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Using This Guide

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    In 2007, Butler University made a decision to significantly modify the approach used in delivering the analytical chemistry curriculum. This change was made with the belief that students would gain the technical skills needed to best understand analytical chemistry while also developing professional and social skills. To that end, the lecture/lab combination common to most advanced analytical chemistry courses was redesigned so that lecture was now a separate course from the lab, and the lab was centered on different contextually themed modules.

    This document provides guidance regarding the practical implementation of the theme-based modular approach to analytical chemistry based on personal experience. Different faculty have different approaches to implementation, but this instructor guide describes what has been most successful for the corresponding author. Also included are general details with regard to how the theme-based approach is incorporated into the Butler curriculum.

    Where applicable, specific course materials and example work from the modules I have taught are available online to provide a deeper understanding of the type of experience that both faculty and students will have through the implementation of the theme-based approach. In addition, general department-wide documents related to grading and peer review have also been included, but are not necessarily specific to the theme-based modular approach. Certainly, not every possible question people may have about our methods are addressed herein and users of this guide are invited to contact the primary author if further clarification is needed.

    For reference, a more complete and formal description of the modular approach is provided in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

    Theme-based modular approach for delivering the undergraduate analytical chemistry curriculum. O. Akinbo and M. Samide, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 392 (2008) 1. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-008-2240-4


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