and Sciences CHEM 4900 Teaching Students Organic Chemistry

During the summer of 2009 Dr. Dandekar, and a group of undergraduate researchers, worked to redesign CHEM 2370- Organic Chemistry I. The learning outcomes for the course were reassessed, and then matched to all exam materials. After determining the student learning outcomes were tested effectively, a proposed analysis of the course was examined. An overview of the redesigned course material, and the philosophy of learning used in the redesign is also discussed. Many students struggle through their undergraduate organic chemistry experience. Through personal experience, this struggle that students endure is by no means unfamiliar. As a previous student of the course taught by Dr. Dandekar, and knowing what makes this course difficult, helps contribute to bettering the course for future students. The course was taugh