Advisers spend a great deal of time with their advisees, try to help them in developing both learning and career objectives, and guide them toward achieving their objectives. One general advising meeting with the students is held each semester. Most of the faculty are present during these sessions, and the students are made aware of the requirements of the major, the educational goals and when various courses are offered. The college continues to emphasize computer skills, especially spreadsheet skills, which are now being utilized in the analytical chemistry and physics courses in addition to the physical chemistry course. Computer interfacing is slowly becoming more significant in laboratory courses, and heavy emphasis is placed on training students in the skills of data recording in the sciences.
Microscale methods continue to be used in the organic chemistry course.