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Mathematics - STEM Education 5-year B.S./M.A.

Mathematics educators are molding the minds that will shape our future. Kean's STEM education program -- the only one of its kind in New Jersey -- provides our students with professional science and research skills, as well as teacher training, so they are uniquely prepared to launch careers as teachers of mathematics. The program offers a core curriculum in the first two years that integrates science and mathematics courses linked to problem solving with hands-on laboratory courses designed to reinforce classroom instruction.

Students earn a bachelor's degree in science and technology and a master's degree in instruction and curriculum in this accelerated five-year program, laying the groundwork for a future of preparing the next generation of innovators. Kean's STEM education graduates are pioneering new teaching techniques and advancing mathematics instruction through their work inside and outside of the classroom.

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Jonathan Alvarez Biology Education student

Jonathan Alvarez and other STEM education majors graduate with the skills needed to instruct and inspire.

What You Learn

  • Earn your Bachelor of Science in mathematics in the first four years and a Master of Arts in the fifth year

  • Develop marketable skills by applying your training to advanced coursework and hands-on applications

  • Master science and math content through research, lesson planning and instructional practice

  • Study in a vibrant state-of-the-art instructional and research environment

  • Gain research experience, as early as your freshman year, through our Research First Initiative

If you have admissions questions, contact Graduate Admissions at gradadmissions@kean.edu or (908) 737-4723.

Program Information

Mathematics - STEM Teacher Education 5-year B.S./M.A.

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Freshman honors students choose a research track, join a faculty-led research team and conduct real-world experimental research as part of their STEM education.
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Group Summer Scholars Research Program (GSSRP)

This six-week research experience pairs high school students with a faculty mentor to conduct scientific research
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The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship

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The New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics is home to the only 3D Virtual Reality Computer Assisted Visual Enhancement (C.A.V.E.) system in the greater NY-NJ metropolitan area. Students working on C.A.V.E. projects adapt game theory and programming to scientific problems.

Accreditation

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Kean's Teacher Education programs are nationally recognized by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).  

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