CHEM-218 Teaching Preparations

After a short break, Jan 3 is drawing closer and so is my start date for “Analytical Chemistry II” at Concordia University. I have been quite busy preparing – things are going well and also on the administrative side, it has been going surprisingly smooth with a lot of help from a lot of friendly Concordia staff.The only thing missing is access to my Moodle course website, which I hope to set-up in the first days of January. Otherwise I am ready for the first chapters and I am in for a first long day on Jan 3 with lectures in the morning (1hr 15min) and the evening (2hrs).Titrations are first with a look behind the scences (theory) as well as lots of calculations to prepare students for the lab course starting a week after. I would also like to link things to current applications to illustrate to importance of the classical, but not outdated methods. Things that will follow are electrochemistry and spectroscopic methods.A midterm and final exams as well as assignments are also part of the deal and I will be busy with approximately 120 students attending. Most of all, though – I am looking forward to teaching in a really friendly environment!