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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES
MAJOR CONCENTRATION DEGREE
OFFERED

BIOLOGY BS
BIOINFORMATICS BS

Chair: Alan Anderson

Professors: Bradford Braden, William Lawrence (Emeritus), Steve Sheffield,
George Ude

Associate Professors: Alan Anderson, Ray Moharerrzadeh, Anne Osano, Deborah Rayfield
Sahlemedhin Sertsu, Lucia Santacruz

Assistant Professors: Eric Bonsu, Tyesha Burks, Kari Debbink, Florence Etop, Mikhail
Goloubev, Jacqueline Smith

Lecturers:
Claude Ferrer, Zelyn Richberg,
Laboratory Coordinators: Marquan Lowe, Sreekala Varma

MISSION
The mission of the Department is to assist the University in meeting its mission and goals by providing a
quality education in science and technology; thereby, enabling students to achieve their educational goals.
Graduates of the Department will be provided opportunities that will assist them in adjusting to future
changes and in developing a sense of professionalism in their fields of study.

GOALS
1. To provide a quality education in in each of the degree areas, within the department, such that
the students will be prepared to meet the challenges of an increasingly technological society.
2. To provide students an environment that encourages and fosters the attitudes and disciplines
essential to professional growth.
3. To improve the academic performance of students through careful advising, monitoring, and
tutoring activities.
4. To create and foster environments for experimental and theoretical research among the faculty
and to involve students in research assignments and projects under faculty supervision and
through external research internships.
5. To prepare students for graduate or professional school or for career assignments in
government, industry, or education.

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