COURSE POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Fall 2007

 Chemistry 111,

 

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:20-1:10 PM

Prof. Everett Reed

 

1.Required Materials:        Text: Kotz,. Treichel and Weaver, "Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity” Sixth Edition 

                                                Text is available on line

                                                        Safety glasses 

                                                        Masterlock #1525

 

           

 

                 

2.Grading 

                       

3 hour exams

300 points 

Final Exam

150 points

OWL            

10%

Laboratory                           

20%

                                                                                   

Percentages required for a grade.     These cut offs will be followed exactly.  After every exam and quiz your percentage grade will be posted. Thus you will know exactly where you stand throughout the course.

 

A 93% to 100%

B- 77% to 80%

D+ 61% to 64%

A- 89% to 92%

C+ 73% to 76%

D  57% to 60%

B+ 85% to 88%

C   69% to 72%

F  Below 57%

B   81% to 84%

C- 65% to  68%

 

    

 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

IN ORDER TO GET A PASSING GRADE IN THE COURSE, A STUDENT MUST

                   A. Must have a passing average on the three exams (~57%)  and    

                   B. Successfully complete the laboratory work. 

            

3. Laboratories will begin on February 6. See the lab schedule on the Lab Website and determine when you should attend your first lab and report to GSMN 57.  You are required to print Experiment 1 (on the website). and have it with you when you report to your first laboratory. To prepare for your first laboratory, you should

a.       Read the Lab Policy

b.       Read the Safety Rules

c.       Do the practice Pre-Lab Quiz to prepare you for the quiz that you will take at the beginning of the lab.

d.       Purchase Safety Glasses at the University Store and bring them to all of you lab meetings.

e.       Purchase Masterlock #1525 at the University Store and bring it to your first Laboratory meeting.

 

The lab component comprises 20% of your overall course grade.  In order to pass the course you must obtain a passing grade in the laboratory. In order to obtain this grade you must:

    1.    Complete ALL the laboratories. 

2.        Arrive on-time so as to complete all prelab lab quizzes.

3.        Laboratory Grading 

 

Prelab Quiz

25%

Lab Reports

45%

Lab OWL’s

25%

TA Assessment

5%

 

 

4.The Chemistry Resource Center is available as a drop-in tutoring center for help with    General Chemistry lecture and laboratory.  It is located in Goessmann Laboratory, room 152, and is staffed with chemistry graduate students and/or chemistry faculty. Feel free to come in and study, work on OWL homework assignments, prepare for laboratory, and meet others who are also taking general chemistry.  There are approximately 50 Power Macintosh and Pentium computers, and two laser printers in the Center. General Chemistry students may use these for chemistry related work.  Login procedures are posted at each computer

 

     Hours of Operation

           

Monday

9:00 am –10:00 pm

Tuesday

9:00 am –10:00 pm

Wednesday

9:00 am –10:00 pm

Thursday

9:00 am –10:00 pm

Friday

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Saturday

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Sunday

5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

 

OWL (Online developed over the last 2 Web-based Learning) is an electronic homework and tutoring system years as a joint project between the Chemistry and Computer Science Departments at the University of Massachusetts.  Within OWL there is an extensive set of questions covering General Chemistry course material. You are rostered into the OWL system when you register for General Chemistry. 

            Username = eight digit student number.. 

Password = last name.  This is NOT case sensitive.  If you have 2 words in your last name, such as 'van

            Allen', enter 'vanallen', no spaces or hyphens. 

 

            You will be given an OWL assignment when appropriate. Each time you try a particular assignment, you should see a different, but similar set of questions.  Feedback is given after you answer each question.  This makes OWL an ideal tool to use to study for exams. Many students who have used OWL in the past have stated that working through the OWL assignments is the best and easiest way to learn chemistry and obtain high grades in the course. OWL can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet, on-campus or off, at the web site www.chem.umass.edu/genchem. OWL only works with internet browsers Internet Explorer 4 or above, or Netscape 3 or above.  If you do not have a personal computer, all of the public computer labs on campus can be used to access OWL (http://www.oit.umass.edu/), as can the Chemistry Resource Center.  If you have trouble logging in to the system, click on the "Login Trouble" button and fill out the form. If you have trouble configuring your internet browser, go to the OIT Help desk in LGRC A109.

 

            The OWL assignments will be stated on the lecture outlines and each will be accompanied by a deadline. To obtain OWL extensions beyond the deadline you must report to my office (1239 LGRT) and provide the OWL assignments that you need extended. Bonus points will be awarded if you never ask for an OWL extension. The OWL assignments are labeled Required or Optional  You will be graded only on the required assignments but you are encouraged  to look at the optional assignments. Everyone will be allowing to miss approximately five OWL assignments.

            

           

       5.  .See regulations on "Academic Honesty" in the Student Handbook, "Undergraduate Rights & Responsibilities". The bottom line is that dishonesty is NOT tolerated. 

 

        6. Policy for an Incomplete grade. Students who are unable to complete course requirements within the allotted time because of  severe medical or personal problems may request an incomplete from the instructor of the course. Incompletes are warranted only if a student is passing the course at the time of the request and if the course requirements can be completed by the end of the following semester.

            

       7.   Make-up examinations will be given to students with legitimate excuses such as sickness, irreconcilable conflicts, official university functions etc. Make-up exams are NOT GIVEN because the student did poorly on the original exam. 

            

       8.  Some of the material in the course is available on the internet. 

Laboratory experiments:   www.chem.umass.edu/genchem . You will find my website also at this address.

 

    9. Bonus Questions  There will be some challenging questions that will be assigned as “Bonus Questions”. These can improve your grade but you will not be penalized if you do not do these questions.

 10. Pseudo Honors Section    I will present a special section for those students that would like a more in-depth discussion of some the topics that are taught in chemistry 111. Attendance is optional. I will not assign any extra work in this section. I will ask those interested to contact me and then I will assign a room and meeting time, which will be once a week.

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Everett L. Reed

 

Location   LGRT 1239

                                       

Telephone

545-6087 (Office no Voice Mail as yet)

253-9826 (Home Voice Mail)

 

E-Mail

reed@chem.umass.edu 

(office) 

ereed@chem.umass.edu

(home – evenings and weekends)

 

CRC Hours Thursday 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm..

 

Course Materials for Chemistry 111

 

Text: Kotz,.Treichel and Weaver, "Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity” Sixth Edition 

                                      Text is available on line

 

         

Electronic Calculator

          Calculator should have x2,  ,  log x  and

          ln x ,  10x,  ex,  and  yx  (or  INV functions)

Safety Glasses

Masterlock #1525


 

Exam Dates       All exams are given from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Location to be announced.

Thursday, September 27

          Thursday, November 1 

          Thursday, December 6

 

Course Material are available on the Internet