The Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Steve Hovan, Dean

Daniel A. Burkett, Dean’s Associate for Academic Affairs
Dan Widzowski, Dean’s Associate for Pre-professional Programs

We change lives through science and math. Our graduates change the world as educators, scientists, and leaders.

We change lives through:

opportunities to explore, create, and innovate,
team-based problem-solving in teaching and learning,
interdisciplinary scientific research, and
challenges that inspire individual achievement.

These four mission objectives encompass the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics’ (KCNSM) approach for education of its students now and in the future. New scientific and mathematical methods often arise through an integration of qualitative and quantitative concepts to identify patterns and processes. Thus, progress in the natural sciences and mathematics is maximized through interdisciplinary-collaborative teams built on separate and specific knowledge and approaches of their respective disciplines. Scientific endeavors increasingly depend on this integrative approach that includes interconnecting scientific theory, experimentation, and simulation. Solutions to the problems facing future generations will involve ever larger and more complex databases capturing information of ever finer resolution. The college’s graduates become responsible lifelong learners, applying lessons learned in the natural sciences and mathematics to their professional and personal lives, changing the world as educators, scientists, and leaders.

Internship Programs

Several departments in the KCNSM have established extensive internship programs under which students engage in an off-campus supervised work experience for credit. For more information about specific internship programs, students should consult with the chairperson of the department in which the student is majoring. Students eligible for internships may receive federal or state funding.