University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences
The College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin offers 10 Bachelor of Arts majors, 42 Bachelor of Science majors, and 20 graduate programs to more than 9,000 undergraduates and 1,600 graduate students. The college employs over 370 faculty [1]. Many of the programs are consistently ranked in the top fifteen nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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[edit] Departments
- Department of Astronomy
- School of Biological Sciences
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- School of Human Ecology
- Marine Science Institute
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Freshman Research Initiative
[edit] Homework System
The College of Natural Sciences has an online assignment submission system unique to this college, known as Quest Learning and Assessment. The Quest system allows professors to add on assignments, and allows the students to access the assignment and provide all answers online. Furthermore, the in-class response system can be linked onto this website, allowing students to keep track of their progress throughout the class in one place.
[edit] Honors Program
The College of Natural Sciences administers two Honors programs at the University of Texas. The Dean's Scholars [1] Honors Program accepts about 30 freshmen and 20 sophomores each Fall, maintaining a size of more than 200 total undergraduates. The Dean's Scholars Student Association is elected to represent the program in College affairs.
The College of Natural Sciences also operates the Turing Scholars [2] Honors Program. The Turing Scholars program accepts outstanding computer science majors each Fall, and is represented by the Turing Scholars Student Association. It is also possible for an undergraduate to double-major in Dean's Scholars and Turing Scholars.
[edit] Notable faculty
- Norman Hackerman [3], winner of the Vannevar Bush Award and the National Medal of Science.
- Luis Caffarelli [4], winner of the Rolf Schock Prize award.
- John Tate [5], winner of the 2003 Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the 2010 Abel Prize
- Karen Uhlenbeck [6], winner of the National Medal of Science and the Steele Prize.
- Steven Weinberg [7], winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
- John Archibald Wheeler, winner of the 1997 Wolf Prize in Physics
- E. Allen Emerson, winner of the 2007 Turing Award
- Allen J. Bard, winner of the 2002 Priestley Medal and co-winner of the 2008 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
[edit] Student organizations
- Natural Science Council Natural Sciences Council was started in 1972 to serve as a liaison between the students in the College and the Natural Sciences faculty. Also serves as a liaison to the Senate of College Councils
- Science Undergraduate Research Group Student group that works to foster a cohesive undergraduate research community.
[edit] References
- ^ Be a Longhorn Academics, Opportunities and Resources in the College of Natural sciences. Accessed 14 September 2006.
