Natural Sciences

MNS is an exceptionally student-centered school.  We pride ourselves on our focus on the successful development of our undergraduate majors.  Our educational goals in MNS are to catalyze the development of knowledge, technical and critical thinking skills in our students to help our undergraduates function as effective citizens, scientists, and scholars in the 21st century. Faculty and students in MNS are engaged in cutting-edge research across a broad range of disciplines. Our disciplinary strengths are reflected in our undergraduate research opportunities. Faculty research in MNS includes applied computing, biostatistics, physics, chemistry, cellular/molecular biology, genetics, ecology, organismal biology and environmental science.  Notably, undergraduates in general, and Barrett students specifically, will find that MNS faculty are eager to challenge student collaborators to develop their own ideas and projects.