Redesigning Introductory Chemistry: A Student-Driven Model Curriculum

化学（12）这个项目是重新排序的主题和课程在化学课程的前两年，以更好地满足学生和他们的计划的需要。新课程的第一年引入了两门一学期的有机化学课程，以化学结构与功能/反应性之间的关系为中心主题取代了目前两学期普通化学课程的分散主题。更多的数学和理论概念被推迟到第二年的无机和分析化学课程，学生已经掌握了分子概念。该项目的预期成果包括提高学生在科学、技术、工程和数学领域的保留率和进步，沿着化学成绩的提高。传统课程和修订课程的学生都在跟踪表现，对化学和科学的态度，以及STEM专业的保留。

Chemistry (12)This project is reordering the topics and courses in the first two years of the chemistry curriculum to better meet the needs of students and their programs. The first year of the new curriculum introduces two one-semester courses in organic chemistry, replacing the scattered topics of the current two-semester general chemistry course with a central theme of the relationship between chemical structure and function/reactivity. More mathematical and theoretical concepts are delayed to inorganic and analytical chemistry courses in the second year, after students have mastered molecular concepts. The expected outcomes of this project include improved retention and progression of students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) fields, along with improved performance in chemistry. Students in both traditional and revised curricula are being tracked for performance, attitudes towards chemistry and science, and retention in STEM majors.