Improvement of Chemistry Curriculum and Laboratory Program for Minority Students

该项目名为“改进少数民族学生化学课程和实验室方案”，旨在提高该大学本科生的化学课程。为此，正在购买新的仪器，并将其使用纳入教室和实验室课程。化学课程的开发是为了在各级教学中引入现代实验室技术，通过实践经验帮助学习课堂上提出的许多概念，并扩大本科研究计划。受项目影响的具体实验室课程包括物理化学、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上师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。项目的实施影响到所有化学专业和学生谁采取有机化学作为一个要求在他们的专业，如生物学，医学技术和医学预科学生。 该项目的主要成果是通过改善学生可用的资源，加强了化学基础本科课程。该项目每年影响大约150名学生，包括化学专业的学生。这种改进导致校园的毕业生做好了更好的准备，反过来，他们也更有动力和准备继续研究生学习或在当地行业或政府工作。该项目也符合“2000年美洲”的优先事项，特别是增加少数民族和妇女完成科学学位的人数，因为59%的学生是女性，98%的学生是少数民族。

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.