Decisions, physical chemistry class

As one might expect, the setting up and operation of the committees presented the problem of distribution of power between the committees and the Academy. The committees, each with its five members, were anxious to keep as much power as possible regarding prize decisions on the other hand, the physics and chemistry classes of the Academy were required by statutory rules to examine and write a statement about the suggestions from the respective committees. Finally, it was the Academy in plenum who made the actual decision of which person or persons should be awarded the Nobel prize. 

A physical chemistry instructor is faced with a number of decisions the goals and objectives of the course, the level of presentation, the choice of textbook, what topics to include, the sequence of topics, the balance between fundamentals and applications, the amount of homework to assign, the use of classroom time, and so forth. Of the students in the class, only a small fraction might intend to become physical chemists. The physical chemistry instructor must make his or her decisions in this context. 

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