ACS Guidelines for Chemistry in Two-Year College Programs

The ACS Guidelines for Chemistry in Two-Year College Programs provide a comprehensive model for two-year colleges and allow institutions to review the quality of their chemistry programs. In 2009, a Society Committee on Education task force released the most recent update of the Guidelines.

What’s Inside?

The Guidelines offer a vision of excellence in a wide variety of areas, including:

• Faculty development and support
• Facilities and infrastructure
• Partnership development
• Student skills

How to Implement the Guidelines

How you implement the Guidelines depends on the unique circumstances of your institution. Here are some resources that can help:

• Implementing ACS guidelines at two-year colleges
  Learn how the Guidelines have been used at campuses to address a variety of topics.
• Maximizing the potential of two-year colleges
  Read an overview of the Guidelines and two-year colleges.
• Guidelines symposia
  See symposia and presentations on how the Guidelines were developed, how they can be used to address specific topics and challenges, and other helpful resources for faculty.
• Contact us
  Tell us how you used the Guidelines, how they helped you, and how they could be improved.

Supplements to the Guidelines

Supplements are ACS policy documents that clarify or justify sections of the Guidelines.

• Chemistry-based technology
  This supplement clarifies the use of the Guidelines in chemistry-based technology and other applied chemistry programs.

Related Resources

• Chemical Education in Community Colleges
• ACS Approval Program for Bachelor’s Degree Programs