A one semester four credit lecture/lab combination that can only be taken as a package. This is a survey course that cannot serve as a prerequisite to higher-level organic chemistry courses. It can ...

The Organic Chemistry lab and lecture courses are the 3000-level, pre-professional organic courses that are required for chemistry majors and pre-medical students as well as disciplines in biology, ...

Earlier this week, the New York Times covered the dismissal of longtime and highly decorated professor Maitland Jones Jr. from his position as contract (non-tenured) faculty teaching a large organic ...

Organic chemistry gets a bad rap. “Students hear that this is one of the hardest courses in the world, a killer,” says Jack A. Kampmeier, a chemist at the University of Rochester. And truth be told, ...

Symposium organizers drew attention to a session earlier this month at the ACS national meeting in San Diego with a provocative title: “Is There a Crisis in Organic Chemistry Education?” But many of ...

Advances in technology and a desire for greater access to and flexibility in education are driving growth in distance learning programs. According to a 2008 report by the Sloan Consortium, which ...

Fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry, including stoichiometry; thermochemistry; atomic and molecular structure; solution chemistry, including acid-base chemistry; quantum theory; bonding ...

Last spring, 555 students enrolled in CHEM 0350: “Organic Chemistry I.” But during pre-registration this fall, prospective students were met with a new course cap: Only 410 students were able to ...

Ask any science major to name the toughest class they’ve had to complete in order to get into medical school or finish their undergraduate degree and, more than likely, the answer will be introductory ...