Chemistry Education Designated Emphasis

College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Jack Eichler (Chemistry), Director jack.eichler@ucr.edu

Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty

Ana Bahamonde (Chemistry) Christopher J. Bardeen (Chemistry) Ludwig Bartels (Chemistry) Gregory J.O. Beran (Chemistry) Matthew Casselman (Chemistry) Chia-En A. Chang (Chemistry) Quan “Jason” Cheng (Chemistry) Matthew Conley (Chemistry) James Davies (Chemistry) Pingyun Feng (Chemistry) Boniface Fokwa (Chemistry) Joseph Genereux (Chemistry) W. Hill Harman (Chemistry) Joshua Hartman (Chemistry) Richard Hooley (Chemistry) Ryan Julian (Chemistry) Kevin Kou (Chemistry) Catharine Larsen (Chemistry) Vincent Lavallo (Chemistry) Samuel Mann (Chemistry) Leonard J. Mueller (Chemistry) William Neary (Chemistry) Michael Pirrung (Chemistry) Richard Schrock (Chemistry) Timothy Su (Chemistry) Christopher Y. Switzer (Chemistry) Kathryn Uhrich (Chemistry) Yinsheng Wang (Chemistry) Min Xue (Chemistry) Yadong Yin (Chemistry) Francisco Zaera (Chemistry) Haofei Zhang (Chemistry) Jingsong Zhang (Chemistry) Linlin Zhao (Chemistry) Wenwan Zhong (Chemistry)

The Designated Emphasis in Chemistry Education is a course of study intended to give students a background in designing and carrying out an educational research study in the context of higher education chemistry teaching and learning. The program is optional and the courses used for the DE may not be counted toward MS or PhD requirements. The Designated Emphasis in Chemistry Education has two core requirements:

1. Completion of three (3) graduate courses

(12 units), with one (1) graduate course being in Chemistry Education and two (2) graduate courses in Psychology:

• a) CHEM 241 (4 units)

• b) PSYC 211 (4 units)

• c) Either PSYC 212 (4 units)

or PSYC 207C (3 units)

• 2. Completion of a chemistry education

research project anytime after the student advances to candidacy. The scope of this project is expected to be such that it comprises one chapter in the final PhD dissertation. This project may be completed under the guidance of a chemistry department professor of teaching (who would act as a co-advisor overseeing the chemistry education research), or could be completed independently under the approval of the Chemistry Education DE Program Committee and the student’s research advisor. CHEM 299 (4 units).