Report On "Comprehensive Curricular Change at a Small Liberal Arts College: Bioorganic First at Juniata College"

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 3 Issue 1 (1998), S1430-4171(98)01165-7

Report On "Comprehensive Curricular Change at a Small Liberal Arts College: Bioorganic First at Juniata College"

James A. Zimmerman

Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Published online: 2 February 1998

Abstract. Because the conceptual basis of the curriculum is that the majority of the students are not chemists, participants in this session examined which aspects of organic chemistry are really necessary for a nonchemical (mostly biological) audience. Participants learned about Juniata’s solution to this curriculum problem and considered whether any of the ideas are useful in other settings. An important considerations is whether the curriculum is indivisible or whether certain parts can be adopted without others. Particular examples from the Juniata curriculum were described.

Key Words: Of Special Interest; symposium; education reform; curriculum change

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: jimzim@umich.edu )

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