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Chemical Education Today
Commentary
Inverting Organic and Biochemistry: A Curriculum Tweak That Benefits All
I. David Reingold
Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652-2119
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April 2004
Vol. 81 No. 4
p. 470
Abstract
This article makes the case for re-ordering the material currently taught in sophomore organic chemistry and junior biochemistry courses, so that most of the biochemistry appears in the sophomore course and some of the more esoteric organic chemistry material is postponed until junior year. That way, nonmajors taking organic chemistry for career purposes (premedical students, biology majors, environmental scientists) will learn chemistry more relevant to them, and chemistry majors will not suffer by having anything left out. The article also proposes details of what topics should be moved from sophomore to junior year, and vice versa.
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*  Citation
 Reingold, I. David. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 470.
*  Keywords
 Biochemistry; Bioorganic Chemistry; Curriculum; Organic Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Theory / Practice; Textbooks
*  History
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Last Updated:		 March 3, 2004
February 23, 2005
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