Integrating professional skills into undergraduate chemistry curricula
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Integrating professional skills into undergraduate chemistry curricula
（ACS symposium series, 1365）
American Chemical Society, c2020
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Description
From students to professional chemists...
Navigating the professional world as a chemist or biochemist requires specific professional skills. There are some resources that will help students learn these skills, but it's often difficult to utilize these in real-world situations. Underserved groups often aren't given tips and tricks to help them move forward, and the lack of resources can put individuals at a real disadvantage upon graduation. In order to increase the accessibility of these services and support students' development for
a productive career, programs should work to integrate and scaffold professional skills experiences within the curriculum.
This book explores the current need for professional skills curricula. It offers detailed examples, tips for learning opportunities, and assessment methods for academics and professionals working with students studying chemistry. The contributors of this volume discuss the importance of increasing accessibility to services like these and ways programs can provide students with everything they need in their curriculum.
Table of Contents
Preface
Creating the Urgency
Chapter 1: Professional Skills in Chemistry and Biochemistry Curricula: A Call to Action, Kelly Y. Neiles and Pamela S. Mertz
Chapter 2: Identifying In-Demand Skills of the Chemical Industry, Justin D. Fair and Anne E. Kondo
Chapter 3: Tricks of the Trade... Preparing Undergrads for Graduate STEM Programs, Nicquet M. J. Blake
Addressing the Need for Professional Skills Intentionally and Inclusively
Chapter 4: Scaffolding Career Skills into the Undergraduate Curriculum Utilizing a Backward Design Approach, Pamela S. Mertz and Kelly Y. Neiles
Chapter 5. What Does It Mean to Think Like a Chemist?, Paulette Vincent-Ruz
Chapter 6: Thoughts on Using Systems Thinking to Develop Chemistry Students' Professional Skills, Sarah York, Whitney C. Fowler, and MaryKay Orgill
A Scaffolded Professional Skills Curriculum at St. Mary's College of Maryland
Chapter 7: A General Chemistry Cocurriculum Focused on the Development of Professional and Academic Skills, Kelly Y. Neiles and Ruth A. Bowers
Chapter 8: Intentionally Scaffolding Career Skills in an Organic Chemistry Laboratory Course, Daniel T. Chase, Kelly Y. Neiles, and Andrew S. Koch
Chapter 9: Using Scientific Poster Presentations to Scaffold Professional Communication Skill Experiences into Biochemistry Courses, Shanen M. Sherrer
Chapter 10: Enhancing Career Readiness by Integrating Alumni Interactions into Upper-Level Chemistry Curricula, Geoffrey M. Bowers
A Minor in Professional Teamwork and Leadership at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Chapter 11: A University-Wide Approach to Introduce and Apply Teamwork and Leadership Skills, Justin D. Fair and Anne E. Kondo
Chapter 12: Minor in Professional Teamwork and Leadership Evolution-Perspectives from New Student Orientation, Craig R. Dillaman
Chapter 13: Teaching Teamwork through Theater: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a General Education Course, Rachel DeSoto-Jackson, Paige Matzerath, Emily Ostrowski, and Mimi Benjamin
Additional Professional Skills
Chapter 14: University of North Georgia Gainesville Campus Undergraduate Seminar Courses Highlighting Career Preparation, Paula Nolibos, Andrew Thomas, and Patricia M. Todebush
Chapter 15: Student and Instructor Perceptions of Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in Microsoft OneDrive to Enhance Communication Skills and Career Readiness in Chemistry Laboratory Courses, Sarah R. Soltau
Chapter 16: Early Career Undergraduate Research as a Meaningful Academic Experience in Which Students Develop Professional Workforce Skills: A Community College Perspective, Jared Ashcroft, Jillian Blatti, and Veronica Jaramillo
Chapter 17: Scientific Ethics as a Professional Skill, John G. D'Angelo
Summary and First Steps for Incorporating Professional Skills into Curricula
Chapter 18: Integrating Professional Skills into the Curriculum: A Summary of Findings and First Steps, Pamela S. Mertz and Kelly Y. Neiles
Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index
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