CHEM 316-17-18 Using Online Homework and Active Learning

Organic chemistry is typically taught via the "functional group approach" that mirrors neither the way organic chemists think about their subject nor accounts for the developing intellectual requirements of the field. We have deconstructed the topics in organic chemistry into three broad categories: structure, mechanism, and synthesis. With an emphasis on making parallel the rigors of the material with the intellectual development of the students, we anticipate both an increase in student success and retention and mastery of the material.