Chemistry
Redesign
Design and implement modern chemistry courses that prepare students effectively for STEM pathways and workforce demands by addressing course content, pedagogy, and support to increase student engagement and outcomes.
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Understanding the Barriers to Gateway Chemistry Course Success
Chemistry gateway courses face distinct challenges that can negatively impact student success and progression, including dense and outdated content. Students often confront overwhelming workloads compounded by hidden prerequisites and misaligned math preparation, leading to bottlenecks and repeated course failures.
Traditional instructional methods and lab formats resist change, limiting adoption of active learning and coordinated academic support. A strategic redesign tailored to modern scientific, workforce, and student needs is essential to improve pass rates and retention.
- Mismatch between math preparation and chemistry application frustrating students and faculty
- Overly dense content and unrealistic expectations covering all topics equally deeply
- Hidden prerequisites and uncoordinated placement causing progression delays
- Resistance to change in traditional labs, lectures, and recitations with limited active learning
- Heavy student workload with little dedicated support time
- Faculty lack consensus and guidance for sustainable curriculum and instructional adaptation
We Build Gateway Chemistry Experiences That Equip Students for STEM Advancement
Almy Education combines deep chemistry expertise with proven redesign strategies to transform gateway chemistry courses and improve student success. By integrating discipline-specific active learning, coordinating corequisite supports aligned with chemistry content, and embedding faculty collaboration, we ensure sustainable and scalable improvements.
Our approach modernizes lab and lecture balances, adapts content depth to student readiness, and leverages data-driven continuous evaluation to refine outcomes. Through targeted professional development, hands-on coaching, and evidence-based methods, we bridge chemistry and math skills while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for lasting transformation.
- General Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Introductory Chemistry Courses
- Advanced Chemistry Courses
- Gateway Chemistry Sequence
- Basic and Advanced Chemistry
- Applied Chemistry Pathways
- Health and Allied Health-Focused Courses
- Specialized Courses for Health Sciences
- Chemistry with Tailored Math Supports (including Chemistry-Focused Math Corequisites and STEM Math Integration)
- Chemistry Co-requisite Development
- Lab, Lecture, and Recitation Redesign (including Lab-Intensive and High-Structure Models)
