SEMS at Towson University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SEMS coursework.

• SEMS 120Introduction to Stem Teaching Ii: Inquiry-based Lesson Designopens 2 courses (0.6 directly)
• SEMS 250Perspectives in Science and Mathematicsopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• SEMS 260Diversity and Difference in the Stem Classroomopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MATH 426Internship in Secondary Education - Mathematicsopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SEMS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 15 SEMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more SEMS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SEMS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SEMS 340

  1. SEMS 110Introduction to Stem Teaching I: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching
  2. SEMS 120Introduction to Stem Teaching Ii: Inquiry-based Lesson Design
  3. SEMS 260Diversity and Difference in the Stem Classroom
  4. SEMS 340Classroom Interactions

• 3 courses deep, ending at SEMS 430

  1. SEMS 498Internship in Mathematics and Science Secondary Education
  2. MATH 426Internship in Secondary Education - Mathematics
  3. SEMS 430Seminar in Apprentice Teaching

• 2 courses deep, ending at SEMS 250

  1. MATH 115College Algebra
  2. SEMS 250Perspectives in Science and Mathematics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SEMS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SEMS yet.

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Department events

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