CHEM 690 — Graduate Research

You will be expected to work in the lab on your research project at least three times the number of credit hours of research that you signed up for each week. In reality, to maintain adequate progress toward the completion of your project and thesis, 2-3 times (or more) that number of hours may be required.

At the end of the semester, a report on your research project should be turned in. Three copies are required, one should be given to your research director, another to the instructor of record for CHEM 690, and the third should be turned into the Chemistry Office.

The format for the report should be that indicated by your research advisor. You are highly encouraged to write complete experimental sections and make the report as finished as possible. The reason for this, is that you will then be able to use those experimental sections and some of the discussion portions in your thesis, lessening the writing load later.

Grading Policy

The grade will be assigned by the student's research advisor based upon the student's skill and expertise in the lab, command of the philosophy of the research project, and the quality of the research report.

Guide to Grading Policy

A	Exceeds one or more of expectations in quality of work or productivity.
B	Fulfilled all expectations, i.e, performed background literature search, experimental work, and wrote a research report that meets the guidelines established by the research advisor.
C	Deficient in one of the expectations listed above.
D	Deficient in more than one of the expectations listed above.
F	Deficient in all expectations listed above.

Useful Links

Safety: http://www.acs.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html &DOC=education\cpt\ts_safety.html

Ethics: http://www.acs.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html &DOC=education\cpt\ts_ethics.html

Record Keeping: http://chemistry.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html &DOC=government%5Cpublications%5Ctech_rkfactsheet.html

Report Formats: http://www.acs.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html &DOC=education\cpt\ts_rrguide.html

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