Improving the Undergraduate Analytical and Organic Chemistry Curricula by Incorporation of FTIR Spectroscopy

化学系致力于为本科生提供相关的、最先进的实验指导。本系目前正在改革实验课程，引入新的实验，并将现代仪器的“现实世界”应用扩展到高年级和低年级的本科课程。该项目包括获得一台傅里叶变换红外光谱仪，并将其定量应用整合到分析和有机化学课程以及本科生研究项目中。这种整合包括一般的定量分析实验室，通常在第一年的第二学期进行。人们认为，由于购置了FTIR光谱仪，这些变化正在提高实验课程的教学质量和范围，并正在吸引更多的学生，特别是妇女和代表性不足的少数群体参加科学研究。项目实施为所有实验室学生提供现代仪器的实践经验，并为化学专业学生提供技能，使他们能够成功地从事科学事业。

The Department of Chemistry is committed to providing undergraduate students with relevant, state-of-the-art laboratory instruction. The department is currently in the process of reforming the laboratory curricula through the introduction of new experiments and by extending `real world` applications of modern instrumentation into both upper- and lower-level undergraduate courses. The project involves the acquisition of a Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer and the integration of its quantitative applications into the Analytical and Organic Chemistry curricula, as well as undergraduate research projects. This integration includes the general quantitative analysis laboratory typically taken during the second semester of the first year. It is believed that the changes, facilitated by acquisition of the FTIR spectrometer, are increasing both the quality and scope of instruction in the laboratory courses and are attracting more students to the study of science, particularly women and under-represented minority groups. Program implementation gives all of the laboratory students hands-on experience with modern instrumentation and provides chemistry majors with skills that will enable them to pursue careers in science successfully.