Preliminary Course Schedule – CHEM 551, Fall 2008

Date	In-Class Activities	Drafts Due to Mentor	Revised Assignments Due*
8/29	Introduction
9/5	Oral: Project descriptions		Course Contract**
9/12	Searching, Reading and Citing the Chemical Literature		Project Summary,** (Lit. Search topics/questions)**
9/19	Lit. Analysis: Proposals and Introduction sections	Literature Search
9/26	Oral: Project goals and rationale		Literature Search
10/3	Oral: Project goals and rationale (cont.)	Written proposal
10/10	Student – Committee meetings		Oral proposals to committee Written proposal
R 10/16		Title/Introduction
10/17	No class – Fall Break
10/24	Peer review: Title/Intro revision 1		Title/Intro revision 1
10/31	Lit. Analysis: Methods, Results		Title/Intro revision 2
11/7	Oral: Research result	Progress Report
11/14	Student – Committee meetings		Progress Report (written, oral)
11/21	Oral: Research result (cont.)	Paper (Intro/Methods/Results)
11/28	No class – Thanksgiving Break
12/5	Course Evaluations		Paper revision 1**
Finals	Final Presentations		“Final” Paper,** Lab Notebook

*Revised written assignments must be submitted to mentor and committee members (except LS topics).

**These assignments must additionally be submitted to Dr. Lammi.