Chemists today often work at the interfaces of the traditional chemical subdisciplines.  The Department of Chemistry at the University of Memphis recently restructured its curriculum to provide all majors with a common foundation in the five traditional subdisciplines of chemistry with advanced electives at the interfaces of several traditional chemical subdisciplines in order to better reflect how modern chemistry is practiced.  In addition to providing students with strong foundations and a realistic picture of modern chemistry, the curriculum was designed to better prepare students for health professional programs and reduce the longest sequence of courses to aid students who select the chemistry major later in their academic career to complete their degree in a timely fashion.  The curriculum revisions and our preliminary assessments will be described.

Building a stronger foundation:  Redefining the chemistry core curriculum at the University of Memphis

244th National Meeting (2012)

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