DR. ERIK TERDAL
Department Chair(Interim)
E-mail: terdal@nsuok.edu

TINA FANNING
Department Secretary
E-mail: fannintl@nsuok.edu
Phone: (918) 444-3850

Welcome to NSU's Department of Natural Sciences

The Department of Natural Sciences awards undergraduate degrees in biology with three areas of emphasis (organismic, cellular, or fish and wildlife), chemistry, environmental science with three areas of emphasis (biology, chemistry, or geology), and science education with two areas of emphasis (biology or chemistry). The department also offers a Masters of Education in Science Education. We have a pre-professional health program to prepare students seeking degrees in health-related fields.

There are approximately forty department faculty members including full-time and adjuncts. These faculty members are well-qualified and most have doctorates in their respective fields. We provide courses on the Tahlequah, Broken Arrow and Muskogee campuses. Department faculty members are truly dedicated in providing the very best educational experience that can be found anywhere for our students.

A new 62,000 square foot Science Laboratory facility, just east and connected to the old Science Building opened for lab classes beginning in fall 2006. This new building, on the Tahlequah campus, includes 26 teaching and research labs and can accommodate 400 students per lab session. The renovation of the old 57,000 square foot Science Building was completed in Fall 2007 and includes primarily classrooms and offices. Also in January 2007 a new 53,000 square foot Science Building on our Broken Arrow campus opened which includes science faculty offices, 19 research labs and 13 teaching labs.

Research has become a major part of the departmental program in recent years. Most biology majors and all chemistry majors are involved in research with faculty mentors. Department faculty, along with their students, publish numerous journal articles each year and make many presentations at professional scientific meetings. Currently there are 14 department faculty members that have research grants totaling to more than one million dollars from various funding agencies including both NIH and NSF. There are many opportunities for students who may be interested in doing scientific research.

For further information, please contact the department office.

"NSU's College of Science & Health Professions offers undergraduate programs that help students develop both academically and professionally with hands-on experience that promotes an appreciation of the fundamental laws of the universe."