M. 1. Parsons1 and 0. E. Bentley Arizona State University
A Format for Undergraduate Research
Tempe, 85281
The adoption of a new undergraduate curriculum necessitated the creation of a two credit hour instrumental lahoratory course for second-semester juniors. This lahoratory course was developed to replace traditional instrumental analysis. A similar approach to that of Buono and FaschingZ was followed. They suggested a group approach incorporating "real world" problems. We felt that the use of "real world" problems in an advanced analytical chemistry lahoratory would be extremely heneficial to the students. However. we did not feel that the use of a group approach for most projects was wise hecause all too often one student does most of the work. In designing our course, the criteria li3ted in Table 1 were developcd for this special projectoriented course. Each student in the class was required to complete two projects during the semester. The only added requirement was that the second project utilize different instrumentation than did the first. The projects that were chosen were assigned in a tentative manner and could have been changed at any time that the students found them to he either completely uninterestine. -. or im~racticalwithin the limitations of time and available instrumentation. It was emphasized that the oroiects could he changed or modified especially during
