CHEM 490 - Undergraduate Teaching Experience in Chemistry

Credits: 1-3

This course is designed to provide students with practical exposure to and experience with the college teaching profession. Students will work closely with individual faculty to learn and experience firsthand the range of duties performed by college professors in chemistry. Students will assist faculty in activities such as laboratory instruction, exam preparation, grading, and development of course materials and exercises. This course is intended for academically talented chemistry majors who aspire to careers in the professorate or high school teaching. Tuition waiver provided.

Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing plus consent of supervising instructor and department chair. This course does not satisfy any requirement in the Core Curriculum and will not be counted toward the chemistry major.

Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

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