Curriculum for Chemistry in a Large Urban University

目前正在开发本科阶段的化学课程，通过一种新的联合工业化学学位（JICD），它将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，由学期论文和口头报告评分。专业学生还将获得广泛的研究经验，通过论文和口头答辩来获得新的本科学位。这些变化将允许密集的工业和研究学位在校外进行，并通过在初级和高级阶段开发基于模块的学习顺序，为经济困难的学生提供获得学位的途径。该课程还通过广泛使用计算机来介绍新技术，并通过使用我们现有的印第安人、妇女参与科学和高中外展项目的概念来改善少数群体的机会。在大一和大二阶段，为非科学专业、生命科学专业（包括护理和医学预科）和物理科学专业（包括工程预科）开设同步课程。计划与西北太平洋地区的化学和生化工业、大学内的其他部门、社区学院和其他四年制学院密切合作。方案评估将以与管理顾问小组合作制定的方法为基础。研究结果将通过同行评议的出版物、介绍高级模块的专著、软件出版物和在国家会议上的演讲来传播。

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.