Cynthia Francisco

Teaching Associate Professor

Mathematics

TEACHING

  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include measurement, area, volume, transformations, scaling and similarity, angles, circles, quadrilaterals, and triangles. MATH 3403 and MATH 3603 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
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    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include measurement, area, volume, transformations, scaling and similarity, angles, circles, quadrilaterals, and triangles. MATH 3403 and MATH 3603 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Foundations of number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include the decimal number system, fractions, negative numbers, properties of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. MATH 3603 and MATH 3403 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Math Puzzles and Games with Kids: Honors
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    A supplemental Honors experience in mathematics to partner concurrently with designated MATH course(s). This course adds a different intellectual dimension to the designated course(s).Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation and concurrent enrollment in a designated MATH course.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Exploring Math with Virtual K-12 Outreach: Honors
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    A supplemental Honors experience in mathematics to partner concurrently with designated MATH course(s). This course adds a different intellectual dimension to the designated course(s).Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation and concurrent enrollment in a designated MATH course.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
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    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Mathematical Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    Foundations of mathematics and number concepts for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Problem solving, logic, set theory, functions and relations, number systems, number theory, rational numbers, decimals and fractions, exponentation, probability, and applications. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. Together with MATH 3403, it prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3723.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    16 Aug 2021 - 3 Dec 2021
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    16 Aug 2021 - 3 Dec 2021
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    19 Jan 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers
    19 Jan 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
    Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary educators. Linear and angular measure, polygons and polyhedra, similarity and congruence, geometric constructions, motion and transformations. Class format may emphasize student investigation and discovery, discussion and presentation, and working with mathematical tools. This course, together with MATH 3603, prepares students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 and/or HDFS 3223. Previously offered as MATH 3733.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
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    College Algebra (A)
    17 Aug 2020 - 4 Dec 2020
    Quadratic equations, functions and graphs, inequalities, systems of equations, exponential and logarithmic functions, theory of equations, sequences, permutations and combinations. Combined credit toward a degree for MATH 1513, MATH 1613 and MATH 1715 limited to six hours.Prerequisite(s): An acceptable placement score (see placement.okstate.edu). Two years of high school algebra recommended.