Pre-Application Form for Schools Applying for ACS Approval of a Bachelor's Degree Program

Spring 2018

Pre-application Form for Schools Applying for ACS Approval of a Bachelor's Degree Program in Chemistry

The ACS Committee on Professional Training (CPT) encourages you to study the current ACS guidelines for undergraduate chemistry programs before initiating the ACS approval process by the submission of this form. The guidelines can be found on the CPT Web page: .

Full Name of Institution:
Name of Department:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State: / Two digit code (i.e. VA, OR, etc.)
Zip:
Phone:
Chair or Head of Chemistry Department
First Name:
Last Name:
Title: / Acting ChairActing HeadChairConvenerCoordinatorDeanDirectorExecutive OfficerHeadInterim ChairInterim Head
Email:
Person Preparing this Report
First Name:
Last Name:
Title:
Email:
1. / Is your institution accredited by a regional accrediting association?YesNo
2. / Name of accrediting association:
3. / Check the degrees offered in chemistry:Bachelor’sMaster’sPhD
4. / Academic Calendar:QuarterSemesterOther

If Other, please specify:

(450 char. max)

5. / Number of bachelor’s degrees granted by the chemistry program:
2016-2017: / 2014-2015: / 2012-2013:
2015-2016: / 2013-2014: / 2011-2012:
6. / Complete the chart below for all chemistry faculty in 2017-18. The Permanent total should equal the sum of the Full-time and Part-time rows. The totals for this question should match the number of faculty listed on the TeachingContact Hours Summary.
Faculty / Total
Faculty / With
Ph.D.
Permanent total
Full-time
Tenured
Pre-tenured
Long-term, non-tenure track
Part-time
Tenured
Pre-tenured
Long-term, non-tenure track
Temporary total
Full-time
Part-time

Instrument List

7.Do you have an operational instrument used by undergraduates?

Instrument / Yes / No
NMR Spectrometer
Optical Molecular spectroscopy (e.g., FT-IR, fluorescence, Raman, UV-Vis)
Optical Atomic spectroscopy (e.g., atomic absorption, ICP-atomic emissions)
Mass Spectrometry (e.g., MS, GC-MS, LC-MS)
Chromatography and separations (e.g., GC, GPC, HPLC, ion chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, SEC)
Electrochemistry (e.g., potentiometry, amperometry, coulometry, voltammetry)

Table 1: Journal List

Please indicate the current journal subscriptions that are accessible (print or online) on campus.

Please check here if none of the listed journal subscriptions are accessible on campus.

General Content
Accounts of Chemical Research / Chemistry Letters
ACS Central Science / Journal of the American Chemical Society
Angewandte Chemie Intl Edition in English / Nature, Nature Chemistry
Chemical Communications / New Journal of Chemistry
Chemical Science / Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Chemistry – A European Journal / Science
Topical titles
ACS Chemical Biology / Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
ACS Chemical Neuroscience / Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters / Journal of Bacteriology
ACS Nano / Journal of Biological Chemistry
Advanced Functional Materials / Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry / Journal of Catalysis
Advanced Materials / Journal of Chemical Ecology
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis / Journal of Chemical Education
Advances in Protein Chemistry / Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
Analyst / Journal of Chemical Physics
Analytica Chimica Acta / Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry / Journal of Chromatography A, B
Analytical Biochemistry / Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry / Journal of Molecular Biology
Applied Catalysis A / Journal of Organic Chemistry
Applied Spectroscopy / Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, C
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry / Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Biochemical Journal / Journal of Polymer Science Part A
Biochemistry / Journal of Proteome Research
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta / Langmuir
Bioconjugate Chemistry / Macromolecules
Biomacromolecules / Molecular Cell
Biomaterials / Nanoletters
Bioorganic Chemistry / Nature Chemical Biology, Structural and Molecular Biology
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Chemical Education: Research and Practice / Nucleic Acids Research
Chemical Educator / Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Chemistry of Materials / Organic Letters
ChemPhysChem / Organometallics
Chemical Physics Letters / Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Chirality / PLOS One
Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening / Polymer
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology / Polymer Degradation and Stability
Dalton Transactions / Supramolecular Chemistry
Electrophoresis / Synlett
Environmental Science and Technology / Synthesis
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry / Tetrahedron
European Journal of Organic Chemistry / Tetrahedron Letters
FEBS Journal
Green Chemistry
Heterocycles
Inorganic Chemistry

Table 2: Teaching Contact Hours

Complete the tables below for all courses taught by all chemistry faculty, including instructors, during 2017-2018. The number of

faculty listed for this question should match the totals in Item 6.

First Semester or Quarter

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.

First Semester or Quarter (cont’d)

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.

Second Semester or Quarter

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.

Second Semester or Quarter (cont’d)

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.

Third Quarter

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.

Third Quarter (cont’d)

Faculty Member Name and Rank / Course Title / a* / b* / c*
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff
Faculty Member Name
Rank / Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Other FacultyInstructional Staff

a* Number of classroom hours scheduled per week.

b* Number of contact hours of laboratory per week (actual hours, not credit hours).

c* Total of columns 1 and 2 for a grand total for each faculty member.