Senate Document #10			November 14, 1985
APC Doc. #7

PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM:

RE:  DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY PROPOSAL III:  REPLACEMENT OF CHEMISTRY 
425 (TWO-CREDIT REQUIRED COURSE)  WITH TWO NEW ONE-CREDIT REQUIRED 
COURSES, CHEMISTRY 412 AND CHEMISTRY 413.

The Department of Chemistry proposes that CHEMISTRY 425 CHEMICAL 
LABORATORY TECHNIQUES (2) (With the description, "Introduction to 
important laboratory research techniques not presented in earlier 
laboratory courses.  Prerequisites:  222, 224, and either 331, or 
341,") be deleted from the UNCA Catalog (pages 75 and 79 of the 
1984-1986 Catalog) and be replaced by the two one-credit courses:  
CHEMICAL LITERATURE and CHEMISTRY 413 ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
LABORATORY.  The following descriptions are proposed for these 
courses:

412 CHEMICAL LITERATURE (1)

	An introduction to systematic chemical literature searching 
	techniques utilizing both classical library methods and 
	on-line computerized databanks.  In addition, includes 
	introduction to other computer methods for the development 
	and use of information systems.  Enhancement of oral and 
	written communication skills is emphasized. Prerequisites:  
	Completion of 90 hours or permission of instructor.

413 ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (1)

	Syntheses, characterizations and structural investigations 
	of representative main group, organometallic and 
	coordination compounds utiliizing methods such as high 
	temperature reactions, inert-atmosphere and vacuum line 
	manipulations, non-aqueous solvent systems, 
	electrochemistry, spectorscopic and magnetic susceptibility 
	measurements.  Prerequisite:  Chemistry 321.






To explicitly state these requirement changes, it is further 
proposed that

1.) Requirement #I in the Track A and Track B requirement lists(page
75 of the 1984-1986 Catalog) be modified to read as follows: 

Track A-Major in Chemistry for the Bachelor of Science Degree.

	Former I.  Required courses in the major - 36 hours, 
	including Chemistry 221, 222, 223, 224, 231, 232, 321, 341, 
	342, 421, 425, and 442 and two courses chosen from Chemistry 
	322, 323, and 422.

	Proposed I.  Required courses in the major - 36 hours, 
	including Chemistry 221, 222, 223, 224, 231, 232, 321, 341, 
	342, 421, 412, 413, and 442 and two courses chosen from 
	Chemistry 322, 323, and 422.

Track B-Major in Chemistry for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

	Former I.  Required courses in the major - 33 hours, 
	including Chemistry 221, 222, 223, 224, 231, 232, 321, 323, 
	331, and twelve additional semester hours selected from 
	biology, chemistry, mathematics and/or physics.

	Proposed I.  Required courses in the major - 33 hours, 
	including Chemistry 221, 222, 223, 224, 231, 232, 321, 323, 
	331, 413, and eleven additional semester hours selected from 
	biology, chemistry, mathematics and/or physics.

2) Requirements for the Inorganic Chemistry Major (page 76 of the 
1984-1986 Catalog) be modified to read as follows:

	Former Minor 2. Inorganic Chemistry Minor - 21 hours:  
	Chemistry 141, 142, 223, 231, 232, 331, and 321.  Chemistry 
	331 requires a prerequisite of six hours of mathematics and 
	only those students who have the prerequisite can choose 
	this minor.

	Proposed Minor 2. Inorganic Chemistry Minor - 22 hours: 
	Chemistry 141, 142, 223, 231, 232, 331, 321 and 413.  
	Chemistry 331 requires a prerequisite of six hours of 
	mathematics and only those students who have the 
	prerequisite can choose this minor.





RATIONALE:

In the fall of 1984, the Department of Chemistry at UNCA underwent 
reevaluation for continued Accreditation by the American Chemical 
Society.  In March, 1985, the Committee on Professional Training of 
the American Chemical Society informed the Department of Chemistry 
that continued accreditation would not be granted unless the 
Department of Chemistry could demonstrate that it required its 
students to complete an advanced level laboratory course in 
inorganic chemistry.  The absence of such a course from the 
departmental curricular requirements and the desirability of 
introducing such a course has been acknowledged by the Department of 
Chemistry.  However, because the degree programs offered in 
Chemistry already required the maximum number of allowed credits, it 
was not possible to simply add an advanced level inorganic chemistry 
laboratory course to existing requirements.  Thus, to circumvent 
this difficulty, the Department of Chemistry proposed to the 
Committee on Professional Training that Chemistry 425 Chemical 
Laboratory Techniques, a two-credit required course, be split into
two one-credit required course.  One of these courses would then 
retain the most desirable aspects of the former 425 course,
specifically those covering techniques for information searching and 
retrieval of the enormous and rapidly expanding chemical literature 
and would be titled to reflect this coverage. (Formal training in 
chemical literature searching techniques is both required by the 
American Chemical Society for accreditation and is also deemed 
highly desirable by the Department of Chemistry).  The second of the 
two one-credit courses would them be devoted to an advanced level 
inorganic chemistry laboratory with the course title and description 
reflecting this.  (These proposals to the American Chemical Society 
constitute the essence of the proposal presently being submitted to 
the APC for approval.)  The American Chemical Society approved these 
proposals and granted the Department of Chemistry renewed 
Accreditation, for five years, contingent upon implementation of 
those proposals.