Areas of Study
The division of Sciences and Mathematics offers degrees in Mathematics, Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Sciences and Biomedical Sciences.
Our curriculum, internship opportunities and research maintain local community ties while exploring global perspectives, leading to excellent career opportunities for graduating students.
Our Environmental Sciences and Sustainability program takes advantage of the Puget Sound being in our own front yard.
Our new Biomedical Sciences degree began Autumn 2016. We currently have over 100 confirmed newly admitted students planning to be biomedical sciences majors, making biomed the 5th largest major in terms of entering students, in our first year of the degree!
Free Workshops for Back to In Person Learning!
SAM is excited to welcome students back to in person learning this coming Fall!
There are some seats left for these upcoming workshops. Sign Up Now!
The Division of Science and Mathematics (SAM) is pleased to offer free workshops to students in preparation to go back to in person learning this upcoming fall quarter. Students can sign up for more than one workshop but please only sign up for those that you will be able to attend to give as many students as possible the opportunity to attend these.
Space is limited so sign up now! Click the link on the time and schedule that you want and you will be taken to a sign-up page.
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Jumpstart to In-Person Learning |
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Instructors: BethAnn Hoover (Academic Advisor) and Dr. Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio (Faculty) Location: TPS (Tacoma Paper Stationery Building) 201 or 301
Appropriate for all Students with an interest in majoring in Science and Mathematics majors. Topic and Skills Covered: In this workshop students will get tips on successful re entry to campus academic life, time management, study habits and navigating choosing majors with a focus on science and math majors. Students will get a chance to have a question and answer period with an academic advisor and faculty member (2 hours).
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Math |
Math Concepts Refresher Workshop
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Instructors: Dr. Zaher Kmail, Rita Than
Recommended for all students who will be taking Precalculus and Calculus I courses this coming academic year or who have taken them recently and would like a review of the concepts to further their understanding and increase their confidence.
Topics Covered: This is a week long half-day workshop designed to guide students on the review and refresher of integral math and statistics concepts that will support students going into Precalculus I or II or Calculus I in the coming academic year. Topics to be discussed will include but not limited to: graphing, exponents and logarithms, manipulation of simple equations, percents and basic trigonometric functions. (3 hours for 1 week)
This workshop will be held indoors and students are kindly requested to wear masks throughout the workshop irrespective of your vaccination status.
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Chemistry |
Pipetting Basics
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Offered: Instructors: Dr. Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio Location: SCI (Science Building 309) Appropriate for Students who completed the General Chemistry I (TCHEM 142) and/or Introduction to Biology (TBIOL 120) course without an in-person laboratory component. Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach you how to properly use an autopipetor and other different types of pipets used in scientific laboratories to measure volume of liquids. This is a foundational skill that science students will need in future lab classes. This lab will be done indoors and students are asked to wear a mask during the workshop. (2 hours)
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Vacuum Filtration
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Offered: Instructor: Dr. Joan Bleecker Location: SCI (Science Building ) 311 Appropriate for Students who completed the General Chemistry sequence of courses (TCHEM 142, 152 and 162) without an in-person laboratory component. Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach you how to separate solid precipitate or products from a chemical reaction using a vacuum filtration technique. This is ideal for students who have already participated in the pipetting workshop or who has experience volume measurements and with using pipets and in a Chemistry or Biology course they have taken previously. This lab will be done indoors and students are asked to wear a mask during the workshop. (2 hours) |
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Thin Layer and Column Chromatography |
Offered: Instructor: Dr. Meg Henderson Location: SCI (Science Building 309) Recommended for Students who completed Organic Chemistry I (TCHEM 251) without an in person laboratory component. Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach you how to perform column and thin layer chromatography (TLC), common techniques used in Organic Chemistry to separate compounds from a mixture. (3 hours)
This lab will be indoors and students are kindly asked to wear a mask during the duration of the workshop irrespective of your vaccination status. |
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Spectroscopy
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Offered: Instructor: Dr. Meg Henderson Location: SCI (Science Building 309) Recommended for Students who completed Organic Chemistry II (TCHEM 261) without an in person laboratory component. Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach students the basics of Infrared (IR) and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-NMR) spectroscopy and how it is used to identify unknown compounds. (3 hours)
This lab will be indoors and students are kindly asked to wear a mask during the duration of the workshop irrespective of your vaccination status.
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Acid-Base Extraction
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Offered: Instructor: Kelly Kim Location: SCI (Science Building 309) Appropriate for Students who completed Organic Chemistry I (TCHEM 251) without an in person laboratory component. Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach you how to separate compounds from a mixture based on their acidic and basic properties and calculate percent recoveries. (2 hours)
This lab will be indoors and students are kindly asked to wear a mask during the duration of the workshop irrespective of your vaccination status.
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Biology |
Intro to Microscopy
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Offered: Instructor: Morgan Heinz Location: SCI (Science Building) 217 Appropriate for Students who completed Intro to Biology I (TBIOL 120) or General Biology (TBIOL 110) Topic and Skills Covered: This workshop will teach you the basics of using a light and dissecting microscopes. along with proper mounting and focusing of slides. (2 hours)
This lab will be indoors and students are kindly asked to wear a mask during the duration of the workshop irrespective of your vaccination status.
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