Curriculum for Chemistry in a Large Urban University

9455830瓦正在开发本科水平的化学课程，将通过一个新的联合工业化学学位(JICD)更好地为化学和生物化学专业的学生就业做准备，该学位包括两年的工作经验，通过学期论文和口头报告进行评分。专业学生还将通过一个新的本科学位获得广泛的研究经验，该学位按论文分级，并提供口头答辩。这些变化将允许密集的工业和研究学位在校外进行，并通过在初中和高中发展基于模块的学习序列，为经济困难的学生获得学位提供便利。该课程还通过广泛使用计算机引入了新技术，并通过使用我们现有的美洲原住民、科学中的女性和高中外展计划中的概念，改善了少数群体的机会。针对非理科专业、包括护理和医学预科在内的生命科学专业，以及包括工程预科在内的物理专业，正在开发大一和大二的并行路径。计划与化学和生化行业、大学内的其他部门以及太平洋西北部的社区学院和其他四年制学院密切合作。方案评估将基于与管理顾问小组合作开发的方法。结果将通过同行评议的出版物、介绍上级单元的专著、软件出版物和在国家会议上的介绍来传播。

9455830 Watts A curriculum for chemistry at the undergraduate level is being developed that will better prepare chemistry and biochemistry majors for employment through a novel Joint Industrial Chemistry Degree (JICD) which includes a two year work experience graded by term papers and oral presentations. Majors will also be afforded extensive research experience through a new undergraduate degree graded by thesis with an oral defense. These changes will allow the intensive industrial and research degrees to be conducted off- campus, and facilitate the pathway to a degree by economically disadvantaged students, by developing a module-based study sequence at the junior and senior level. The curriculum also introduces new technologies through extensive use of computers, and it improves opportunities for minority groups by using concepts adapted from our existing Native American, Women in Science and High School outreach programs. Concurrent pathways at the freshman and sophomore level for non-science majors, life science majors including nursing and pre-meds, and physical sciences majors including pre-engineering are being developed. Close collaboration with the chemical and biochemical industry, other departments within the University, and Community Colleges and other four year colleges in the Pacific Northwest is planned. Program assessment will be based on methods developed in collaboration with a management consultant group. Results will be disseminated by peer- reviewed publications, monographs presenting upper level modules, software publication and presentations at national meetings.