CHEM-465
CHEMISTRY SENIOR SEMINAR

Tentative Schedule for Fall 2010

 
Date 
Activities
Notes
1 September Fill out questionnaire, Introduction to course, Selecting a problem to work on for the semester. See initial questionnaire results
See Group and Topic assignments
8 September Team assignments (F09) for semester projects. Jung Typology Test. Jung Typology assignment due.
Composite Class Profile 2010.
15 September Career Planning and Placement, Industrial Recruitment, Getting personal references. "Get a Job" assignment due 6 October. Presentation by Joyce Henderson, Career Services.

WEB Site evaluation assignment due. 
22 September Graduate School or Professional School or neither? Presentations by Prof. Brian Bahnson ('applying to graduate school') and Prof. David Usher ('medical and pharmacy schools').
29 September Identifying and evaluating useful websites, constructing a search strategy, selecting and searching in appropriate databases Presentation by Catherine Wojewodzki, UD Library, meet in room 116A, Morris Library
6 October Report on job hunt. Being connected with the profession: Meetings, memberships, subscriptions.  Job assignment due. Outline or Concept Map for planned web-site due.
13 October Principles of effective oral communication.
20 October Effective visual communication & the nature and importance of evaluation. Team WEB sites need to be activated by Oct. 23.
Class web-site evaluations due by 8:00 PM on Mon, Oct 25.
27 October Discussion of web-sites - suggested improvements
3 November Ethical Issues
Assignment of Seminar Presentation Schedules.		 Case study, "Organic Reactions," and list of Scientific Ideals provided. Final Web-site revisions activated by November 3 and summary of changes made e-mailed to instructor.
10 November Group presentations and evaluation Team presentations, both sections meet together (1:25 - 3:20 PM) in 219 Brown Lab
17 November Group presentations and evaluation Team presentations, both sections meet together (1:25 - 3:20 PM) in 219 Brown Lab
24 November Thanksgiving Break No class
1 December Group presentations and evaluation Team presentations, both sections meet together (1:25 - 3:20 PM) in 219 Brown Lab
8 December ACS DUCK test 
assessment of program effectiveness		 Both sections meet together (1:25 - 3:20 PM) in 219 BRL.
Good luck with your exams and Happy Holidays!

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