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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > July  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Etiquette in Departmental Seminars
Bal Ram Singh and Joseph C. Deck
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 285 Old Westport Road Dartmouth, MA 02747
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July 1998
Vol. 75 No. 7
p. 846
Abstract
Participation in seminars is a common form of communication within the scientific community and is being increasingly required in the undergraduate curriculum, either formally or informally, in many universities and colleges. Seminars can provide unique opportunities for both updating and learning new cutting-edge knowledge in different branches of chemistry. The interdisciplinary nature of the divisions of chemistry gives students the opportunity to see how much of the information learned in separate courses can be integrated to provide a deeper understanding of the discipline. However, required seminar attendance and participation often creates frustration, and even anger among students, especially if the topics are in areas for which they feel they have no background or if the seminar deliveries are presented at a level beyond their abilities to understand. There is an etiquette of seminar attendance that is worthy of presentation. A list of Do's and Don'ts along with some explanation is presented in this article, which is likely to benefit not only undergraduate and graduate students but also seminar speakers and conveners.
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*  Citation
 Singh, Bal Ram; Deck, Joseph C. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 846.
*  Keywords
 Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice, Conferences
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