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Professor Lynn Boyd, Dean
Professor Jennifer Bouldin, Associate Dean

Mission

The College of Sciences & Mathematics prepares students to assume their places as knowledgeable, ethical, and problem-solving leaders by providing foundational and advanced studies in mathematics and the physical and natural sciences. A partnership among students, staff, and the faculty anchors the mission of the College of Sciences & Mathematics to expand and disseminate knowledge. The research, scholarship, creative endeavors, and professional activities of this College are intrinsically valuable and fundamental to teaching and learning throughout the University, and relevant to the Mississippi River Delta and globally.

Accordingly, the College acknowledges its responsibility and is actively committed to:

• freedom of thought, inquiry and expression;
• supporting and rewarding the research, scholarship, creative endeavors, and professional activities of our faculty, staff, and students;
• supporting and rewarding effective teaching and bettering ourselves as teachers;
• recruiting, training, and retaining a highly-skilled and professional staff;
• providing the finest possible research and teaching facilities, beginning with the library, and including computer, classroom, and laboratory technology.

Programs of Study

The College of Sciences and Mathematics is comprised of three departments:

Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Bachelor of Science in Education: B.S.E.

In addition to training in the sciences and pre-professional studies, the college offers the B.S.E. degree for students interested in becoming secondary school teachers. All candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Education degree must have a minimum grade point average of 2.70 on all work attempted overall, on work in the major field, and, if a transfer student, on all work taken at this institution.

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