On
behalf of our faculty, staff, and students, welcome to CSU San
Bernardino College of Natural Sciences. We are excited about your
interest in our programs and our campus.
The College of Natural Sciences, composed of nine departments
and various subprograms, offers bachelors, master's degrees, and
curricula for preprofessional students in medicine, veterinary
medicine, nutrition, physical therapy, and dentistry. The science
curriculum is enhanced by research centers that provide field
experience as well as special seminars with guest speakers. Programs
within the College of Natural Sciences can prepare you for a science-related
job in the public or private sector, a career in teaching, a graduate
or professional education, or a variety of other science-related
careers. Science plays an increasingly important role in our society.
The College seeks to educate the next generation of scientists
as it does science-literate citizens who make informed decisions
in daily life. The College educates teachers who effectively teach
our children. Students in this College are provided a broad-based,
fundamental education in the natural sciences and allied health
fields and are challenged to think critically, analytically, and
creatively.
Our departments are well equipped with modern computers and scientific
instrumentation, so that students graduate from our programs with
state-of-the-art skills. Faculty and staff of the Departments
of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geological
Sciences, Health Sciences, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Nursing,
Physics, and Science Education are committed to providing outstanding
educational experiences for majors. Alumni of the College demonstrate
that its graduates are well prepared to enter graduate and professional
schools or to assume responsible positions in industry or government.
The curricula offered in the College of Natural Sciences combine
fundamental education in science with a broad human outlook, which
develops the student's mental horizon beyond the limits of his/her
immediate vocational objective. Each curriculum is designed to
prepare graduates for specific professional positions in industry,
government and teaching or for graduate and professional work
in their disciplines. The four-year sequence covers the basic
major courses and has sufficient free electives to allow students
to develop specializations within the major and closely related
fields.
General education courses are offered for all students. The need
to understand the concepts of modern science and their relationship
to life in our present world is important. The College of Natural
Sciences also offers basic supporting courses for students enrolled
in the professional and technological degree programs in other
colleges of the university.
Few places in this country can match the California Inland Empire
for the depth and caliber of scientific research. The College
endeavors to help its students interact with this distinctive
environment-to gather the educational benefits from it, and then
to make their own contributions to it through research, internships,
cooperative education and other training placements, and shared
facilities.
We offer a strong and diverse faculty, many of whom are experts
from industry or the research community, with a growing staff
of minority and women professors and mentors, an important component
of a university. Many of our students are first-generation Americans.
Many are the first in their families to go to college. More than
half of our students are members of minority groups, and one quarter
are from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.
CSUSB is nationally recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution.
Providing the means for people of exceptionally diverse backgrounds
to come into their own is a major part of our identity. The College
of Natural Sciences has been a leader in increasing the number
of underrepresented minority students in the science-based fields,
from elementary to graduate school.
