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An International Exercise-Based Syllabus in Polymer Chemistry

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From the journal Chemistry International Volume 40 Issue 1

Textbooks in polymer science are numerous, but they are expensive, err on the side of incorporating surplus content, usually have insufficient problems and worked examples, and fail to follow IUPAC recommendations. This project is intended to augment traditional textbooks and guide educators and learners in their use in the following ways:

(1) By clearly specifying a core syllabus of polymer chemistry topics which we (the IUPAC Subcommittee of Polymer Education) consider to be essential in any undergraduate course in polymer science. This core syllabus will be linked throughout to existing IUPAC documents in polymer science.

(2) By illustrating each of the individual points in this core syllabus with at least one worked example, and providing a set of problems for each individual point modelled on these worked examples.

(3) By exhibiting best practice in the use of IUPAC recommendations throughout the syllabus and accompanying exercises, providing links to the documents where these recommendations are detailed.

This is an undertaking that is intended to reflect global needs while adhering to IUPAC best practice. The breadth of expertise and awareness of IUPAC recommendations within Division IV’s Subcommittee on Polymer Education makes it the ideal body to carry out this work. It is intended that this syllabus will act as a scaffold on which educators can attach topics of particular interest to their audience, and that it will be expanded over time and in subsequent projects, so that it will be a viable replacement for current textbooks.

For more information about this project, please contact the Task Group Chair Christopher Fellows <>.

www.iupac.org/project/2017-019-2-400

Published Online: 2018-2-5
Published in Print: 2018-1-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2018-0111

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  1. Masthead - Full issue pdf
  2. President's Column
  3. Keeping Momentum up and Looking Forward
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  13. Holý Chemistry
  14. Project Place
  15. InChI’ng forward: Community Engagement in IUPAC’s Digital Chemical identifier
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  17. An International Exercise-Based Syllabus in Polymer Chemistry
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  19. Making an imPACt
  20. Pure and Applied Chemistry — Looking back over 2017
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