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Hello my name is Bromberg Annie, an associate Dean for the national and Applied Sciences and I am happy that you are interested in our programs and you'd like to learn more about what we have to offer in the area of math Sciences, engineering and pre health programs.

At level of college about the Sciences has 3 areas. Humanities social Sciences and natural and Applied Sciences and I'm presenting information about our programs in natural applied Sciences.

So uhm.

Basically, I'm hoping that I provide you with useful information about our program based on the curricular extracurricular Coker color.

Add program do you have some background about our programs as well as achievement and of our students and rankings and?

Uh the also connect what we have.

At level at The Dickies program that we have in connection with.

The needs for stem related skill set nationally.

Uh to give you broad perspective about education at Layola, studying any fields of stem at level.

And we have.

The level experience includes as I said Curricular Coca-Cola, an extracurricular.

And in terms of curriculum part of our education.

You may consider that one to be the course that every student regardless of their majors.

I will be taking courses in those areas, which are in Humanities, social Sciences and national plus sizes.

Then there are courses in the areas of major.

Which could be labs lectures projects based courses?

An egg and also the elective courses, which could be free electives or degree dependent electors in the area of Co curricular.

And examples are study abroad or student clubs and things of that sort and extracurricular could be community engagement.

We sports and uh.

It is of diversity and inclusion activities.

Uh what we consider Coca-Cola to be an I'm going to explain some of those in the context of modules or the Jesuit education.

So that which learning does not stop in the classrooms as part of the courses, but expand beyond that.

And.

Your personality so which is the care for the whole person is achieved through extracurricular activities. For example, like service community services. And that's how we prepare the students for learning lead and serve in a diverse and changing world.

The numbers about our programs if you look at the summary of that. One is we have 60 partners. We have interdiscipline minors, we have.

About 57 full time faculty Ann.

Number of

students in our programs in like health pre health. For example, is growing lasted about close to 6 of that right now, we actually passed that one year, but made 600.

And we have into this server measures. I will show you some of those programs basically in that we have in math science engineering.

And the degree programs have been very healthy, thriving and going over years as you can see from this graph here.

And right now, we're about 24% of the University.

One example of the growth in our programs.

Uh is for Supper Engineering.

And 7 years ago, it means 7 years ago and now we have gone from but 90s to install 180 students. Still, small class is still very personal, in terms of students working with faculty 1 on one.

And so he's not huge program but has shown very thriving thriving and growing program.

An overall we have 6 academic departments.

Engineering Physics Computer Science, Biology, chemistry, math and statistics. We also have areas of programs are areas of studies like forensic studies and data science as well as pre health programs.

Um intimately interdisciplinary programs some of the examples. I would like to mention are as I said data science at friends ex. Those are integers submarine, but also we have things like biology and psychology. This is very popular interdisciplinary. For those who want to pursue medical field for example, biology and physics for areas of biophysics bio technology.

Computer science with and sassy they have entered discipline with multiple other programs.

Uh we started also physics and engineering dual degree is a 5 year at the students will receive 2.

Degrees in the conclusion 5 years at one in physics and one in generic.

We are also part of the innovation and entrepreneurship.

Programming in our campus had innovation entrepreneurship minor has 4 different tracks and two of those tracks are based on National Applied Sciences degree programs. One is tech ventures in engineering and the other one is Tech Ventures Sciences.

Ann.

They ate the national plus sizes program at Lola. What are the main advantage of those, this is really more than just a technical?

Protecting about skills and knowledge about to head in the specific field narrow narrowly defined field.

But it's really much broader than that is our students are in demanding in terms of their business and industry be cause. They are very effective in terms of communication skills critical thinking in terms of care for an engagement with the community.

Desire for life long learning.

Which is necessary part of?

Driving in the 21st century job market.

Uh.

So what? What are the? How do I? How do we gain those knowledge basically?

So one thing you can think about that our core covers many different.

The areas of knowledge from philosophy and theology to Fine Arts and social Sciences writing and ethics in history and language and literature.

Add those gives our students, the breath of knowledge and the depth in a specific field for some of our students that depth of knowledge is in science and mathematics and engineering.

So so called our students are graduates are there T shape?

An graduates did they are both depth.

And breath of knowledge.

Ann.

Other advantage of education at Loyola as a science engineering mats measure.

Is that the quality of our education because we do not have TAS? We have a fact of the full time faculty are teaching our lectures and labs.

Recent opportunity for undergraduate students.

Engage engaging laboratory for our students.

The cord is strong core liberal arts curriculum that gives that breath of knowledge and a small classes typically between 12 and 24 students with Sidney.

Anne also one of the priorities of the University right now is the high impact practices.

We have faculty web.

Been training that area that knowledgeable and their programs that we have implemented at the University are covering what nationally known as high impact practices, including first year, seminars and experiences in our case. We call it machine, or program. Learning communities writing intensive classes. Collaborative assignments undergraduate research and I'll tell you more about that.

Global learning and studying.

Right, which are a school is how well known for that internship and capstone courses and projects.

So these are elements high impact practices that has proven that students learning are being shaved strongly by these practices.

Mainly because the students have the chance to have control over their learning.

And they're not just following but they have control over that learning process.

Papa changes far is this are specifically for hours.

As in math and science students is we have a so called C Pam program is NSF originally we launched this one.

And with the first cohort being class of 2020. They're going to graduate in a few months. And this is an NSF supported scholarship for students with interest in areas of math statistics, computer science physics and data science.

The other areas that I would like to mention that our students have access to because we do not have graduate programs in many of the areas of Science and engineering.

Which means the research which is we do here the reasons is done by undergraduate students working with our faculty and they have access to the research facilities that faculty are working they do the recession.

These are some of the examples here.

Anne this infrastructure, research interests infrastructure that we have created.

And also supports a program that we have undergraduate research program specifically for math science and engineering. Students at Loyola is so called the harbor summer research.

These are covert from last year.

And these are the students are present are working with faculty. Watonwan for 10 weeks. And they are being provided support into my mentor ship as well as financial support as well as support for housing.

This program.

Is a 10 week summer research officially usually students continue when beyond that in most cases working with the fact of the day.

Select their mentors for the summer research.

And students work with faculty and receive $5000 type and then also they receive 50% discount in their housing.

Wild are you on campus to do research.

Um they often present their research work, the work that they have done during the summer in local regional and national and even international conferences.

And uh.

Pam.

You have there are other opportunities beyond and the harbor summer research.

For example, they could do research during the semesters. They could even take some courses specifically research courses, so they quit during the spring and fall.

Now I continue the research with the fact of the orbit different faculties.

An and also there are many government agencies. Other universities, industrial partners that they have summer research program and sometimes our students. They may do the summarisation. However, some research one year in our campus and they may switch that onto summer research elsewhere, so they gain different type of experiences.

This has led to our student success.

And uh what I call Dustin Scholars Becausr. We have had for example, last year, we had two fullbrights.

Among car and Matt and Stacy can biochemistry measures. We had students who receive scholarship to go and do conduct recession Germany.

An we had Goldwater scholar among our students of physics major.

And we had the highest GPA University also being one of our students last year.

An our students have presented papers in conferences and they have received awards for their work that shows the quality of their work and what they have done on campus as an undergrad when they're presenting those in the national or.

Conferences.

This has led to our success of our students an?

Basically into another employment after graduating from Loyola and they have opportunities to work in leading organization in the universe and in the country and also those who want to continue their education graduate studies, they have ended up with.

Well, known well respected universities in the country and some of them are very competitive and our students have not only ended up there. They have successfully complete that again, they receive scholarship for many of them for those while working undergraduate studies.

Ann.

But the education of our students does not end.

With the coursework, many of the learning experiences for our students may be connected to things, which are not part of the curriculum.

But is extension of that example of that one is.

We have many student organizations within natural Sciences, which are.

I have listed some of them here Robotics Club, you avior.

Add round club cyber security app club makers club environmental Action Club.

An and so on, and so forth.

And there are also a number of Department based club specifically are there.

And our robotic stuff just last week were semi finalist and they finished 3rd. And if they would have been 2nd place, they would have gone for the international competition, so they are very close to at that level.

And our drone was we started last year and the very first competition, they participated. It was international competition, and they want two of the prices.

Um.

Also, we have learning opportunity for students outside classroom based on our maker spaces. We have created some maker spaces in the library and residence Hall and in our Academy spaces and the students have access to those and if they have ideas and projects in mind, they could go and.

Without the fear of not.

Making something perfect, they can experiment with ideas and learn from that experimentation to improve their skills. Another thing that we have in our campus that I initiated a few years ago.

Is how could we learn about something quickly or if you have knowledge about something which is not?

And so much that we want to create a course around that, but you want to have a learning opportunity for everyone in our campus. Not only students the whole community and we call that one pop up classes and they pop up classes that we have these are some of the examples of the Top of classes that we had just lost during the fall of 2019. So we have a large number of pop up classes and some of them You seem like shown twice.

Or the images is be cause. We repeat some of those multiple time. One of our most popular actually the most popular one.

No, which have shown just months here as bread, making and we repeated that one five times so anywhere from bread, making in one end and art welding and the other hand.

And we have variety of opportunities for learning informally not as part of the course.

Um.

We also care about the students leadership.

Development of the leadership in our students and one of the programs, which is there, which again I initiated this one at this hour 4th. Cohort this year and I was there 2 years ago with group of ours went to Google. An Deescalated Stanfords and I'll be there next week again the next month again with our 4th cohort.

And obviously this and this is called Universe Animation Fellows, and this is a program internationally. Not only US but internationally you can send up to 4 students per year and these students are becoming the change agent. They see a problem. They see something that you want to improve and they act on it, and they have developed they learn about design thinking and how to be a change agent in the University.

And we also have we celebrate our the success of our students basically and our programs. One other thing that we have is right now, this weekend as a matter of fact is the celebration of science week at Loyola and with that. We have just last night. We had for example, the data science.

Uh networking panel events get frenzic studies lecture. We have had a couple of pop up classes. Guest speaker in actually of course on teaching the technical innovation entrepreneurship. That's the only course I'm teaching easier ever gets bigger tomorrow there.

And our physics club have a arrangement trip to Space Telescope Institute. So those are variety of things ways that we learned our students learn beyond the classroom. Another thing is Grand Seminar is an annual event and I've invited like Nobel laureates multiple several Nobel laureates and speakers of that caliber who have given talks. And those talks, are available on YouTube. If you're interested if you search for Grand Central.

And Leila University of Maryland, you should be able to find the playlist for speakers.

We have faculty and students who care about things that the Axon at beyond the classroom for example, like no impact week.

Champion for cause they care about the environment, sustainability, and things that impacts human life basically.

Um.

The other aspects of advantage of studying being of science, math or engineering student at Loyola is that beyond the fact that is a liberal arts education and the depth and breadth of knowledge, but also the location here.

Provides a lot access to many internships there are so many.

National labs and companies in this area.

And uh employment for after graduation.

And those are that's why many of our alarms.

Who started not really at the origin? Are there not from in Maryland, they end up staying in Maryland because of the job opportunities which are here?

An and we are one of the most active science and technology sites in US with all the national labs and all the companies, which are working with federal government in different projects and we also have exchange program that allows students to take courses. If we do not have a specific course in our school.

Other schools around Baltimore if they're offering our students quickly and take those courses.

Ann.

And that's why the result of all of this effort is that?

At the University is highly lines and recognized for his achievements and for the quality of education that we provide for our students.

Ann.

If you look at.

So.

In terms of the national demand for skills in stem related skills in math science engineering.

An basically you can see that all of those areas.

Show strong growth between these are data between 2014 and 2024.

And this data is our every few years are being updated.

But this shows as very strong demand for the knowledge in this area, then some of the newer program that we have started.

Are basically driven by?

The demand for those skills.

And for example, I mentioned earlier.

That we started the data science.

And right now, the data science that we're offering at Leola.

It is the only.

Undergraduate data science program in the state of Maryland.

And that place is our students.

For great opportunities in the future.

And the demand for data science for example, the reason we started program is at the demand for that program.

Will increase?

Exponentially becausr the amount of data available, will increase exponentially.

And we need to understand it makes sense of those data.

And that data could be many different disciplines that different area from business to health care.

Anne to education or any field of knowledge, so that knowledge is really transferable.

2 from one sector of economy to another and right now for example, you have heard about the coronavirus.

And one of the solution to to tackle that then.

Slow down the spread of that one is to use data basically makes sense of that housing being spread and expanded so these are that's why for example, we started programming data science.

The other thing that we

basically the studying as a science engineering or math better. Static major at Layola is that the nature of our campuses such that we have the College of Arts and Sciences and we have School of Education and School of Business. There is very close collaboration among different part of the University in support of student learning.

An for example, the A Minor in another shot pressure to be started.

That last year is going very strongly and that was a collaboration between natural applied Sciences and the School of Business.

With as well as contribution by Humanities and social Sciences such a truly universitywide minor. Unlike any other minor in other schools and that's really what it shows that the essence of the having sense of community.

Anne at Loyola and supporting each other regardless of which Department or division were part of the time that extends not only there's nothing only involved faculty, but also extends to star students and the whole campus very soon. So here are being supported by the whole campus, regardless of what their major might be so if I want to summarize my talk. I will go back to what I showed in the beginning.

Julian what is layola experience? How do we define it at that level experience really has multiple parts is not just a Kirkland is not just the courses. We offer but also is Co curricular and extracurricular and some of the examples, you see that one and they are all mission driven.

And ultimately the purpose.

Of Education Watt everyone at level is doing is basically to support our students and serve humanity. Regardless of the major regardless of which part of University. We're part. We're along to or associated with if you need more information, I would like to share the name of our.

Department chairs.

Have 6 departments so their Department chairs.

Are indicated there that the names and their email addresses? We have also the program directors for data science for forensics and for pre health and also, if you forget about all of those, and you cannot remember any of those contact information. If you send an email to Sciences at loyola.edu.

Basically, that email will go to my assistant and myself, so will make sure to get back with you and answer your questions or directly to the right people to answer your questions.

With that in I would like to thank you for your attention. An basically there are questions. I would like to. I see, there are some questions to let me.

Read the question.

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OK so we said Hello I have a?

This is my Jordan I have a question about major an.

Declaring them if he applied to Lala.

Wanting to major in biochemistry, but would like to change to a pre. Med track is that change possible and if So what steps would we have to take well. The answer to that. One is very easy. You don't need you don't need even to change your major bio.

At.

Or pre house what we call it here is not a degree program. We have a program that prepares our sins by from any majors.

Who want to go to medical fields?

But his medical school, but his dental school, but it is nursing or any other.

Related majors areas they basically.

Get a degree in one of this that one of the degrees like biochemistry wanted measures like back in history.

But then our pre health program will help you to prepare for the gadget for the further studies medical school dental school or any other field of medical fields.

And there's a committee there.

That's why, and then you can they will help you with basically how to apply?

And how to add do volunteer work service work and and things that will help you prepare for exams like em cats or the 84 dental school or anything of that sort.

And so you really don't need to change your major but if if you want to let's say.

Let's say you wanna change your major from biochemistry to chemist to chemistry or to biology or to any other field in that case.

You usually don't declare official you don't declare your major, the first year so you are going to be here for one year.

And then you declare your major.

And at that one is very easy. You need to make sure you take the right courses, so because most of the courses. You're going to take the first year or the core courses and that's those are the same forces. For every student so normally you should not miss any credits in that process. But if you are. Obviously, like a senior year, then that will be too late to it may take more than 4 years. At that point because you have already taken most of the cores in one field and now you're trying to change the major.

Too late at that my pass.

Um.

OK Jack is asking I know you.

Taking questions at the end, but but it's on my mind. What are the required math programs for a computer science major they required matter they need obviously the they need some?

Calculus but there's no need for other courses like differential equation, so those type of course course is basically.

So uhm so it's not like while engineering or or physics. They may require differential equation. Those courses like that, for basically computer science is just a couple of courses in calculus.

OK, the next question is.

Again, by Jack what is the level of certification?

Level of Maryland has for computer science what the computer science is not.

A bit after that, um program. We have 2 degrees in computer science. One is best of science. Otherwise, batch of Art. The Bachelor of Science is a bad activated program so that the highest level for Computer Science National.

And the batch of Arts purposely has been created to be flexible and that one is not able to actually then. But it gives you the flexibility to combine the computer science Bachelor art with other degree programs.

A Alexa Alexandra says order any courses offered relating to.

Marine biology, we have some courses, which we do not have marine biology per se degree or focus at.

Lola, but there are faculty who offer courses there and they have expertise there, but it's not an area that we have, like specifically a as a focus on Mario Marine Biology.

Uh.

OK, I get a?

And you can look at the degree programs.

I could look at actually click on if I could directly to the degree programs at Liola basically if you look at computer science degree.

You can if you search for that or if you go to the website in case if you want more specific.

Details about any of these digging programs if you search for the degree program and that will give you the course details of the course that you need but.

Let me go back to go to the question by Nicole and said, referring to the harbors scholars program. How much does it cost to the students who don't live in the area living live on campus and what does the 5000 step and covers well it doesn't cost anything for the students. We just pay as soon as 5000 as a stipend.

I'm up there living if someone wants to live in the in the dormitories and residence Hall for the duration of the?

10 weeks is typically some somewhere around.

Around 1200 and I think that will be a 50% rate that will be about 1200 dollars dollars for that and what we're paying this winter is going to be tax exempt basically.

OK, Jordan is asking is it beneficial to take a minor in a static or mathematics, while having a national applies a national assessment measure well many of our students for example, physics majors engine measures.

An they take.

And minor in mass usually.

Because that's very large rather do that to them computer science. Sometimes they do that biology students. They don't need usually they don't need to minor in statistics or mathematics, so it really depends on your areas of study? What is your major?

And then you have to really select a minor based on how does it compare compliments your major area of studies?

And one more question here is from by Samantha.

What would you have to do to apply to the NSF a system that will please if you need more?

Special try this one, but if you if you have a specific question. You can contact us and I could put you in contact with the faculty who's leading that this is called C Pams. CP AMS program. And that is basically when you apply it. It has certain conditions? What is the great basically one is?

Financial status and it will be reviewed.

And you will be when you get the financial package. It will specify that as a system. What financial package have you received basically so that that will be you can?

Basically, 2.

If you need more questions if you need more information about that. You can send me an email at Sciences. That level a.edu and I'll be more than happy to take you to the right people, but that's how you do it during the application. You can indicate that you want to apply but you have to be one of the first one of those measures.

So uh with that in mind, uh uh. I hope I've answered your questions. I hope you found this presentation useful if you have any other questions make sure please follow up and.

Contact me my email is.

Uh be rugani at loyola.edu that's BROUGHAN I.edu And if there are no other questions. I would like to.

Say have a good evening and hope we see you in the future again.

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