Syllabus Chemistry 1BSyllabus Chemistry 1B. General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis. J. Dekker, Reedley College. Spring 2005. Lecture: MWF 11:00 am- 11:50 in Room LFS 17 Office: PHY 78, phone # (559).638.0353 email: jan.dekker@reedleycollege.edu Office hours: MW 1:00 pm-2:00, F 9:00 am- 10:30 or by appointment Chemistry Department web site: http://www.reedleycollege.com/academic/departments/msande/jdekker/index.html Please, bookmark this web address on your computer Course Objectives. Chemistry 1B is a general course in inorganic chemistry including qualitative analysis. The course is designed not only for chemistry majors but also for biology, physics, chemical engineering, pre-med, pre-pharmacy, pre-vet and pre-dental professional majors. The course requires a considerable amount of time outside the classroom for studying, reading and homework assignments. The main course objective is to provide the students with a strong background in general chemistry. Text books. 1. Chang, General Chemistry. 7th edition 2. Sackheim, Chemical Calculations B. 17th edition. 3. Lab Manual. Dekker/Kimball, General Chemistry. Quantitative and Qualitative Laboratory Experiments for Science Majors. Book B. Lecture notes. The ability to listen effectively and to take good lecture notes is an important and typical college skill. Taking good notes in this class is essential, because most questions on quizzes and exams are derived from the material presented in lecture. Homework. Homework will be assigned very often and selected problems will be collected and graded. It is essential to your success in this class that you do your homework with the emphasis on the readings in Chang's text and the workbook problems from Sackheim. Homework and pop quizzes are counting for 10% towards your final grade. For more information please, refer to Grading. Attendance. Attendance in lecture and lab is mandatory. The student will be dropped automatically if he/she misses two consecutive lab sessions or four consecutive lectures without prior notification of the instructor. ALWAYS inform the instructor ahead of time preferably by email if you have to miss a quiz or exam. Without prior notification the grade is 0% (=zero) for a no show. Be prepared and be on time. Turn off your cell phone before entering the classroom. Tardiness, frequently leaving early, sleeping during class or lab sessions, use of cell phones and poor class participation are all considered disruptive behavior and will be qualified as an absence. Quizzes and exams. Lecture portion: There will be three quizzes covering the material of previous lectures. These quizzes will be equally weighted and the average will count towards 25% of your final grade. There will be three exams, two plus a final, each covering more material than a quiz. The exams will be equally weighted and the average will count towards 40% of your final grade. Lab portion: Please, refer to the appropriate part of the syllabus. DATES LECTURE QUIZZES AND EXAMS Friday 1/28Quiz 1 Friday 2/25Exam 1 Friday 3/18Quiz 2 Friday 4/15Exam 2 Monday 5/2Quiz 3 Monday 5/16Final Exam 11:00 am -12:50 in LFS 17 Drop Date. The drop deadline for this semester is at the end of the ninth week. Friday March 11, 2005 is the last day for you to notify admissions and your lab and lecture instructor, that you want to drop the class, otherwise a letter grade (A-F) will appear on your transcripts. A W(= withdrawal) will only be given if you have dropped the class before or on Friday January 28, 2005. Grading. The lowest grade of one of your lecture quizzes will be dropped if you have fulfilled all your assignments properly and submitted to your instructor in time, that is before the due date and due time. You will loose this incentive when lecture assignments or labs, for whatever reason, are graded with a zero. Additionally, to achieve this incentive your attendance in lecture has to be 90%. Fraudulent behavior during quizzes or exams is graded with 0%(=zero). Copying of homework, experimental data and lab reports is considered fraudulent behavior for the originator and the copier. The final grade in the class is determined as follows: Average of the three lecture exams40% Average of the three lecture quizzes25% Average of the graded homework and pop quizzes10% Lab work*25% General grade break-off. A > 90%, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69% and F < 59% *Please, be advised that an overall F grade in the lab means that you have failed the Chem 1B class. For details, refer to the Lab Syllabus. Lecture topics. The chapters mentioned here are referring to the 7th edition of Chang's General Chemistry textbook. Each subject will be explored for about 2-3 weeks. To get a head start for this class first review the nomenclature web page, followed by reading Chang Chapter 12. 1. Physical Properties of Solutions. Chapter 12. 2. Chemical Kinetics. Chapter 13. 3. Chemical Equilibrium. Le Chatelier's Principle. Chapter 14. 4. Acids and Bases. Chapter 15. 5. Acid-Base Equilibria. pH Calculations. Buffer Solutions. Solubility. Chapter 16. 6. Thermodynamics and Equilibrium. Free Energy, Entropy and Equilibrium. Chapter 18. 7. Electrochemistry. Batteries and Fuel Cells. Chapter 19. Refer to the battery page. 8. If time allows we will make a choice from the following subjects. Chemistry in the Atmosphere (Chapter 17), Metallurgy (Chapter 20) and Nuclear Chemistry (Chapter 23). There will be no lectures on: M 1/17, F 2/18 and M 2/21, and during Spring Recess M 3/21- F 3/25. Important: If you have a verified need for an academic accommodation or materials in alternate media (i.e., Braille, large print, electronic text, etc.) per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, please contact me as soon as possible Suggested readings and other tutorial materials available in the labs, PHY 77 and PHY 82: 1. Fine et al. Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers. 2. Go to the on line learning center and enter a special code that you will find in your textbook. 3. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Chang, General Chemistry. 4. Ebbing, Gammon. General Chemistry. Text is available on disk. 5. General Chemistry 1B, Knowledgebase Series. Tutorial Disks installed on the computers in PHY 82. Laboratory work: The lab will consist of experiments as close and parallel as possible to the material covered in lecture. The student will have to perform all the assigned experiments. 25% of your final grade in this class will come from your lab work. You are required to score at least a D (=60%) in the lab. For further information, please refer to the Lab Syllabus written by lab instructor Mr. B. Abela. Research Project: Starting in April students will work on an Undergraduate Research Project. Your lab instructor has to approve this project that you need to propose ahead of time. In the Chem 1B Lab Syllabus you will find many ideas for research, however if you come up with a feasible project of your own, you may use the rest of the semester to work on it during the scheduled lab sessions. Your research has to be finalized with a paper or a poster and a literature study on the subject. JD/01/06/2005