College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Mission Statement

The SBU College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) pursues excellence and offers quality instruction from a Christian perspective to broaden non-majors’ scientific awareness and to prepare majors for career success or further study in their chosen field.

Vision Statement

The SBU College of Natural and Applied Sciences pursues excellence by:

serving our diverse population of undergraduate majors and non-majors as well as graduate majors in broadening their scientific knowledge and integrating Christian faith with scientific disciplines;
preparing students for continued scholarship and positions of leadership from a Christian perspective in occupations that are impacted directly by our college;
providing leadership in the uses of technology to enhance teaching and research and in communicating technology’s role to our students, the university community, and society; and
promoting scholarship of the faculty by encouraging pursuit of advanced degrees, continuing professional development, research, and professional presentations and publications