Community Emerging Scholars Chemistry
Contact
Dr. Mike Raney, Assistant Dean Email
Patricia Gutierrez, Academic Advisor Email
William C. Hogg (WCH) 1.106 Office hours M-F 8:00 - 5:00 (512) 471-4536 (512) 471-6337 (fax)
Mailing Address: The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences Academic Community Programs 1 University Station G2500 Austin, TX 78712-0549
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 This program targets students with high potential and who are biology, nutrition, human development & family sciences, or textiles & apparel majors.
Chemistry Scholars was created to provide motivated students with an opportunity to study chemistry in a challenging and friendly environment.
Chemistry Scholars is associated with first and second semester of chemistry, CH 301 and CH 302. There are ESP seminars associated with these chemistry courses. The ESP seminar not only allows students to work with lecture content, but also provides students with a collaborative problem-solving method that’s designed to deepen the students’ understanding of the subject. This intense focus has created a proven track record of success for ESP students, who on average do better in the introductory class than an average UT student. "ESP has been one of the most influential forces in my first year at UT. Not only has it helped me decide on majoring in biology, but I was also have to get a position in a research lab for the summer." Chemistry Scholars attend chemistry lectures taught by outstanding professors. ESP Chemistry seminars, led by a teaching assistant, meet twice a week for an hour. During the ESP chemistry seminars, students will work individually and in small groups on worksheets of carefully crafted, challenging problems that are chosen by the teaching assistant to deepen the students’ understanding of chemistry. Because of their increased time commitment, Chemistry Scholars receive one pass/fail credit hour in addition to the three credit hours all chemistry students receive for the lecture class.
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