Improvement of Chemistry Curriculum and Laboratory Program for Minority Students

摘要本课题的选题为《少数民族学生化学课程与实验方案的改进》，旨在提升本校本科化学课程的教学水平。为了实现这一目标，正在购买新的仪器，并将其使用纳入课堂和实验室课程。开发化学课程是为了将现代实验室技术引入各个层次的教学，通过实践经验帮助学生学习课堂上提出的许多概念，并扩展本科研究项目。受该计划影响的具体实验室项目包括物理化学、分析化学、生物化学、有机化学和仪器分析课程。该项目的实施允许在高年级实验室项目中引入额外的现代实验程序，并为学生研究项目提供所需的仪器，包括参与特殊项目的有才华的高中生。项目实施影响到所有化学专业和以有机化学为必修专业的学生，如生物学、医学技术、医学预科生。该项目的主要成果是通过改善学生可获得的资源来加强本科化学基础课程。该项目每年影响大约150名学生，包括化学专业的学生。这种改善的结果是，校园的毕业生准备得更好，反过来，他们更有动力和准备继续研究生学习或在当地工业或政府工作。该项目也符合美国2000年的优先事项，特别是增加少数民族和妇女获得科学学位的人数的目标，因为59%的学生是女性，98%是少数民族。

This project, entitled Improvement of the Chemistry Curriculum and Laboratory Program for Minority Students, is designed to upgrade the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at this university. For this goal, new instrumentation is being purchased and its use integrated into the classroom and laboratory curricula. The chemistry program was developed to introduce modern laboratory techniques at all levels of instruction, to aid in the learning of many concepts presented in the classroom through hands-on experience, and to expand the undergraduate research program. The specific laboratory programs affected by the project include physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry, and courses in instrumental analysis. Implementation of this project permits the introduction of additional modern experimental procedures in the upper-division laboratory program and provides needed instrumentation for student research projects including talented high school students involved in special projects. Project implementation affects all chemistry majors and students who take organic chemistry as a requirement in their majors such as biology, medical technology, and premedical students. The main outcome of this project is the strengthening of the basic undergraduate curriculum in chemistry through an improvement in the resources that are available to the students. The project affects approximately 150 students each year including the chemistry majors. The improvement results in a better prepared graduate of the campus who, in turn, is better motivated and prepared to continue graduate studies or to work in the local industries or government. The project is also in line with the priorities of AMERICA 2000, especially with the objective of increasing the number of minorities and women who complete degrees in science, given that 59 percent of the students are female and 98 percent, minorities.