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As part of the Delta Program course "The College Classroom", I created a syllabus for a course that I would like to teach in the future. You can see the full syllabus to the right.
The course is called Environmental Chemical Analysis, and it is designed as an upper level undergraduate course with approximately 20 students that meets for 50 minutes, 3 times per week. When designing the syllabus, I took care to develop the basis of a student centered curriculum - one that includes ample active learning opportunities and allows students to investigate their own interests within the scope of the course.
I would especially like to draw your attention to the sections "Teaching and Learning Approach" and "Final Project". The course is primarily lecture based on Mondays and Wednesdays, but Fridays are reserved for active learning through projects that connect the content to realistic scientific scenarios. The final project for the course also incorporates real-life scenarios as well as an element of student choice.
Reflection
Creating this syllabus forced me to reflect on the experiences as an undergraduate student that I valued the most and the courses that helped me the most as I have continued my scientific career. Projects where I had input into the topic choice allowed me to spend time researching my own interests and feel like I was in control of my education. In courses where participation was required and deeper thinking developed over the course of the semester, I paid attention more and fell asleep less. As a professor myself, I will strive to teach the kind of courses that I enjoyed myself and prepared me best for conducting research.
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