“Chemistry and Public Policy”: An Interdisciplinary Chemistry Course for Nonscience Majors

• Gwendolyn Fulkerson ^[1] ; Isaac Bos ^[1] ; Cassie Demlow ^[1] ; Herb Fynewever ^[1]
  1. [1] Calvin University

     Calvin University

     Corea del Sur

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 101, Nº 7, 2024, págs. 2672-2681
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We describe a half-semester lab science course, “Chemistry and Public Policy”, for nonscience majors. In this course, students learned about several cases where chemical innovation has been or could be regulated, and they learned the chemical concepts necessary to evaluate each case. They also practiced scientific inquiry and executed lab procedures safely. Throughout, students learned to evaluate scientific articles, legislation, and media reports, explain how knowledge of chemistry concepts informs policy, and vice versa. The course ended with a final project through which the students practiced the advocacy that they studied.