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Department of Natural Sciences

Where Curiosity Meets Innovation

In LTU’s Department of Natural Sciences, you’ll solve real-world challenges using cutting-edge technology in our multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art laboratories.

Our forward-thinking courses offer a strong foundation in cutting-edge scientific topics that address society’s most pressing challenges. With a diverse and flexible curriculum, you can customize your studies to align with your passions and career goals.

Through extensive hands-on learning, including numerous research and internship opportunities, you’ll gain the skills and experience needed to excel and achieve your dream career.

Three Main Programs

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Why Choose Natural Sciences at LTU?

At Lawrence Tech, we prioritize teaching and student success above all else. Unlike large research universities, our faculty’s primary mission is to educate, mentor, and guide students on their academic and professional journeys. In the Department of Natural Sciences, you’ll experience personalized support and unparalleled opportunities to thrive.

What Makes Our Program Unique?

Individual Attention: From day one, you’ll be a name – not a number – to all faculty in your discipline.

Dedicated Faculty: Your courses and labs will always be taught by expert teaching faculty, not graduate student teaching assistants.

Personalized Advising: You’ll receive academic and career guidance from an experienced faculty member in your discipline, ensuring your goals are always a priority.

State-of-the-Art Resources and Hands-On Learning: You’ll gain practical experience with the tools and technologies used in professional scientific careers in leading-edge teaching and research laboratories.

Real-World Experience and Capstone Projects: You’ll have the opportunity to complete a senior research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor in addition to additional options to participate in internships, course-based research experiences, and our Quest undergraduate student researcher program.

You belong in Natural Sciences at LTU!

In the Department of Natural Sciences, your success is our mission – personalized support, cutting-edge resources, and hands-on experiences will prepare you to conquer the challenges of today’s scientific and technological world

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College of Arts + Sciences Departments

Humanities, Social Sciences, + Communication

Find the future in the pages of the past, the message in the mysteries of the mind. Find the place where creative imagination and critical thinking meet: the intersection of meaning and magic.

Math + Computer Science

In a world of programming, proofs, and unending figures and unfeeling facts, is there room for a touch of magic? Data drives discovery, innovation redefines intelligence, and when curiosity meets logic, mathematics can be miraculous.

Natural Sciences

Disciplined inquiry begins with curiosity; the first simple sublime “how” and “why” that define our fundamental interactions with the wondrous world surrounding us, astounding us. When truth uncovers beauty, the method can feel like magic.

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Research & Labs

Experiential learning defines the dynamic culture of the College of Arts and Sciences. Our graduates thrive in a student-centered environment which offers them significant participation in the pathfinding research of our faculty.

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CoAS Initiatives

Discover the College of Arts and Sciences’ impactful programs designed to inspire learning and innovation. 

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.