accommodate, and manage the instructional needs of diverse learners. (G)

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EDCI 416C: Student Teaching
9 Credit Hours.  Student receives appropriate supervised teaching experiences. 
Teaching certification requires a 3-quarter clinical residency, which can be taken along with other courses and comes with a stipend. 

 
Additional Requirements for Mathematics Majors with a UTeach Concentration Seeking Teaching Certification

MATH 301: Functions and Modeling
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite MATH 242  Using problem-based learning, technology and exploring in-depth relationships between various areas of mathematics to strengthen and expand knowledge of the topics in secondary mathematics.  

MATH 302: Introduction to Geometry and Mathematical Fundamentals
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite MATH 242  Multi-topic seminar focused on NCTM content knowledge standards in algebra, geometry and trigonometry including functions and notations, plane geometry topics.

MATH 303: Introduction to Vector & Tensor Analysis
3 Credit Hours. Prerequisite MATH 244  Multi-topic seminar focused on NCTM content knowledge standards in vector and matrix operations, linear algebra, statistics and probability, and Calculus.  Historical perspectives of those topics.

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UTeachTech is supported by a $1.45 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative and the UTeach Institute at the University of Texas, Austin