Students are expected to integrate large amounts of information into a coherent framework of knowledge. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to basic techniques for synthesis of organic compounds, wet and instrumental methods for structural determination, analytical separations. Practical applications of concepts from CHM 202. Two three-hour labs per week.
Students receive professional training in an actual employment setting.
Academic credit is earned while working at a part-time job in local industry using students in chemistry. Offered on demand. May be repeated for credit. Offered on demand. Introduction to chemical literature, literature searches, reading and critiquing of scientific articles, presentations of scientific information to peer groups, preparation of written papers, research proposals and oral presentations.