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Developing Professional Skills in a Third-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Course Offered in Western Australia
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Jeffrey G. Dunn, Robert I. Kagi, and David N. Phillips
School of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, P. O. Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6845
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October 1998
Vol. 75 No. 10
p. 1313
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"This unit gave me a broad industrial view of the chemical world and I am grateful for the professional skills I gained." That is the response of one graduate several years after he had taken the "Chemistry and Technology" unit that we present in the third year of the undergraduate chemistry course at Western Australia's Curtin University of Technology. Students in tertiary education are effectively "cocooned from the real world". There is a growing need for a teaching that links students to situations they will encounter upon gaining employment. The Chemistry and Technology unit has been developed over a 12-year period and is presented in the final semester of the course. It comprises six modules and is taught by lecturers from industry and the staff of the School. The Professional Practice, Consumer Chemistry, and Environmental modules are ones that most teachers could consider in their course. The other three modules are specific to Western Australia's needs, but could be modified or replaced to cater to other employment circumstances. A survey of recent graduates yielded complimentary responses to the appropriateness of such a unit in the course.
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Dunn, Jeffrey G.; Kagi, Robert I.; Phillips, David N. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 1313.
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curriculum, consumer chem, industrial chem, environmental, green chem, electrochem
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