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Chemistry
Learning Objectives and Assessment Plan

Chemistry program goals:

1. To provide a broad foundation in chemistry that stresses scientific reasoning and analytical problem solving with a molecular perspective.

2. To provide students with the skills required to succeed in graduate school, the chemical industry or professional school.

3. To expose the students to a breadth of experimental techniques using modern instrumentation.

Chemistry learning objectives:

1. The student will understand the importance of the Periodic Table of the Elements, how it came to be, and its role in organizing chemical information.

2. The student will understand the interdisciplinary nature of chemistry and to integrate knowledge of mathematics, physics and other disciplines to a wide variety of chemical problems.

3. The student will learn the laboratory skills needed to design, safely conduct and interpret chemical research.

4. The student will acquire a foundation of chemistry of sufficient breadth and depth to enable them to understand and critically interpret the primary chemical literature.

5. The student will develop the ability to effectively communicate scientific information and research results in written and oral formats.

6. The student will learn professionalism, including the ability to work in teams and apply basic ethical principles.

Chemistry 400-level courses contribution to achievement of these learning objectives.

Course number	Course title	Learning objective
Course number	Course title	1	2	3	4	5	6
CHEM 400	Chemical Literature				x	x
CHEM 413W	Chemistry of the Elements	x	x	x	x	x
CHEM 430	Structural Analysis of Organic Compounds		x		x	x	x
CHEM 440	Instrumental Analysis		x
CHEM 441	Elemental Analysis and Instrument Design Lab			x		x	x
CHEM 443	Electrochemistry and Chromatography Lab		x	x	x	x	x
CHEM 445	Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Lab		x	x	x	x	x
CHEM 446	X-ray Crystallography				x
CHEM 450	Physical Chemistry – Thermochemistry		x			x
CHEM 452	Physical Chemistry – Quantum Chemistry		x			x
CHEM 457	Experimental Physical Chemistry		x	x		x	x
CHEM 472	General Biochemistry I		x			x
CHEM 474	Organic Synthesis				x	x	x
CHEM 494	Chemical Research			x		x