Required Text

Chemistry:  Molecules, Matter, and Change.  4th edition by Atkins & Jones (W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2000).

Course Content

    The course will cover the following chapters in the order given as time permits: 10, 12-18, and 22.  The pace of the course is quick but generally is approximately one chapter per week. Homework assignments from the text and from lecture are crucial self-indicators of your progress in this course.  Passively watching your instructors "do chemistry" and then expecting to perform well on exams is tantamount to watching Leonardo Da Vinci paint and expecting to create a masterpiece upon your first foray.  YOU must work the problems and actively get involved in lecture and lab to achieve success in this course.  It is definitely to your advantage to carefully and regularly work through the self-tests and homework problems as a guide to your comprehension and understanding of the course material.  Despite the fact that many of the assignments will not be graded, these problems will show up on your quizzes and exams.
     "Unannounced" quizzes will be used to motivate and facilitate regular study habits and attendance.  These quizzes are straight-forward questions which usually are taken from recent lectures or assigned problems (translation: should be easy points!).  In addition, project quizzes may be assigned to small groups on topics of particular importance or difficulty.  These projects will count toward the combined quiz score.

The CHEM 1110 World Wide Web Page

    The CHEM 1110 page contains links to suggested readings, helpful tutorials, enlightening chapter problems, wonderful "on-line problems", ever popular examples of old exams and other useful information. You should check this page on a regular basis.  Also, your text publisher maintains a web page which you may find useful as well.  The world wide web is an excellent source of information and it is highly recommended that you make use of this valuable resource.

Laboratory

    You must complete every lab assignment to receive a grade (credit) for this course. Since the lecture and laboratory together represent the course, if you do not pass the course, you must retake both the lecture and the laboratory together.  Detailed information about the lab, including the experimental procedures, can be found on the CHEM 1112 web site.  Be certain you have enrolled in the same section number (same instructor) for both the discussion and laboratory as these sections are designed to go together.  Your section instructor will be responsible for the laboratory/discussion part of the course including meeting times and places, assignments, experiments, deadlines and grading.  Please address any questions or concerns of this nature to your lab instructor.

Submission of Lab Reports

Submitting work in a timely fashion is a reflection of your professionalism. To encourage good work habits, the following penalties will be uniformly enforced in the chemistry department for a 10 point laboratory report:

Grades

    Letter grades with +/- evaluations will be assigned unless you submit the CR/NC grading option request form with the instructor's signature BEFORE the DROP DEADLINE.  You need a C- or higher grade to receive credit.
    The lowest quiz score will be dropped in determining a cumulative quiz score. The lowest midterm exam score will also be dropped.  Grades will be assigned using a modified percent scale with grade cutoffs no higher than the traditional scale:  90% A, 80% B, 70% C, 60% D.  Your grade will be determined based on the following distribution:

PLEASE NOTE:

In fairness to all students, early or make-up quizzes or exams are not given. However, under extenuating and unavoidable circumstances, exceptions may be granted on a case by case basis (documentation required).  The material and dates covered on this page are tentative and subject to change.

This page was created by S. Phillips and was last updated on 6/1/00.