Making the Most of a One-Semester General, Organic, Biochemistry Course: A Novel Integrated Curriculum

Laura DeLong Frost and S. Todd Deal
Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460
Patricia B. Humphrey
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460
J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83 (6), p 893
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p893
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2006

Abstract

The one-semester general, organic, and biochemistry (GOB) course at Georgia Southern University has been revised from a standard "follow the textbook" curriculum to an integrated curriculum, which focuses on presenting foundational concepts (general and organic chemistry) in the context of biomolecules and biochemistry and moving the majority of the computational aspects of the course to the laboratory. The laboratory curriculum has also been modified to incorporate more experiments with a biochemical focus. Additionally, a capstone project has been developed and added to the course. The resulting curriculum has been compared to the standard curriculum in terms of the level of student interest. The results of this comparison and an outline of the curriculum are presented.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Curriculum

Keywords (Subject):

Applications of Chemistry
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