College of the Sciences

Administration and Organization

Dean: M. Meghan Miller (Bouillon 203)
Co-Associate Dean, Vacant
Co-Associate Dean, Vacant

Web Site:
http://www.cwu.edu/~cots/

The College of the Sciences (COTS) is comprised of 12 departments and a number of affiliated programs representing disciplines in the behavioral, natural and social sciences as well as mathematics. The departments and programs of the college offer undergraduate baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees and coursework at the graduate level, minors which supplement other degree programs and a comprehen-sive range of service coursework for the entire University. As an essential part of its mission, the college is responsible for extensive course offerings within the general education curriculum. The departments play a major role in Central’s teacher education programs, offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees for students preparing to be secondary teachers and providing coursework in educational foundations and discipline-specific content and methods.

Departments within the college are committed to teaching excellence, to active engagement by faculty in research, scholarship and professional service activities, to student involvement in research and to community service, employing practical applications of the various academic specializations.

Departments

All departments offer baccalaureate degree programs and, in some cases, minors and master’s degrees. In addition to consulting department/program headings in this catalog, students are encouraged to contact individual department and program offices directly.

Anthropology and Museum Studies: Kathleen Barlow (Farrell 309)
Biological Sciences: David M. Darda (Science Bldg. 338)
Chemistry: Carin Thomas (Science Bldg. 302G)
Computer Science: James Schwing (Hebeler 219)
Geography & Land Studies: Karl Lillquist (Lind 119-C)
Geological Sciences: Lisa L. Ely (Lind 220)
Law & Justice: Mary Ellen Reimund (Psychology Bldg. 463)
Mathematics: Stuart Boersma (Bouillon 108)
Physics: Bruce Palmquist (Lind 201A)
Political Science: Todd Scheafer (Psychology Bldg. 414)
Psychology: Stephanie Stein (Psychology Bldg. 422)
Sociology: Kirk Johnson (Farrell 409)

Affiliated Programs

Programs offer specialized coursework, interdisciplinary baccalaureate or master’s degrees, minors, or public service functions related to instructional programs.

Allied Health Sciences (Biological Sciences): Sheldon Johnson (Science Bldg. 338H)
Central Washington Archaeological Survey (CWAS, Anthropology): (Farrell 309)
Energy Studies: James Huckabay (Lind 117A)
Environmental Studies: Christopher Kent (Lind 118-A)
Ethnic Studies (Sociology): Delores Cleary (Farrell 442)
Gerontology (Psychology): Jeffrey Penick (Psychology Bldg. 461)
Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (GIS): Robert Hickey (Lind 119-A)
Organization Development Center (Psychology): Anthony Stahelski (Psychology Bldg. 422)
Primate Behavior and Ecology: Lixing Sun (Science Bldg. 107)
Public Policy: Rex Wirth (Psychology Bldg. 481)
Resource Management: Geography/
Anthropology: Anthony Gabriel (Lind 117-B)/Steve Hackenberger (Farrell 325)
Science Education: Martha Kurtz (Science Bldg. 302F)
Science Honors: Andy Piacsek (Lind 300-D)
Women Studies: Bang-Soon Yoon
(Psychology Bldg. 473)