Program Mission
Our mission is to prepare graduates who will excel in industry, graduate programs, professional schools or high school teaching through rigorous chemistry classroom, laboratory and research experiences.
Program Objectives
Student Outcomes
Students who complete the chemistry and biochemistry degree programs:
Program Performance Criteria (Metrics)
Objective 1:
Subject specific ACS standard exams, Major Field Test, Lab Exams
Objective 2:
ACS standard exams, lab exams, lab notebooks and lab reports, and proposals
Objective 3:
Rubrics for lab notebooks, written reports, poster presentations, and oral presentations
Objective 4:
Literature search assignments, written reports, and oral presentations on recent chemistry literature
Objective 5:
Poster presentations on material with social implications and papers/research reports.
Map of Program Objectives to Student Outcomes
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Objective 1 | X | X | X | X | ||||
Objective 2 | X | X | X | X | ||||
Objective 3 | X | X | X | |||||
Objective 4 | X | X | X | |||||
Objective 5 | X | X | X |
Map of Courses to Student Outcomes
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CHEM 261-262 | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 353 | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 354 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CHEM 321 | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 341 | X | |||||||
CHEM 421 | X | X | X | X | ||||
CHEM 431 | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 432 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CHEM 441 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CHEM 451 (351) | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 453 | X | X | X | |||||
CHEM 461-462 | X | X | X | X | ||||
CHEM 218-418 | X | X | X | X | ||||
CHEM 499 | X | X | X | X | X |