University Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for Courses Numbered 0001 – 4999 (Faculty Senate Resolution #04–18, April 2004) (editorially revised 02-16-07)
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions. CHEM 1120 1. Course prefix and number:
2. Date: 11-23-09
3. Requested action (check only one box):
New Course X Revision of Active Course Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course Renumbering of Existing Course from: # to #
4. Justification for new course or course revision or renumbering: CHEM 1120 is the first part of a two-semester sequence (CHEM 1120, CHEM 1130) designed primarily for pre- nursing students. The course content is being revised to align with the content of the pre-nursing chemistry course, CHM 131, offered through the North Carolina community college system. Many community college students transfer into ECU under the general articulation agreement and use CHM 131 as their prerequisite for ECU’s second- semester CHEM 1130. The current content of CHEM 1120 includes material that is not included in the community college CHM 131. The following ECU course, CHEM 1130, requires knowledge of topics not included in CHM 131. This revision of the content of CHEM 1120 will remove material from CHEM 1120 that is not part of CHM 131 and transfer it into the content of CHEM 1130. CHEM 1120 will change from 4 semester hours to 3, and CHEM 1130 will change from 3 semester hours to 4. (see accompanying CHEM 1130 course revision proposal)
A one-hour per week recitation session will be required of all students. The recitation session is designed to increase student success and student retention in the pre- nursing curriculum. Each recitation section will accommodate approximately 25 students. Sessions will consist of problems and questions designed to help students better understand lecture topics. Recitation sessions will be directed by graduate student teaching assistants who will be supervised by lecture professors.
5. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog: CHEM 1120. Introduction to Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences (3,0) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC) 3 lecture and 1 recitation hours per week. May not count toward foundations curriculum science requirement for science majors. Introduction to fundamental concepts of chemistry emphasizing applications within the health professions. Topics include measurements, atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, chemical formulas and reactions, stoichiometry, gas laws, rates of chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium, properties of solutions, acids/bases and buffers, and nuclear chemistry.
6. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change: Credit hours decrease from 4 semester hours to 3 semester hours. Organic chemistry content removed. Title of the course changes to reflect the different content. A required I hour per week recitation session is added for 0 semester hours credit.
7. Page Number from current undergraduate catalog: 359 8. The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee must approve writing intensive (WI) credit for all courses prior to their consideration by the UCC. If WI credit is requested, has this course been approved for writing intensive (WI) credit (yes/no)? If Yes, will all sections be writing intensive (yes/no)?
9. The Academic Standards Committee must approve foundations curriculum credit for all courses prior to their consideration by the UCC. If FC credit has been approved by the ASC, then check the appropriate box (check at most one):
English (EN) X Science (SC) Humanities (HU) Social Science (SO) Fine Arts (FA) Mathematics (MA) Health (HL) Exercise (EX)
10. Course credit: o Lecture Hours 3 Weekly Per Term Credit Hours 3 s.h. r o Lab Weekly Per Term Credit Hours s.h. r o Studio Weekly Per Term Credit Hours s.h. r o Practicum Weekly Per Term Credit Hours s.h. r o Internship Weekly Per Term Credit Hours s.h. r Other (e.g., independent study): recitation 0 Total Credit Hours 3 s.h.
11. Anticipated yearly student enrollment: 550
12. Affected degrees or academic programs: Degree(s)/Course(s) Catalog Page Change in Degree Hours BSN (nursing) 305 No overall change
13. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs: X Not Applicable Applicable (Notification and/or Response from Units Attached)
14. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):
X Not Applicable Applicable (CTE has given their approval)
15. Statements of support: Current staff is adequate Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below): 8 additional Graduate Teaching Assistants X Required. Funding for these Graduate TA positions has been promised by the Provost (Dr. Marilyn Sheerer),
X Current facilities are adequate Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
X Initial library resources are adequate Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and estimate for cost of acquisition of required resources):
X Unit computer resources are adequate Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
X ITCS Resources are not needed Following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need): Mainframe computer system Statistical services Network connections Computer lab for students Describe any computer or networking requirements of this program that are not currently fully supported for existing programs (Includes use of classroom, laboratory, or other facilities that are not currently used in the capacity being requested). Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
16. Syllabus – please insert course syllabus below. Do not submit course syllabus as a separate file. You must include (a) the name of the textbook chosen for the course, (b) the course objectives, (c) the course content outline, and (d) the course assignments and grading plan.
Textbook: General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, Fourth Ed. by Stephen Stoker, Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Objective: The course is designed to help students understand the principles of chemistry that form the foundation of modern medicine and pharmacology. The concepts and terminology that students learn in this course are used routinely in the medical professions.
Course Content: Names of elements, Molecules, Chemical formulas Metric system and Making Measurements Conversion factors, dimensional analysis Structure of the atom Ionic bonding, ionic compound formation Formulas and names for ionic and covalent compounds Covalent bonding and molecular compounds Shapes of molecules Molecular polarity Chemical equations Moles and Chemical calculations Three States of Matter, Gas Laws Solubility, Concentration units, Properties of solutions Osmosis and osmotic pressure Types of chemical reactions Reaction rates and Equilibrium Acids and bases, pH, Buffers Radioactivity and Nuclear medicine
Assignments and grading plan:
Exams 65%,
Short Quizzes and Group projects 15%
Final Exam 20%