Mathematics with Teaching

About this programme

Graduate outcomes: Strathclyde ranked joint 1st in Scotland HESA Graduate Outcomes results 2026 This joint Honours degree covers the curriculum of the BSc Honours Mathematics degree, plus the education theory and classroom experience required for recognition by the General Teaching Council for Scotland. In four years, you’ll gain a joint Honours degree along with a professional teaching qualification and will be qualified to enter the probationary year as a teacher of mathematics in Scottish secondary schools. Students on the BSc (Honours) in Mathematics course for the first two years can transfer to the Mathematics with Teaching course guaranteed (subject to progress requirements) for the start of 3rd year. You’ll follow the same curriculum as the BSc (Honours) in Mathematics ; you study core mathematical methods and modules in calculus, geometry, applied analysis, mechanics, analysis, and probability and statistics. Will be devoted to studying a mixture of level 3 and level 4 Mathematics and Statistics modules. Alongside these modules, a major part of Year 4 in the Strathclyde Institute of Education are school placements in Scottish secondary schools. There are 18 weeks of placement in total with one placement in each semester of the programme. Placement one operates on a model of solo teaching, team teaching and observation of your colleagues within the science department in which you are based. This progression is designed to support you in developing your confidence at this early stage of your teaching journey. The second placement is longer with greater expectat