Students function as team members while working together in the laboratory and analyzing data. They perform team evaluations Students write extensive reports analyzing their experimental results. Students use process simulators and spread sheets to analyze data. Students are introduced to safe laboratory practice. Students are required to use up to date reference materials to answer questions.
Students do some ethics exercises as part of the course lecture.
Students design a new laboratory experiment and present it as a formal oral presentation to the class. One, one hour lecture per week. Students are expected to type all reports including tables and figures. Students use spread sheets to analyze data and sometimes the WEB to answer questions posed in the laboratory handouts. Students typically work in teams of 3 to perform 5 to 6 laboratory experiments.