CH122-04:
GENERAL CHEMISTRY II
Winter
2007-08
MWF
Instructor: Dr.
Pamela J. Trotter
Office:
SC-407 Lab:
SC-427
Phone:
794-3469 Phone
in Lab: 794-3491
E-mail:
pamtrotter@augustana.edu
Course Overview: Welcome to college chemistry II!!! Most of the students in
this class are not majoring in chemistry, yet the course is required. This is because knowing the language of
chemistry and grasping its concepts is a vital foundation for biology, physics,
geology, engineering as well as other fields.
Course Objectives: The student should…….
- Understand the role
of intermolecular forces in the states and changes in states of matter.
- Appreciate the
parameters that govern solution formation and solubility
- To understand and do
calculations required for basic chemical kinetics
- Appreciate and be
able to analyze equilibrium relationships – in particular those involved
with acids, bases and buffers
- Comprehend and be
able to do calculations in basic chemical thermodynamics
- Understand basic
electrochemistry
Course Content: This course will cover chapters selected from 11-20 of
Public Folders: Announcements, lecture
slides, study guides, solutions to problems and other materials will be posted on the Moodle page
for the course. You can print the files
immediately or you can save them to print later. The path to access Moodle
is as follows:
·
Open
your web browser
·
Go
to the URL for Moodle: http://moodle.augustana.edu
·
Log
in using your Augie username and password
·
Click
on “CHEM-
·
Click
on “CH122-04: Gen Chem II (Trotter)”
·
The
enrolment key for the course is “Gen Chem II” (case
sensitive).
·
Please
let me know if you have any difficulty accessing this information
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING AWARE OF THE INFORMATION POSTED
IN THE Announcements (top) SECTION
OF THE COURSE Moodle PAGE!!!
Help Sessions: There will be help sessions which we will schedule as a class – To be announced
later. Extra Help is ALWAYS available on
an individual basis.
Office Hours: The best times to catch me
in my office are Monday, Wednesday and Friday during B period and in the
afternoon on Monday and Wednesday (‘til
Grading Policy: I strongly
advise you to keep good records of your grades in this course. All inquiries about grades
must be made in person (that is, no
e-mail or telephone calls). Your final percentage of possible points earned in
this course will be rounded to the nearest 1/10th
of a percent and then grades will be assigned as follows:
|
|
Overall
% |
Grade |
Overall
% |
|
A+ |
100-99.0 |
C+ |
79.4-76.0 |
|
A |
98.9-93.0 |
C |
75.9-69.5 |
|
A- |
92.9-89.5 |
C- |
69.4-65.0 |
|
B+ |
89.4-87.0 |
|
|
|
B |
86.9-81.0 |
D |
64.9-50.0 |
|
B- |
80.9-79.5 |
F |
<50.0 |
PLEASE NOTE:
***I reserve
the right to use a more lenient scale (but never a stricter one).***
Your
grade will be determined based upon your performance on the mid-term and final exams,
in-class quizzes, in-class worksheets, on-line homework, a writing assignment, and
your laboratory work with the following distribution.
Quizzes 20%
Worksheets 8%
On-line
Homework 7%
Writing Assignment
5%
Mid-Term
Exam 20%
Final Exam 20%
Lab Work 20%
Quizzes: In-class quizzes will be short exercises given at
the end of class that you must do on your own.
They are scheduled for Fridays during weeks 1-4,
and 6-10. I reserve the right to ask you to use a departmental calculator
during quizzes.
Worksheets: There will be in-class, open-book collaborative
worksheets approximately 2 times per week to be turned
in by
On-line Homework: Sets of on-line homework problems must be
completed no later than
NOTE: Problems from the end of the chapter will also be
assigned. I STRONGLY recommend that you complete all the
assigned problems since they will aid you in learning how to do graded homework
problems, and in preparing for quizzes and exams. Additionally, there is a companion web site
for your textbook which provides additional exercises – see the introductory
material in your book.
Writing Assignment: Details about the writing
assignment will be provided in a separate handout. The tentative due date for this is Friday,
February 15th at
Mid-Term Exam: The mid-term exam is
scheduled for January 18th. The exam is intended to require about 50-55
min to finish. You will have up to 1
hour 20 min. No extra time will be given (unless special arrangements have
been made). The format of exam questions will most closely resemble those on
the quizzes and worksheets, rather than the on-line homework. I
reserve the right to ask you to use a departmental calculator during exams.
Final Exam: Every student is required to complete the final exam. The final will
include new material covered after the mid-term, as well as more
comprehensive/cumulative topics. The
final is scheduled for
Lab Work: A portion of class each Friday or Monday will
include a discussion of the experiment to be done that week. However, I may or may not be your lab
instructor. If you would like to know
how you are doing in lab, contact your instructor. At the end of the term, your lab instructor
will provide me a grade for you and this will account for 20% of your total
class average.
Make-Ups and Late Work:
Quizzes
·
There
will be no make-ups for quizzes, no matter the reason.
·
The
lowest two of the quiz grades will be dropped.
This includes those missed because of absences for any reason.
·
If
you must miss more than two quizzes due to an extended illness or college-sponsored
academic or athletic activities please see the instructor to make special
arrangements.
Worksheets
·
There
will be no make-ups for worksheets, no matter the reason.
·
The
lowest 20% of worksheet grades will be dropped.
This includes those missed because of absences for any reason. If you must miss more than 20% of the
worksheets due to an extended illness or college-sponsored
academic or athletic activities please see the instructor to make special
arrangements.
·
Late
worksheets will be docked 10% per day and will not be
accepted once they have been handed back to the class.
On-line Homework:
·
There
will be no make-ups for on-line homework, no matter the reason.
·
None
of the on-line homework grades will be dropped.
Writing Assignment: Late writing assignments
will be docked 10% for each day they are late.
Mid-term Exam:
·
It
is your responsibility to take the exam at the time it is scheduled.
·
General
policy is that make-up exams are not permitted. However……
·
If
you must miss the exam and expect the option of a make-up exam – You must contact the instructor within 24
hours.
·
Your
request for a make-up exam will depend upon the validity of your reason for
missing. You may have to pay a point
penalty when completing a make-up exam. The instructor has the final say in the
matter.
·
Make-up
exams must be completed before exams are handed back to the rest of the class.
Final Exam: The final exam time is set
by the college, not the instructor. It
cannot be changed without approval of the Dean’s office.
Lab Work: Talk with your lab instructor regarding
policies.
Ethics: It is assumed that all
students will practice academic honesty.
The College’s policy on plagiarism and cheating is outlined in the
student handbook, “Inside Augustana”.
Information Technology
Services: Every student should become at least
partially literate in the area of information technology, since it has become
such an integral part of the education process. However, it is not always
feasible to instruct students in information technology in conjunction with
class material because of time constraints.
Therefore, students requiring assistance with the use of information
technology should take advantage of the resources available to them in the