A Tour of Lycoming Chemistry
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the | Introduction | Contact Us | This tour describes and shows some of the things you might
experience as a student taking chemistry classes at Lycoming. Click
here for the current catalog description, so you can read more about the
B.A. and B.S. majors in Chemistry, the minor, certification in education, and
what each course involves. You can see the syllabi for the courses offered this
semester and in past semesters here. Once you
are at the Schedule page, click on the course name, and the link will take
you to the syllabus. The pictures on the right side show Lycoming Chemistry
students and faculty using the laboratories and classrooms. |
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General Chemistry II 111 recitation in Heim G09 The Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure 442 class |
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Each professor's name is linked to their home page, so you
can see what they are teaching this semester and what their interests are.
You can also contact us directly by e-mail: Dr. Bendorf: bendorf@lycoming.edu Dr. Mahler: mahler@lycoming.edu Dr. McDonald: mcdonald@lycoming.edu Dr. Ramsey: ramsey@lycoming.edu We hope you enjoy this tour, but the best way to experience Lycoming College and the Department of Chemistry is to make a campus visit! |
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All chemistry classes are offered in the Heim Building. The
Department of Chemistry has occupied the $10 million Heim Biology and
Chemistry building, one of the finest undergraduate science facilities in the
East, since 1990. The three-level building has over 63,000 square feet and
houses both the Biology and Chemistry Departments.
The Ground floor of the Heim Building contains two large
lecture halls, prep labs for each lecture hall, two smaller classrooms, the
Department of Chemistry's Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Facility, a computer lab, an aquarium room, animal facilities,
an electron microscope lab with a complete photography darkroom, three
state-of-the-art chemical storage rooms, a radiation lab, a cell culture lab,
and various storage and engineering areas. The First floor of the Heim Building houses the Department
of Biology and has offices,
teaching and research labs, a museum, a reading room, and a greenhouse. The Second floor of the Heim Building houses the
Department of Chemistry
and the Secretary for both Biology and Chemistry. This floor has a seminar
room, a classroom, four faculty offices, four research labs, a central
instrument lab, and five teaching labs. These labs are for General, either General or Organic,
Organic, Physical and either Analytical or Inorganic Chemistry. There is also
a Chemistry Reading room, a small kitchen, a computer room, balance rooms,
and a stockroom. The Department possesses excellent
instrumentation (and a hands-on policy for students from first semester
general chemistry on!). You can learn more about the Department's instrumentation and
see more photos of Lycoming Chemistry students using their instruments here. |
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Students usually start out in General Chemistry I 110,
which is taught every Fall semester. The next course in the sequence is
General Chemistry II 111, which is taught every Spring semester. All four
chemistry faculty teach General Chemistry on a rotating basis. Students
planning to major in Chemistry should take General Chemistry in their
freshman year. Students entering with credit for General Chemistry may be
able to enroll in Organic Chemistry I 220 as freshmen. General Chemistry typically has 60 to 85 students. Each
week there are three lectures, one recitation, and a three-hour lab. In
recitation, students go over questions from lecture and homework with the
professor (half of the lecture student are in each recitation section).
Students put their chemistry knowledge to the practical test in one of
several three-hour labs each week. Labs typically have 18 or fewer students
and are taught by a professor (labs
also have a student teaching assistant). Organic Chemistry I 220 and Organic Chemistry II 221 are
taught each Fall and Spring semester, respectively. Enrollments are typically
40 to 50 students. Each week there are three lectures, one four-hour lab, and
usually a review session. The lab typically has 16 students. Each has their own
fume hood, two lab drawers, and bench space. Chemistry majors typically take
this course in their sophomore year. |
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The following upper-level courses are normally taken in
the junior or senior years. Their enrollments are generally six to twelve
students, and all (except 332W) meet for three lectures and one four-hour lab
a week. 331W and 332W are writing intensive courses and help satisfy the
college's writing requirement. The following courses are required for all Chemistry
majors: Analytical Chemistry 332W, which has two lectures, a recitation, and six hours of lab a week, and focuses on qualitative and quantitative analysis; Physical Chemistry I and II, 330-331W, which focus on the energy and time involved in chemical reactions, as well as quantum mechanics; and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 333, which focuses on the chemistry of all the elements except carbon; (330 and 332W are offered every Fall, and 331W and 333 every Spring semester). The following advanced courses are also offered (generally
every other year) by the Department: Advanced Organic Chemistry 440; Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure 442; Advanced Analytical Chemistry 443; and Organometallic Chemistry 446. |
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One of four courses which satisfies the Chemistry Capstone
Experience is also required of every major. In these courses, students take
the chemistry they have learned and apply it in an "out of classroom
experience", usually involving research. Chemistry Research Methods 449 involves students in a
research project with a chemistry professor and a weekly seminar. In Chemistry Internship 470 students do research work in an industrial laboratory. Chemistry Honors Project 490 students write a thesis on their research project and graduate with Departmental Honors. Student Teaching (the Professional Semester, Education 446, 447 & 449) allows future teachers to use what they have learned teaching. Students can also do paid summer research with members of
the chemistry faculty or do research as part of a Chemistry Independent Study
480. |
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A Chemistry major can receive either a Bachelor of Arts
(B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. Please see the catalog for
details. To earn the B.A. degree, a student must complete nine
chemistry courses: 110-111; 220-221; 330-331; 332; 333; and one course
satisfying the Capstone Experience (449, 470, 490, or Student Teaching); as
well as two semesters each of calculus and physics. To earn the B.S. degree, a student must complete the B.A.
requirements, and complete three additional courses: generally students take
three 400 level Chemistry courses, but they can include one advanced course
from the Physics, Biology, Math, or Computer Departments. Students may also earn American Chemical Society (ACS)
certification. To earn ACS
certification, a student must complete the requirements described above under
the B.A. degree as well as CHEM 443, 444, and one additional course from CHEM
440, 442 or 446. Students completing this program of study may elect to
receive either the B.A. or the B.S. degree. A
Chemistry Minor must complete 110-111 and four more Chemistry courses
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