Undergraduates
The College of Natural and Mathematical
Sciences supports an impressive number of undergraduate students
who are enrolled in nine undergraduate programs at UMBC.
The emphasis on research experiences as significant instructional
opportunities enables many UMBC undergraduates to work
side-by-side with faculty, post docs, graduate students
and other personnel using state-of-the-art equipment
and testing various hypotheses. Emphasis on interdisciplinary
collaboration enhances the undergraduate educational
experience at UMBC and allows students to test the waters
for future career and post baccalaureate educational
interests.
LIFE SCIENCES
Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (B.S.)
Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology (B.S.)
Biological
Sciences (B.A. and B.S.)
NATURAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Chemistry (B.A.
and B.S.);
Chemistry Education - Biochemistry Track (B.A.) or Physical Chemistry Track (B.A.)
Mathematics (B.A.
and B..S.)
Statistics (B.S.)
Physics (B.S.),
Physics Education (B.A.)
For more information about UMBC Majors or Programs, please visit: http://www.umbc.edu/undergraduate/majors/
For information about UMBC Admissions or
to apply online, please visit: http://www.umbc.edu/undergraduate/apply_now/
There are student groups organized to
support CNMS undergraduates. These groups, which meet regularly, are
student directed and focused on the interests of student members. For
additional information, visit the websites:
Biology Council of Majors (BioCOM)
American Chemical Society Student Affiliates at UMBC (ACS)
Pi Mu Epsilon (PME)
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) and Sigma Pi Sigma
CNMS Departments host several excellent summer research training opportunities
that attract top undergraduates from UMBC and schools nationwide.
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Program in High Performance Computing - an eight week program in high performance computing supported by the National Science Foundation. Students work in teams on projects brought in by high caliber researchers from academia and industry, closely supported by experienced graduate students and faculty members in collaboration with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting (CIRC) at UMBC.
Program Directors: Dr. Nagaraj Neerchal and Dr. Matthias Gobbert
http://www.umbc.edu/hpcreu/
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) Summer Internship
Program, a ten week program for Earth Science and atmospheric physics research. Students are matched with research mentors from NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center and/or UMBC.
Program Coordinator: Valerie Casasanto
http://jcet.umbc.edu
Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology (CRESST) Summer Internship Programs
a ten week program of research experiences guided by mentors at NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md. CRESST Associate Program Director: Dr. Ian George
http://jca.umbc.edu/csst/cresst/diversity/index.shtml
The Summer Biomedical Training Program (SBTP) is funded by
UMBC, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB),
and The Leadership Alliance and UMBC.
Program Director: Dr. Michael Summers
Associate Director: Justine Johnson
http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/Undergrad/summer/
STEP-UP Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (BSURE) Program at
UMBC, supported by National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) Program
Director: Dr. Charles J. Bieberich
Program Coordinator: Jeffrey P. Jarosz
http://www.umbc.edu/bsure/
For information about other 2011 Summer Research Opportunities near and far, visit the links on the attached spreadsheet. Please be sure to investigate all information provided, especially program deadlines, as the information is tentative and may have changed.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
The 2009-2010 academic year was the third and final year of the CCCSTEP at UMBC. An external evaluation of the program's effectivenes is now in progress thanks to support from a STEM Planning Grant from the University System of Maryland.
Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (MARC U*STAR) at UMBC, a federally-funded preeminent undergraduate research training program for select undergraduate juniors and seniors who plan to pursue Ph.D. degrees and careers in the biomedical sciences or mathematics.
Director: Dr. Lasse Lindahl, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences.
Assistant Director: Ms. Taifa Hibbert
http://www.umbc.edu/MARC
Each year, undergraduates, graduate students, staff and faculty attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Many attendees are scholars with the MARC and Meyerhoff Programs at UMBC. For information about UMBC's participation in the 2010 ABRCMS event, visit: http://www.umbc.edu/ABRCMS.
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