Chemistry Department Student Learning Goals (Analytical/Instrumental):

• Demonstrate a command of the body of general knowledge relevant to the areas of Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Biochemical and Physical chemistry as identified by the American Chemical Society.
• Demonstrate an understanding of major concepts and themes in chemistry, such as the energy based fundamentals of bond formation, the resultant spectral phenomena related thereto, stoichiometry, properties of chemicals.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental chemical and physical laws or theories, such as these in kinetics, thermodynamics and spectroscopy.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the theory, mechanics, and applications of mass spectrometry, electromagnetic spectroscopy, chromatography, and electrochemical instrumentation.?