  {"id":556,"date":"2019-01-07T13:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/?page_id=556"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:21:49","slug":"prospective-undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/prospective-undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Undergraduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Putting the Pieces Together<\/h2>\n<p>Students are engaged in scientific and mathematical discovery-based courses and research opportunities in the classroom, the laboratory and the field. Skilled faculty will guide you in your interests, whether it&#8217;s <span class=\"list\">genome sequencing or medicine, space exploration or environmental management, geography or geology, aquatic sciences or terrestrial sciences, calculus or computation, data science or computer science<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re inquisitive and constantly seeking answers, you&#8217;ll feel right at home! Our students are highly ambitious, motivated and curious. This explains the popularity of our <a href=\"\/combined-programs\/\">Five Year Programs<\/a>, eliminating the divide between undergraduate and graduate studies by overlapping credits enabling completion of a BS and MS degree in five years!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re not on your own either, we have dedicated <a href=\"\/csam\/student-success-center\/academic-advising\/\">advisors<\/a> and <a href=\"\/csam\/student-success-center\/career-services\/\">career services<\/a> specialists to help you throughout your time at the University.<\/p>\n<p>Take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/virtual-tour\/\">virtual tour<\/a> to explore our facilities and get a sense of where you would be learning if you decide to come to 麻豆传媒在线 and join us in the College of Science and Mathematics!<\/p>\n<h2>Your Next Steps<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-step-group\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-step\"><div class=\"prpl-step-number\"><span class=\"label-part\">Step<\/span> <span class=\"number-part\">1<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-step-content\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer open\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">Learn about CSAM&rsquo;s departments and programs<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><a href=\"\/biology\/\" class=\"photo-button red vertical full-width\"><span class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/csam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2019\/03\/aquatic-biology-lab.jpg\" 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