Instrumental Analysis was taught in the Gainesville campus of the University of North Georgia for the first time during spring 2018, since then it has been taught by three different professors and several guest lectures in their area of expertise. In the spirit of collaboration common in our campus, all professors built on what the previous professor had developed creating a curriculum that evolved based on what worked (or not) for the previous course section. This course is required for all chemistry majors and is offered once a year. Though the course is designed with senior chemistry majors in mind, it is open to juniors and has been taken by biology majors or criminal science majors looking to fulfill upper-level chemistry electives as well. In the five times the course has been offered, enrollment has varied from 8 to 15. The small course numbers have allowed us to provide students with abundant instrument usage time and access to the instructor. The students learn to use the majority of the instruments available on our campus, and the lab portion of the course culminates in them developing their own mini-research project. This assignment requires them to write and answer a question using instrumentation and has a high impact on their connections between the course and the real world.

Evolution of the instrumental analysis curriculum at UNG – Gainesville

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