Additional Elective Courses

In the final year of the program, more specialized courses should be offered in aquatic processes, coastal and marine waters, enviromnental management, and terrestrial environment. For example, a student in the EnE track must successfully complete three courses from the specialized elective courses. Examples of these courses could be  

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The Introduction to Physical Chemistry course is the centerpiece of the physical chemistry curriculum. It is named as such only because, by college rules, we needed to distinguish it from the previously offered Physical Chemistry I and Physical Chemistry II courses. We do believe, however, that it is aptly named because it provides an introduction to three of the four major areas of physical chemistry and our students are required to take an additional elective course covering one topic in greater detail. 

In addition to research, the program Warner described consists of core and elective courses. The students are required to complete five core chemistry courses ... 

AH of our chemistry majors must take the Math Concepts course, the Introduction to Physical Chemistry lecture, and the Physical Chemistry Laboratory. In addition to these courses students who want to obtain the ACS-certified degree must also take a two-credit physical chemistry-based elective course. We average 25 majors in a graduating class and approximately 80 % of our majors obtain the ACS-certified degree. Ideally we would like to offer at least three elective courses each year so that students have a choice. At a minimum, two electives will always be offered. 

After thinking about the situation, I realized that studying abroad was not impossible—I just had to plan ahead. I had planned on taking two electives per semester, but I decided to replace one with a required course and add an additional required course to my schedule. Taking six courses a semester was tough, but I made a strict study schedule for myself and stuck to it. 

Many years ago an undergraduate thesis was part of the required curriculum at most universities. Nowadays, some institutes offer it as an elective course. The demand on faculty time is significant and is similar to that of the undergraduate research experience, except a grade must be given at the end. The demand on a student s effort is also similar to that of the URE with additional commitment to write a thesis or a report (for independent studies). 

The second component of onr project is the incorporation of nanoscale science experimentation into the introdnctoiy level cnrricula in each science discipline. In doing so, we emphasize topics of cnrrent research interest in nanoscale science and use a common instrament across traditional disciplines. We incorporate a modular approach to facilitate replacement of existing laboratory exercises rather than the replacement of an entire course, or the development of an additional conrse that might be poorly populated as an elective course in a number of majors. Each module is designed aroimd the use of a scanning probe microscope (SPM), operated as either a scanning tuimeling microscope (STM) or as an atomic force microscope (AFM), independent of the scientific discipline involved. We incorporate the SPM because it is commonly used in nanoscale science experiments and because one way to illustrate the field s interdisciplinary nature is to demonstrate the multiple ways one instmment can be used in several traditional fields to obtain results of interest to that field. Thus each module makes use of a SPM and a model for a SPM to instmct the students in a specific science discipline, and simultaneously in the fundamental concepts of nanoscale science. The modules themselves can be found online (15) and will be addressed more completely elsewhere. 

In addition to be used as a reference, this book could be used as a textbook most conveniently for a single semester elective course however, the period of the course could be adjusted to fit into a long or a short summer term as well as a complete year depending on the course. In the case that this book is used as a textbook for a full year course, using supplementary resources may be beneficial especially in the case of engineering sciences. 

The academic part of the program, which begins every year in October, consists of 10 mandatory courses and 3 out of 8 possible elective courses. In addition, the student must choose 2 out of 7 labs and attend a seminar, where he must prepare a topic and give a presentation. The last semester is fully dedicated to the completion of the master s thesis, which constitutes the final requirement for graduation. 

Professor of Physics Applied to Natural History was created for his father at the Museum d Histoire Naturelle, Edmund had the dilemma of choosing to attend TEcole Normale, I Ecole Polytechnique, or become an assistant to his father for the course that went with the professorship. He chose to assist his fatlier, and their collaboration continued for decades. Thus, his title on the title page of the hook published in 1855-1856 with his father is given as Professeur all Cousei vatoire imperial des Ai ts et Metiers, Aide-naturaliste au Museum d Histoire Naturelle, etc. After a short period as assistant at la. Sorhonne, and then as Professor at the Institut Agronomique de Versailles, he became Professor at the Cousei vatoire des Ai ts et Metiers in 1852, where he worked for almost forty years. When his father died in 1878, Edmond succeeded him as director of the Museum in addition to his professorship. He received a degree as Doctor of Science from the University of Paris in 1840, and was elected a member of I Academie des Sciences in 1863. 

With the addition of electives and other required courses, a total of 12 classes are required. Students take five cumulative exams throughout the program, which are written by influential leaders in green chemistry from outside the program, such as Paul Anastas and Berkeley ( Buzz ) Cue. An additional requirement in this program is that all students... 

Many companies encourage their employees to take pertinent courses at nearby universities, so that they may acquire supplementary instruction in library techniques, literature searching, foreign languages, report writing, or related fields. If the employee takes these courses at the company s request, all of his tuition is usually paid. Employees who elect to take additional course work on their own initiative may receive part or aU of their tuition, depending on the company. Thirteen of the twenty-two companies which provide sp ial training to literature chemists pay all or part of tuition for... 

Not all pieces of the mental model will be completely known, of course, or there would be no problem. One important role for a schema is to supply, where reasonable and appropriate, the default characteristics that allow the schema to be used. Too many pieces may be missing, however, and the mental model will be on shaky ground because too much of it has been supplied by these default mechanisms. An individual may elect at this point to review the problem for additional details, to search for other possible schemas, or to continue with the present schema knowing its fit is problematic. 

The present book is intended to fill this gap. It treats in particular the fundamentals of the physics of organic solids and is written for students taking such elective or special-topics courses and those who want to pursue research in the field of organic solids. In addition, it is intended for all physicists, photochemists and perhaps also chemists who want to broaden their knowledge of the soHd state. We assume that the reader has a basic knowledge of sohd-state physics corresponding to standard introductory courses on the subject. What do we intend to offer... 

Then, the captions Professional Electives and General Electives follow in the Curriculum Standards. Thirty-one possible elective subjects are Msted as examples, with the indication that the courses a school offers need not be Mmited to the listing. General electives are to fulfill the additional course hours required. 

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