Undergraduate
Student Learning Outcomes
Chemistry
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry (B.A.)
Students who graduate with a B.A. in Chemistry will be expected to:
- Understand major concepts and theoretical principles in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and physical chemistry.
- Exhibit problem solving and critical thinking skills relevant to the field of chemistry.
- Access, retrieve, and interpret accurate and meaningful information from the chemical literature.
- Communicate scientific information effectively, in both oral and written formats.
- Work effectively in teams in both classroom and laboratory.
- Design, carry out, record, analyze the results and draw conclusions from chemical experiments.
- Use instrumentation for chemical analysis and separation.
- Use computers in experiments, data analysis, and in communication.
- Understand and follow safety guidelines in chemical labs.
- Be aware of and abide by ethical standards in chemical discipline.
- Integrate knowledge from mathematics, physics, and other disciplines in support of chemistry.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (B.S.)
Students who graduate with a B.S. in Chemistry will be expected to:
- Understand major concepts, theoretical principles, and experimental findings in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry and biochemistry.
- Exhibit problem solving and critical thinking skills relevant to the field of chemistry.
- Access, retrieve, and interpret accurate and meaningful information from the chemical literature.
- Communicate scientific information effectively, in both oral and written formats.
- Work effectively in teams in both classroom and laboratory.
- Design, carry out, record and analyze the results of chemical experiments.
- Use instrumentation for chemical analysis and separation.
- Use computers in experiments, data analysis, and in communication.
- Understand and follow safety guidelines in chemical labs.
- Be aware of and abide by ethical standards in chemical discipline.
- Integrate knowledge from mathematics, physics and other disciplines in support of chemistry.
- Conduct research projects with supervision.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry Secondary School Teaching (B.A.)
Students who graduate with a B.A. in Chemistry will be expected to:
- Understand major concepts and theoretical principles in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and physical chemistry.
- Exhibit problem solving and critical thinking skills relevant to the field of chemistry.
- Access, retrieve, and interpret accurate and meaningful information from the chemical literature.
- Communicate scientific information effectively, in both oral and written formats.
- Work effectively in teams in both classroom and laboratory.
- Design, carry out, record, analyze the results and draw conclusions from chemical experiments.
- Use instrumentation for chemical analysis and separation.
- Use computers in experiments, data analysis, and in communication.
- Understand and follow safety guidelines in chemical labs.
- Be aware of and abide by ethical standards in chemical discipline.
- Integrate knowledge from mathematics, physics, and other disciplines in support of chemistry.
- Satisfy the learning outcomes specified by the School of Education for undergraduate students.
