Instructional Improvement in the Chemistry Laboratory Program

该项目旨在升级该学院的本科生化学课程。其目的是在高级课程中扩大化学实验计划，并提供更多的设备来开展以学生为导向的研究项目。该项目是该大学在校园里强调科学的计划的一个组成部分。该项目的具体活动涉及两个具体领域，即(1)购买新设备以扩大现有实验室实验的范围和(2)扩大研究计划。该项目的主要成果是通过改善学生可获得的资源来改进化学基础本科课程。这一改进的结果是，大学毕业生准备得更充分，毕业后又能够更好地在专业层面上竞争。该机构为该项目提供的捐款略高于国家科学基金会的资金。

This project was designed to upgrade the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at the institution. The objectives were to expand the laboratory program in chemistry in the upper level courses and to provide more equipment with which to carry out student oriented research projects. The project forms an integral part of the University plan to emphasize the sciences on the campus. The specific activities of the project involved two specific areas, namely (1) the acquisition of new equipment to expand the range of laboratory experiments available and (2) the expansion of the research program. The main outcomes of the project are an improvement in the basic undergraduate curriculum in chemistry through an improvement in the resources that are available to the student. The improvement results in a better prepared graduate of the University who in turn is be better able to compete at the professional level after graduation. The institution contributed to the project in an amount slightly in excess of the NSF funds.