Chemistry Senior Seminar

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Class Hours: 1 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 1 Prerequisite: CHEM 390 Description: A discussion of recent trends in chemical thought. Oral and written reports on assigned readings, library, or laboratory research. Guest lecturers. A seminar course to provide knowledge to students regarding effective oral and written scientific communication. Students refine their skills in reading and evaluating research papers from the literature, write a formal research paper, and present a research seminar. The combination of CHEM 390 and CHEM 490 counts as one writing-intensive course. (Also offered as BIOC 490 . These courses may be substituted for each other and be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.)