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Laboratory work will also be reduced by the merger of Chem 3 and Chem 40, since the merger eliminates a half term of lab work...
Student rating of instructors will be used to improve teaching standards in the Department. The Department will give small prizes to outstanding teaching fellows each year, with a poll of Chem students on their instructors used to aid in the awarding of the prizes...
Last week, however, it was announced that lab work in Chem. 20, which both concentrators and pre-meds must take, would be slashed to conform more nearly to the official description in the course catalogue. During the fall term, checks were made every half hour in Chem. 20 labs to determine just how much time each student was spending there. The survey showed a few men working for almost twice the stated requirement of approximately six hours a week, while the largest proportion of the class was working from eight to nine hours. Under the revised plan, it is expected...
...Chemistry Department has a right to expect graduate students to spend most of their time in the lab, but undergraduates, on the other hand, should have time enough to participate in the many other activities which the College offers them. The administrators of Chem. 20 were wise in changing the lab assignments to fit the requirement. Some courses are already following their example; still more should...
...main drawbacks to majoring in Biology are the same as those facing a Chem or Bio-Chem major. A prospective Biology major must resign himself to spending three and possibly four afternoons a week in the laboratories. The situation can become much worse if the concentrator has failed to space his lab courses properly, but an early start and consultation with the departmental adviser can avoid this...