One challenge of teaching a non-major, general education chemistry course is increasing interest and engagement in Chemistry topics.  We developed an online non-major course with at-home laboratory component that provides an introduction to foundational chemical principles using examples from food, cooking, and baking with a global perspective.  Culinary Chemistry course design blends a highly structured, asynchronous lecture, an asynchronous at-home kitchen laboratory experiment, and an engaging, group work focused synchronous laboratory session.  The class incorporates discussions of diverse foods, ingredients, and cooking methods with a chemical and cultural perspective including the impact of geography, economics, and history on global cuisine.  Assessment of student learning objectives and student perceptions of chemistry interest, utility and interdisciplinarity will be shared.

Global perspectives of culinary chemistry: An online non-major course with at-home laboratory

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