Program Learning Outcomes

Chemistry - BS Mission Statement

Mission Statement (currently under review): to provide future scientists and professionals with rigorous training in both the theoretical and experimental aspects of all major disciplines in chemistry and with the intellectual tools to apply their training to solving real-world scientific problems and to be life-long learners in both academic and non-academic settings.

Chemistry - BS Goals

  1. Students gain broad conceptual knowledge and acquire laboratory and computational skills in all areas of chemistry.
  2. Students gain experience in data analysis and communicating scientific results with others.
  3. Students are prepared to be lifelong learners who keep up with advances in chemistry.

Chemistry - BS Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to analyze scientific data and communicate scientific results in oral and written form.
  2. Students will be able to assimilate new chemistry knowledge outside of the classroom, e.g. in a seminar setting.
  3. Students will be able to demonstrate an ability to initiate a scientific investigation.
  4. Students will be able to prepare common chemical reagents and buffers.
  5. Students will be able to apply fundamental physical principles to solve problems related to thermochemistry and chemical kinetics.
  6. Students will be able to develop and execute strategies to identify and quantify compounds using spectroscopic and other analytical techniques.
  7. Students will be able to classify inorganic and organic compounds as well as common biomolecules and explain their chemical properties.
  8. Students will be able to understand the unique properties of macromolecules and supramolecular complexes.
  9. Students will be able to apply computational techniques to understanding chemical systems.
  10. Students will be able to apply the principles of quantum mechanics to understand chemical systems.

Chemistry - BA Mission Statement

Mission Statement (currently under review): to provide future scientists, professionals and educators with rigorous training in both the theoretical and experimental aspects of all major disciplines in chemistry and with the intellectual tools to apply their training to solving real-world scientific problems and to be life-long learners in both academic and non-academic settings.

Chemistry - BA Goals

  1. Students gain broad conceptual knowledge and acquire laboratory and computational skills in all areas of chemistry.
  2. Students gain experience in data analysis and communicating scientific results with others.
  3. Students are prepared to be lifelong learners who keep up with advances in chemistry.

Chemistry - BA Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to analyze scientific data and communicate scientific results in oral and written form.
  2. Students will be able to assimilate new chemistry knowledge outside of the classroom, e.g. in a seminar setting.
  3. Students will be able to demonstrate an ability to initiate a scientific investigation.
  4. Students will be able to prepare common chemical reagents and buffers.
  5. Students will be able to apply fundamental physical principles to solve problems related to thermochemistry and chemical kinetics.
  6. Students will be able to identify and quantify compounds using spectroscopic and other analytical techniques.
  7. Students will be able to classify inorganic and organic compounds as well as common biomolecules and explain their chemical properties.
  8. Students will be able to understand the unique properties of macromolecules and supramolecular complexes.
  9. Students will be able to apply computational techniques to understanding chemical systems.

Materials Chemistry - MS Mission Statement

Mission Statement (currently under review): to train chemists to be highly competent, confident and skilled professionals serving in the chemical industry and in academia in order to match the professional demand for highly skilled chemists with specialized expertise, e.g. in materials chemistry.

Materials Chemistry - MS Goals

  1. Students understand how to use both analytical and synthetic techniques to characterize materials.
  2. Students understand the structure, properties and functions of materials.
  3. Students learn about different kinds of materials.
  4. Students understand how materials are made, how they function and how they degrade.
  5. Students can apply what they learn about materials.
  6. Students can communicate effectively.

Materials Chemistry - MS Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to understand how to use both analytical and synthetic techniques to characterize materials.
  2. Students will be able to understand how to use computational and theoretical techniques to characterize materials down to the atomic level.
  3. Students will be able to understand the relationship between materials' structure and functions.
  4. Students will be able to know physical and chemical properties typical of different types of materials.
  5. Students will be able to describe different classes of materials and distinguish between them.
  6. Students will learn how to synthesize different types of materials.
  7. Students will be able to understand the chemical mechanisms involving material synthesis, function and degradation.
  8. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of how materials chemistry applies in specific contexts.
  9. Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to apply a multi-disciplinary approach to materials research and development.
  10. Students will be able to demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.