“By involving students in research, you give them the tools to address bigger challenges and bigger and bigger problems and you also make them better citizens and [overall] a better country.” Dr. C. David Naylor, author of Canada's Fundamental Science Review.
Learning
At SFU's Faculty of Science, learning takes place takes place in classrooms, labs and lecture halls at the Burnaby and Surrey campuses. Visit the photo gallery below to see some of our facilities and make yourself at home!
Learning also takes place off campus through these optional experiential learning programs.
Hands-on Teaching & Learning
BISC 102 place cameras along SFU trails to understand local wildlife behaviour. Read more...
NABYL MERBOUH'S PASSION AND HUMOUR MAKE GREAT CHEMISTRY (CLASSES) Read more...
Volcanic simulation exercise in EASC 421. Read more...
Human Genomics 462 class analyze their own DNA. Read more...
Talk about Science! Read more...
Our classrooms and labs
Anatomy lab in Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology (K9618)
Physiology lab in Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology (K8605)
Introductory Physics lab (P9412)
Social Learning classroom in Mathematics (WMC 2800)
Collaborative Computing lab in Mathematics (WMC 2800)
Most of the walls in [math west] are made of whiteboards
Advanced Learning classroom in Mathematics (WMC 2800)
Students in Biological Sciences 102 (B8214)
Biology lab (B8212)
First Year Chemistry Lab, Shrum Science Building 9200 (Photo courtesy of Michael Elkin)
Atrium outside 1st year Chemistry lab
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Large lecture hall in the Academic Quadrangle (B9000)
Surrey Campus Interior
Statistics class in Saywell Hall 10080
The Trottier Observatory provides a classroom for Astronomy students and, on special occasions, the general public
The Earth Sciences bus is dedicated to transporting students to geologic sites throughout BC and Washington state.