Chemistry M12 Course Syllabus Lecture: 6:00 6:50 Tuesdays Room PS-110 6:00 8:50 Thursdays Room PS-110 Instructor: Marjorie Leerabhandh, Ph.D., M.B.A Website: www.ustchemie79.org/mleerabhandh Text: Introductory Chemistry by Nivaldo J. Tro, 4th Edition Lab Text: Chemistry 12 Laboratory Manual, Moorpark College Dept of Chemistry Miscellaneous: Scientific Calculator Optional: Study Guide for Tro's Introductory Chemistry COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Chemistry M12 or Introductory Chemistry is a combined lecture and laboratory course which covers the basic concepts and applications of chemistry. The objective of the course is to develop an understanding of the fundamental chemistry principles and to learn how these principles relate to the world around us. A large part of Chemistry M12 will be devoted to measurements and calculations and as such, successful completion of Math M01 or an equivalent college course, or eligibility for Math M03 or higher is a prerequisite for taking the course. Parallel studies using the Math Review Toolkit by Long and Long will be helpful towards successful completion of Chemistry M12. A complete listing of student learning outcomes for this course can be found at www.moorparkcollege.edu under the Academic Departments link. GRADING Course grades will be based on the total number of points accumulated. The maximum possible points are listed below: Four (4) 1-hour exams @ 100pts. each 400 Seven (7) homework assignments @10 pts. each (except for HW #4 which is 20 pts.) 80 Twelve (12) quizzes @10pts. each 120 Total laboratory grade 250 Final Exam 150 TOTAL 1000 Realistic letter grades will be available on request by the beginning of the eighth week to give students an idea of their status in the course. There is, of course, no guarantee that the letter grade you receive early in the semester will be your final grade. At the end of the semester, letter grades will be assigned based on established percentage guidelines:
Percentage Grade 100-90 A 89-75 B 74-60 C 59-50 D Below 50 F ABSENCES Absences from a lecture or laboratory session will only be excused on the basis of necessity and such excuses should be secured in advance, where possible, or as soon as the student returns to class. The student will be dropped from the course where absences (excused or unexcused) become excessive. Unexcused absences from exams will result in a zero grade for that exam. NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN IN THIS COURSE. If a student misses one or more exams due to an excused absence, a hypothetical score will be assigned based on the student's Final Exam score relative to the class Final Exam average. (Note: A family vacation or any other vacation, pre-planned or otherwise, does NOT constitute an excused absence. A student missing a scheduled exam due to vacation will be given a zero for that exam). A missed quiz, whether due to an excused or unexcused absence will be given a grade of zero. WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASS If a student decides to withdraw from a class during the semester, it is that student's responsibility to initiate a Withdrawal from the course. A student who drops the course but does not officially Withdraw will be assigned a letter grade (F) at the end of the semester. READING ASSIGNMENTS AND HOMEWORK Weekly reading assignments will be assigned and should be done in advance of the week for which it is assigned. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS will be made from problems in the text and will be announced during lecture on selected lecture days (usu. on Thursdays). Homework assignments are also provided on the class website. The problems in the homework assignment should be completed by you and turned-in for grading on the assigned dates. Your graded assignments will be returned to you the following Thursday. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. EXAMINATIONS AND QUIZZES Four one-hour examinations will be given during the first hour on designated TUESDAYS and will cover lecture material up through the THURSDAY the week before the exam. The THURSDAY following the exam, a grading key will be posted in the classroom and/or answers to exam questions will be reviewed in class. Graded exams will be returned at that time. The lowest grade on any one of the exams will be replaced by the final exam score (prorated to a total of 100 pts), if applicable. Plan ahead: Check the Course Calendar for exam schedules! Quizzes will be given every Tuesday during the lecture period (between 6:00-6:50pm), except when a onehour exam is scheduled. The quiz will cover material discussed during the Thursday lecture immediately preceding the quiz date. Graded quizzes and a grading key will be available during the class period
following the quiz date and/or answers to quiz questions will be reviewed in class. The final exam will be comprehensive and will be given on Thursday, December 13 at 6:00 PM in Room PS- 110. The final exam is required of all students. No passing grade is possible in the absence of a final exam score. ACADEMIC HONESTY No form of cheating is tolerated in this course. Anyone caught cheating during quizzes and examinations will be automatically given a grade of ZERO for that quiz or exam. COURSE CALENDAR CHEMISTRY M12: Introductory Chemistry DATE CHAPTER TOPIC EVENTS TO REMEMBER 16-Aug 1 The Chemical World. 23-Aug 2 Measurements and Problem Solving. 30-Aug 2 Measurements and Problem Solving (cont'd) Due: HW #1 (Chapter 1, 2-first half) 4-Sep.. Exam #1 (Chapter 1, 2) 6-Sep 3 Matter and Energy. 13-Sep 9 Electrons in Atoms and the Periodic Table Due: HW #2 (Chapter 2-second half, 3) 20-Sep 4 Atoms and Elements. 25-Sep.. Exam #2 (Chapter 3, 9, 4) 27-Sep 5 Molecules and Compounds Due: HW #3 (Chapter 9, 4) 4-Oct 7 Chemical Reactions. 11-Oct 6 Chemical Composition. 16-Oct Exam #3 (Chapter 5, 7, 6) 18-Oct 8 Quantities in Chemical Reactions Due: HW #4 (Chapter 5, 7, 6) 25-Oct 11 Gases. 1-Nov 10 Chemical Bonding Due: HW #5 (Chapter 8, 11) 6-Nov.. Exam #4 (Chapter 8, 11,10) 8-Nov 12 Liquids, Solids and Intermolecular Forces. 15-Nov 13 Solutions Due: HW #6 (Chapter 10, 12) 22-Nov - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. 29-Nov 14 Acids and Bases. 6-Dec 1 to 14 Review. 13-Dec - - Due: HW #7 (Chapter 13, 14) FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive) The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.
Chemistry M12 Laboratory Lab Schedule: Section 72153: 7:00-9:50 Tue (PS-107) Instructor: Dr. Marjorie Leerabhandh Section 76937: 7:00-9:50 Tue (PS-104) Instructor: Dr. Bhuvana Gopalakrishnan SAFETY Safety glasses or goggles must be worn by Chemistry M12 students at all times in the laboratory. Please purchase one for yourself (recommended) or feel free to use the ones provided with each lab. If you need prescription glasses to see adequately, it is recommended that you wear goggles or other approved safety shields over them. Low-heeled shoes which cover the toes and instep are the recommended footwear. Any student under the care of a physician for a continuing medical problem (e.g. diabetes, epilepsy, pulmonary disease) and/or who is pregnant should advise his/her physician that s/he is taking Chemistry M12 Lab. Such students should also advise the laboratory instructor of any such condition. Any student whose deliberate or negligent acts or omissions endanger his/her own safety or that of others may be expelled from the laboratory. LABORATORY STANDARDS AND GRADING The laboratory is a necessary part of the course. A poor lab grade as a result of unexcused failure to perform experiments on schedule may adversely affect your course grade. For this course, the Chemistry 12 Lab Manual Version 2007, Moorpark College Dept of Chemistry is required. If supplementary handouts will be given, they will be made available the week before the scheduled experiment. All written work connected with the lab is to be written in the lab manual only. At the end of each working period, student lab results that have been recorded in the manual are to be turned in. Corrected Lab Reports will be returned at the beginning of the next laboratory period. The maximum laboratory grade is 250 points for the 16 laboratory experiments scheduled for the course. The number of points awarded for each laboratory experiment is listed below. For each experiment, half of the number of points will be awarded for doing the lab. The other half will be based on how well the work was performed and on how complete the write-up (including Pre-Lab Workshops) was done. For each laboratory session missed, the corresponding number of points will be taken off from the laboratory grade. Because labs are set-up for the week they are scheduled only and then put away, you must plan ahead to make up any lab you expect to miss. A missed lab can best be made up by attending another Chemistry M12 Lab section that is scheduled to perform the same experiment. Check with the laboratory instructor to know what experiments are being performed by other Chem M12 sections. Laboratory experiments will be done in pairs, except for special assignments which may require either
individual work or the participation of the class as a whole. These will be announced as necessary. Any lab done in groups of more than two will result in reduced points earned for that experiment, i.e., all members of the group will share the points intended for the pair. For example, two students in a group can earn a maximum of 15 pts each, three students in a group will earn a maximum of 10 pts, four students in a group will earn a maximum of 7.5 pts, and so forth. There will be no practical laboratory exam for this course. Laboratory quizzes will be given as appropriate. SCHEDULE OF EXPERIMENTS CHEMISTRY M12: Introductory Chemistry DATE EXPT # TITLE 21-Aug 13 PRE-LAB WORKSHOP GRADE Check-in Weighing by Difference None 15 28-Aug 2 Measurements 1,2 15 4-Sep 3 Graphing of Data 5 15 11-Sep 1 Separation of Copper Sulfate from Sand None 15 18-Sep 19 Heat and Energy Changes None 15 25-Sep 15 Trends in the Periodic Table None 15 2-Oct 16 Simple Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds 3 15 9-Oct 8 Single Displacement Reactions 7 15 16-Oct 20 Precipitation of Strontium Sulfate 8 15 23-Oct 7 Double Displacement Reactions 4 15 30-Oct 14 Atomic Spectra 6 15 6-Nov 10 Lewis Structures and Molecular Models None 20 13-Nov 11 Boyle's Law 9 15 20-Nov 5 Properties of Solutions 10 15 27-Nov 4 Water in Hydrates 11 20 4-Dec 9 Ionization and the Nature of Acids, Bases, and Salts Check-out None 15 11-Dec - - - - The above schedule is subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances. PRE-LAB WORKSHOPS Pre-lab Workshops are assigned for selected weeks (see Schedule of Experiments, above). As the name implies, Pre-lab Workshops are intended to be completed prior to the scheduled laboratory session, preferably to be turned in at the end of the scheduled lab. However, the student is also given the choice to
turn-in Pre-Lab Workshops one week after the due dates given above. Pre-lab Workshops can be found in the lab manual, Chemistry 12 Lab Manual, Moorpark College Dept of Chemistry. LAB HOUSEKEEPING The laboratory can function smoothly only if left clean at the end of each lab. On leaving the lab after an experiment, each student should ensure that: a) at his/her station: spills are wiped up faucets are turned off and do not drip gas is off the sink is free of glass, paper towels or other refuse b) all reagents chemicals are returned to the cart Remember, good laboratory techniques include good housekeeping. LAB CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT At the beginning of the semester, all enrolled students will be checked-in and assigned a laboratory locker. It is your responsibility to ensure that every glassware in that locker is accounted for. Any missing item will be charged to you during check-out at the end of the semester. Failure to check-out by the end of the semester (even if you drop the course) will result in a fine. During each lab session, the key to your locker will be provided to you. This key should be turned in at the end of the lab session. A fine of $5.00 will be charged to you for each missing key. IMPORTANT NOTE: The use of cell phones is absolutely prohibited during class time and cell phones are not acceptable for use as calculators. Please turn off all cell phone ringers when class is in session. Grade points will be automatically deducted from your grade each time the ringing of your cell phone disrupts the class.