Chemistry 112 Lecture 2 Spring 2001
Instructor: Roberta Day, LGRT
512, 545-2375, rday@chem.umass.edu
Structure: Three 50' lecture periods per week
One 3 hour laboratory
period every other week
Electronic Homework (OWL)
Required Text: Kotz and Treichel,
"Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity"; 4th edition (contains
interactive CDROM)
Assignments from the text will be from Chapters 13
through 21. See the Table of Contents, pages x - xi for an overview.
Optional: Banks, "Student
Solution Manual"
Required Laboratory Materials:
Student
Lab Notebook by Hayden-McNeil (Textbook Annex).
Master
Lock #1525, and Safety Glasses - American Optical Co. No. 484A ( Campus Center
Store). Descriptions of Laboratory Experiments will be available on the Web.
Electronic Calculator: An electronic calculator
(should be capable of doing powers, roots, logs and exponents) may be used in
all aspects of the course.
Grading: Three (3) hour examinations, approximately 300 points
Cumulative final
examination, approximately 150 points
Laboratory approximately
130
points
¾¾¾¾
Approximate Total 650
points
Examinations
will account for approximately 70%, OWL homework for approximately 10%, and
Laboratory for approximately 20% of the total course grade. No judgment on
grades is reached until the end of the semester and all work is completed. The
minimum total percentage required to guarantee a grade of: A is 90%, B is 80%,
C is 70%, and D is 60%. Deviations from this depend on class performance and
are at the discretion of the instructor. Important: A failing grade in either lecture (< ~60%)
or in laboratory will result in a failing grade for the entire course.
Academic Honesty: See regulations in the
Student Handbook “Undergraduate Rights
& Responsibilities”.
General Procedures: Attendance is expected at
all class periods. If you must miss a lecture, it is best to get the lecture
notes from a classmate. If you miss a laboratory, get in touch with your TA as
soon as possible (email addresses on the web). Problem assignments from the
text are not collected. OWL homework is monitored electronically. Assignments,
deadlines and other relevant course materials will be posted on the web.
Laboratories: Labs begin on Monday, February 5, with Section 1 and meet on alternate weeks.
See the lab schedule handout for details for your section. The experimental
procedure for the first lab will be distributed in class on Friday, February 2,
and is also available on the Web. Before
each subsequent laboratory
meeting, the experimental procedure should be printed from the Web. Pre-lab
quizzes on the web should also be done to prepare for each laboratory
experiment. A short written pre-lab
quiz, based on the on-line version, will be given at the start of each
laboratory.
Hour examinations will be given in the
evening, during the period (6:00PM-7:30PM) set aside by the University
for this purpose. Make-up exams will only be given with (a) prior written
notification of a scheduled absence allowed by University policy or (b)
documented emergencies or illnesses. Hour
exams are scheduled for Thursday evenings on March 1, April 5, and May 3.
Web sites:
General
Chemistry: http://www.chem.umass.edu/genchem/
Links to lecture information and all laboratory information may be found under Chemistry 112. There are also links to OWL and other sites.
OWL
electronic homework: http://owl.oit.umass.edu/Departments/Chemistry/login.html
Login
= 9-digit student ID number (no dashes);
Password = last name
Office
of Instructional Technology: http://www.oit.umass.edu
OWL Electronic Homework: Electronic homework may be
done at any time after the start date and may be repeated without penalty, but
credit will be received only for work completed by the due date. Due dates will
be announced during the semester. Assignments may be done in the Chemistry
Resource Center or from any location
with access to the Web. There are two kinds of OWL modules. “Quiz” mode
assignments are drawn from a database of questions, so that the questions will
vary each time you attempt the assignment. Discovery assignments have a fixed
set of questions. Discovery assignments contain Shockwave movies that require a
special player, so plan ahead. It is OK to use your text, to work with a
classmate, or to ask for help when you are doing an OWL assignment.
Chemistry Resource Center: The CRC will be open with a
skeleton staff Jan 31- Feb 2, 9:00AM – 4:30PM. Normal hours of operation
begin on Monday, February 5. The CRC is located in Goessmann 151. It contains
computers for your use and a drop-in area where you may study with friends or
get tutorial help from the staff. To log on to the network in the CRC your
username is 'chem112' and your
password is 'ch111112'. You will be
able to print course-related materials from the computers in the CRC. Hours of
operation are posted outside of the Center each semester. Usually these are:
Monday – Thursday: 9:00AM-12:00 midnight, Fri 9:00AM – 4:30PM, and Sunday
5:00PM – midnight, with no tutorial help available on any day before 12:00 noon
or on Sunday evening.