The School of Science provides a high quality and challenging education for undergraduate students, offering studies in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields. Our programs emphasize the excitement of scientific discovery and the importance of science to society.
Science students enjoy small classes and close interaction with faculty members both in and out of the classroom. Our professors teach all lecture and lab courses; the School of Science has no graduate students. Most classes have only 24 students, and some elective classes are as small as 10 students.
The School of Science provides students with state-of-the-art facilities and instrumentation. Our laboratories and other spaces are designed to allow intensive interaction between students and faculty in an undergraduate-focused scholarly environment.
Students quickly become members of the School of Science community by participating in seminars, engaging in social activities with faculty, and by joining one or more student organization. A broad range of undergraduate research, study abroad, field-based, and internship experiences are also available.
Many opportunities exist for students to conduct undergraduate research. Students engage in their own projects on a broad spectrum of topics, and they present the results of their research investigations at conferences and author and co-author published papers with their faculty mentors.
Upon graduation, approximately 35% of Science graduates have entered health professional schools, 35% have entered graduate schools, and 30% have entered the work force directly. Approximately 84% of those students who have applied to medical school have been accepted.
Science faculty members are active teacher-scholars who work collaboratively with students on undergraduate research and independent study projects. Our faculty members have studied and trained at some of the best institutions within the U.S. and abroad.
Science alumni are accomplished and engaged in their chosen fields. Dr. Joseph Ecker was recently elected into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors an American scientist can achieve.
A new academic achievement award, starting in May 2013, has been created – The Mabel Hores Award in Forensic Chemistry. The first recipient of the award was Kyle Kroeze, a Chemistry major from Brick, NJ. Kyle plans to pursue a career in forensic chemistry, possibly following in the footsteps of TCNJ alumna Mabel (Ngai) Hores. [...]
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Glenn Oakley, a Junior Computer Science major, has been selected as a 2013 Engineering Fellow by KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) a Venture Fund in Silicon Valley, CA. The KPBC Fellows Program is a three-month, work-based program that pairs top U.S. Engineering and Design students with innovative startup companies in Silicon Valley. The KPCB Fellows Program offers [...]
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Dr. Matthew Wund of the Biology Department is featured in the Science magazine article “Opportunity Knocks: But Which Door Should You Open?”
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The College of New Jersey announced that it has been approved for more than $57 million in grants from the state to be used for capital projects supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) initiatives on campus. As the list of projects moves to the state legislature for review, the College is moving forward with [...]
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In a presentation titled “The Music of Insects,” Mr. and Mrs. Erwin will speak about how biology and music are intertwined in amazing and sometimes overlooked ways. They will lead a discussion about how and why insects were and continue to be the most diverse group of animal sound producers in nature.
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On April 9 and 10, 2013, 50 juniors and seniors from the School of Science students were inducted into two premiere national honor societies. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society and Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest all-discipline honor society in the United States.
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You have probably seen her around the Science Complex – headphones on her ears, running sneakers dangling from her backpack and a big smile on her face. Friends joke that Elizabeth “Biz” Egan lives in the Mathematics Department, and based on the amount of time she spends there, it’s not far from the truth.
“If we can bring any little piece of evidence to bear about why SIDS is occurring, then it gives us the ability to devise strategies to identify and monitor newborns that are at risk, to get them through this critical developmental period,” Erickson said.
As Alumni Association president, a position he will hold for the next two years, Cahill hopes to foster more of this shared celebration of the College through programming and events that bring alumni of all ages together.
Conducting Robots is research-based, multidisciplinary course taught by four faculty members from Computer Science, Interactive Multimedia, Mechanical Engineering, and Music. The course allows students from each discipline to construct artificial systems capable of conducting an orchestra and visualizing feedback. In essence, the students create a robotic “maestro” that mimics the arm movements and facial expressions of a human conductor at work. The course was originally created with the support of a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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