Scientific Research Certificate

Program Overview

Major ID: 396C

Program Start Dates: Fall, Spring, Summer

This program is an excellent resume-building program, and gives students skills they can use for immediate employment in scientific industries or as a requirement for professional schools. Students in this program take core courses in research and obtain a solid background in science. Students do a semester long undergraduate research project with a faculty and/or industry mentor to gain unique hands-on experience.

Career Opportunities

Science and Engineering Technicians and technologists work in many aspects of the laboratory industry. They work in a variety of sub-fields, such as biotechnology, microbiology, nanotechnology. pharmaceutical research, chemical technology, science manufacturing, and materials engineering.

Technicians and technologists operate equipment and instrumentation, prepare samples for processing, monitor commercial production, test for product quality, and collect and analyze samples. They conduct a variety of laboratory procedures, from routine laboratory procedures to complex research projects.

Program Outcomes

1. Use appropriate scientific tools to design and conduct experiments and analyze results.
2. Communicate the results of experiments using appropriate scientific principles.
3. Solve science technology problems within real industrial constraints.
4. Act professionally and with ethical responsibility.

Program Faculty

Simran Chahal
harsimranjit.chahal@saintpaul.edu

Travis Mills
travis.mills@saintpaul.edu

Pam Schumacher
pam.schumacher@saintpaul.edu

Penny Starkey
penny.starkey@saintpaul.edu

Kristyn VanderWaal Mills
Kristyn.VanderWaalMills@saintpaul.edu