Every UNL academic program has to assess its many programs. The Chemistry Department decided to assess its chemistry major programs by testing and interviewing its graduating seniors.  During the Spring semester of your last year, one of the chemistry advisors will contact you about the date of the Standardized Exam.  It takes two hours to complete.  Separate from that experience, you need to call the Chemistry Chair’s secretary to set up an Exit Interview with the Department’s Chair.  You will be given a list of questions that you should fill out in advance and bring to the meeting.  The chair will quickly read your responses to the common questions and try to expand on some of the more complex questions.  After the results are correlated with grades in certain courses, everything is anonymitized and summarized for presentation to the Chemistry Faculty.  Their response is acted upon. The report is forwarded to the Office of Undergraduate Studies and then to the Academic Affairs Office, where it becomes part of the University’s Self-Assessment.