Curricular Enhancement of the Sciences through the Vertical Integration and Interdisciplinary Applications of GCMS

化学（12）气相色谱-质谱仪器在整个课程中被垂直整合，以扩大学生和教师在各种课程和本科生研究项目中的学习经验。通过动手操作仪器，方法开发练习和新颖的探究式实验，学生深入了解核心化学原理，提高他们的批判性思维和解决问题的能力。新实验和根据文献改编和修改的实验正在被使用，随着学生从基础化学到更高水平的课程，它们的复杂性也在增加。一个顶点研究课程提供了一个跨学科的现实世界中接触到一个通用的分析仪器方法，并通过实验加强气相色谱-质谱背后的理论，增加学生对化学的理解深度，让他们看到相关研究领域之间的相互联系。跨学科的科学方法被认为是通过要求学生利用多学科的知识来解决问题来提高批判性思维能力。

Chemistry (12) GC-MS instrumentation is being vertically integrated throughout the curriculum to expand the learning experiences of students as well as faculty members in a wide variety of course offerings and in undergraduate research projects. Through hands-on operation of the instrument, method development exercises and novel inquiry-based experimentation, the depth at which students understand core chemical principles as well as their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills is advanced. Novel experiments and experiments adapted and modified from the literature are being used, and they increase in complexity as students proceed from basic chemistry to the more advanced level courses. A capstone research course is providing an interdisciplinary real-world exposure to a versatile analytical instrumental method and by reinforcing through experimentation the theory behind GC-MS is increasing the depth of students' understanding of chemistry and allowing them to see the interconnections amongst related fields of study. Interdisciplinary approaches to the sciences are thought to improve critical thinking skills by requiring students to draw on knowledge from multiple disciplines to solve a problem.