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Course Certification Form

Personal Information
Name: Kresimir Rupnik
Email: chrupn@lsu.edu
Date Requested: 06/01/2007 04:08:49 PM

Course Information
Is this a New or Existing course? Existing
What semester and year will you first teach this course as Communication-Intensive? Fall 2007
Department: CHEM
Course Number: 3493
Course Title: PHYSICAL CHEM LAB
Special Topic Emphasis: scientific method and scientific report
Maximum number of students expected in course: 020
Course credit hours: 3
Is this course cross-listed? No
    - Do you want to certify the cross-listed course? No

Course Certification Criteria
1. Does the course contain both informal opportunities to learn content using communication activities and formal communication projects?Yes
2. Which communication mode(s) will your course emphasize?
Written Communication, Visual Communication

Written Communication
Number of formal writing assignments: 06
Feedback? Yes    Revision? Yes
Total number of revised, edited pages of formal writing: 30
Approximate number of informal writing assignments: 06

Visual Communication
Number of formal visual assignments: 04
Feedback? Yes    Revision? Yes
Number of informal visual assignments: 04

3. Will the course have a student:instructor ratio no greater than 35:1 for Communication-Intensive activities? (This includes recitation groups or sections within the course that may be led by graduate instructors.)  Yes

4. Are the assignments typical of the genres associated with your field or discipline?  Yes

5. Will class time be spent on communication?  Yes

6. Will the faculty member be directly involved in evaluation using clearly communicated criteria?  Yes

7. Will at least 40% of the final grade in the course be based on communication?  Yes


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syllabusfalll07e.doc

Have you clearly stated in your syllabus that this is a Communication-Intensive Course?  Yes

CXC has permission to post your syllabus as an example of a Communication-Intensive course.

Comments

Attached is the syllabus for PChem 3493 Fall 07 as discussed yesterday at the CxC Summer Institute 2007. I assume ther will be only minor changes in the syllabus. We have already used a similar format in the Spring of 07. The general description of the written reports is given in the syllabus. They are based on the format for scientific papers. The visual component is based on the integration of several software application products (mathematica, excell, molekel, lab view) into the reports. Both written and visual components are discussed in the lecture part of the course. All students will receive written feedback for their revisons of both written and visual components.