The class will consist of homework/in class assignments (100 pts) and one 40-45 minute seminar (100 pts).  Topics to be announced.  Final grade is also dependent on the length of the final seminar.  No one will receive an A for the course if the seminar is less than 40 minutes.  Prerequisite: CHEM4232 Chemical Literature

Attendance is an important part of a seminar class and each absence will cost 10 points from your total.

We will discuss the aspects of making a good seminar, the writing of abstracts and the preparation of transparencies.
 

Seminar Dates:
 

Date:	Type of presentation:	Speaker(s):
August 23	5 minute presentations	everyone
August 30	5 minute presentations	everyone	chalk talk - chemistry
September 6	discuss presentations
September 13	discussion of PowerPoint
September 20	5 minute presentations	everyone	PowerPoint - chemistry
	discussion of abstracts
September 27	open
October 4	open
October 11	15 minute presentations	Joshua
October 18	15 minute presentations	Benjamin, Kenneth
October 25	15 minute presentations	Joshua
November 1	15 minute presentations	Benjamin, Kenneth
November 8	40 minute presentation	Joshua
November 15	40 minute presentation
November 22	Fall Break
November 29	40 minute presentation	Benjamin

Topics:
Metal Alloys: Properties and Uses - Joshua Green
Chemistry of Nonmetals - Benjamin Quayle
 Photosynthesis: The Processes and Elements That They Require - Kenneth Bearden
 

students must turn in a copy of their final PowerPoint presentation

Revised 9/25/06