Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) in Curriculum Improvement of Undergraduates

由于大多数化学和环境科学专业的学生通过接受化学工业或研究生院的职位进入化学专业，该系正在通过包括工业，生化和环境样品分析的最新发展来改进其化学/生物化学课程。学生在新的实验课程中使用气相色谱/质谱，包括教授气相色谱/质谱的理论原理和应用。一种新的实验方案正在开发中，将化学课程与常见的饮料、蛋白质和污染物等熟悉的环境联系起来。该仪器还被用于学年和夏季的本科生研究项目。在正在进行的针对高中学生、教师和职前教师的大学研讨会中，正在举办有关GC/MS技术的研讨会。

Since a majority of chemistry and environmental science students enter the profession of chemistry by accepting positions in the chemical industry or in graduate school, the department is improving its chemistry/biochemistry courses by including recent developments in the analysis of industrial, biochemical and environmental samples. Students are using a GC/MS throughout the curriculum in new experiments that include teaching both theoretical principles and applications of GC/MS. A new scheme of experiments is being developed to connect the chemistry courses to familiar contexts such as common beverages, proteins, and pollutants. The instrument also is being used for undergraduate research projects during the academic school year and in the summer. Seminars on GC/MS techniques are being conducted in the ongoing university workshops for high school students, teachers, and pre-service teachers.