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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2007  > November  >
In the Classroom
Supramolecular Chemistry: A Capstone Course
Adam R. Urbach and Christopher J. Pursell
Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 78212

John D. Spence
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, CA, 95819

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November 2007
Vol. 84 No. 11
p. 1785
Abstract
A fourth-year capstone course offers students an opportunity to integrate topics covered in the core disciplinary courses, to learn an advanced interdisciplinary topic, and to approach unfamiliar problems and literature. This article describes a fourth-year capstone course designed to incorporate components of faculty lectures, student seminars, and original, hands-on research projects in order to cover the topic of supramolecular chemistry in one semester with unusual depth. This approach should be applicable to other advanced topics in chemistry.
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Urbach, Adam R.; Pursell, Christopher J.; Spence, John D. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1785.
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Keywords
Communication / Writing; Curriculum; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Instrumental Methods; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Molecular Recognition; Noncovalent Interactions; Organic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Undergraduate Research; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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9/27/2007
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