Use of GC/MS for Improvement of Undergraduate Education at All Levels of the Chemistry Curriculum

该项目通过将GC/MS整合到课程中来提高各级本科生的化学教育。 GC/MS提供了用户友好的界面，教室和实验室中的网络连接允许远程访问。 在非科学专业的入门课程的学生正在通过熟悉的物质，如香料，咖啡和香水的分析，介绍了仪器;在这种情况下，相关的化学素养的概念介绍。 本课程是对小学教育感兴趣的学生的必修课程，如果成功，让这些学生获得主要仪器的方法将适用于与教师教育有关的各种教育计划。 在专业课程中，该仪器为环境化学中的空气，水和土壤样品中的有机物分析提供了更强的能力，并且是有机化学和仪器分析实验室课程的重要补充。 该仪器也提供了一个重要的工具，追求部门的目标，增加本科生的研究。 *

This project enhances undergraduate chemical education at all levels by integration of a GC/MS into the curriculum. The GC/MS provides user-friendly interfaces, and the presence of network connections in classrooms and laboratories allow for remote access. Students in an introductory course for nonscience majors are being introduced to the instrument through analysis of familiar substances such as spices, coffee and perfumes; within this context, concepts relevant to chemical literacy are introduced. This course is a required one for students interested in elementary education, and the approach of giving such students access to major instrumentation, if successful, will be adapted to a variety of educational programs concerned with teacher education. In the courses for majors, the instrument provides increased capabilities for analysis of organics in air, water and soil samples in environmental chemistry, and is an important addition to the laboratory program in organic chemistry and instrumental analysis. The instrument also is providing an important tool for pursuing the departmental goal of increasing undergraduate research. *