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  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Environmental Studies Unit (ESU)
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  • Faculty Brief
    Reaching Out
    The Faculty is concerned that students obtain a rounded education, which should enable them to discourse on and understand various areas of life outside the confines of the Natural Sciences. Hence, they are encouraged to participate in many extracurricular activities, provided that these do not affect their academic performance.

    Activities include:

    • Astronomy Club
    • Botany Club
    • Debating Societies
    • Inter-Faith Varsity Group
    • Drama Clubs
    • Students’ Society (UGSS)
    • The University Choir
    • Student Seminars

    Members of staff of the Faculty also participate in many of these activities, and so the students have an opportunity to meet them outside of the formality of classes.

    Faculty Members
    As soon as you register with the Faculty of Natural Sciences, you are a student member of the Faculty. This status confers certain rights and corresponding duties. For example, you are given the right to the use of the Faculty facilities following the normal procedures, and correspondingly you have the duty to take care of these facilities and ensure that they are taken care of by others.

    Furthermore, the Faculty makes every effort to ensure:

    • that you get the best in teaching and other facilities so that you can perform at your optimum;
    • that before you leave you are assisted in job placement which will enable you to make your contribution to the wider society.
    • that after graduation, contact is maintained with you, so that new members can benefit from your experience.

    New Look
    The Faculty is determined that you acquire the necessary skills and exposure to adequately meet the challenges of the 21st century. To this end it is training new staff to cope with your perceived demands in the following areas:

    • Computer Science
    • Medical Physics
    • Biotechnology
    • Environmental Studies

    Already the Faculty has a limited number of microcomputers which are available for use especially in the areas of Spread-sheet, Word Processing and Language Learning (computing). However, the Faculty is expecting to increase its stock with new and exciting equipment which will help you to measure such common concerns as Planck’s constant, parameters of pollution and factors affecting forestry.

    If you enrol in this Faculty, we can assure you of an interesting and worthwhile career in the Natural Sciences.

    Departments
    The Faculty comprises the following:

    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computer Science
    • Physics, Mathematics & Statistics
    • Environmental Studies

    All the Departments offer four-year BSc Programmes. The Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics also offers a two-year Diploma Programme in Computer Science.

    The Departments of Biology and Chemistry offer MSc Programmes in Cytogenetics and Plant Physiology and Natural Products respectively.

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