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American Chemical Society (ACS) National Exams, and b) the Medical College. Acceptance Test ... by our students in each year for our courses over the past 6 years. ... except Combined General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. 0. 20. 40.
   

II. Findings A. Student Learning 1) Key Question: Do our students demonstrate a breadth and depth of chemical knowledge? We have addressed this key question with two tools: a) the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Exams, and b) the Medical College Acceptance Test (MCAT) scores.

a) ACS Results (2008-2014) The American Chemical Society (ACS) publishes regular exams for each of the major subjects within the chemical curriculum. We give these exams to our students as the final exam in the respective course. We track both the average percentile and the percent of our students scoring above the 80th percentile on these exams. Average Percentile. The graphs below show the average percentile achieved by our students in each year for our courses over the past 6 years. The graphs are separated into General Chemistry and Upper Division courses.

 Average  Percen+le  

ACS  Scores  General  Chemistry   100   90   80   70   60   50   40   30   20   10   0  

Regular  Gen  Chem   Honors  Gen  Chem   Combined  Gen  Chem  

2009  

2010  

2011  

2012  

2013  

2014  

   

ACS  Scores  Upper  Division   120   Average  Percen+le  

100   80  

Organic    

60  

AnalyBcal   P.  Chem.  II  

40  

Inorganic  

20   0   2009  

2010  

2011  

2012  

2013  

2014  

Six Year Average of Average Percentile. The table below shows the average percentile achieved by our students averaged over all 6 years displayed in the graphs above. Gen Chem

Honors Gen Chem

Combined Gen Chem

44.7

81.9

53

Organic Analytical P. Chem II 52.5 79 77.6

Inorganic 90.6*

* Offered in alternating year; 3 yr. average For the 6 years summarized here, and considering the combined General Chemistry results, the department met its goals (60th percentile average score) in every course except Combined General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

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