Introduction to General Chemistry

CHM 1025C,Ref # 221657

South Campus, Fall, 2005 (20061)

Room C-202, C-206     MWF 10:00A –11:50A 

Instructor:      Stephen Milczanowski                            Office hours:   TZ: 8-10:20          

Office:           C-135, South Campus                                                  Z:1-5

Phone:          646-2074                                                                       T:  4-5

email: smilczan@fccj.org                                             web site:  http://web.fccj.org/~smilczan           

Course Description:

Co-requisite: MAC 1102 or satisfactory score on placement test. This course is an introduction to the concepts of inorganic chemistry including structures of matter, atomic theory, nomenclature, bonding, gases, solutions, equilibrium, and acids and bases. This course is for students who have had no previous chemistry and plan to major in science, engineering, pre-medicine or pharmacy.  4 credit hours.

Required:

·         Textbook:  Corwin, Charles.;  Introductory Chemistry, 4th edition  Prentice Hall, 2005. 

·         Laboratory text for CHM 1032C.  (Shrink-wrapped packet)

·         Scientific calculator that has log, and EE or EXP function keys.

·         Safety glasses, lab text, lab notebook, and glass marking pen (Sharpie Brand) for the laboratory.

Optional:    Solutions Manual/Study Guide for the textbook. 

Attendance:

·         You are responsible for all material presented in class, including announcements about course procedures or schedules.   Exams, quizzes, and homework often include questions on material presented only in class, so performance on these indirectly reflects attendance.  Attendance will only be taken for the first two weeks of the semester. Students who do not attend class during the first two weeks of class will be removed from the class.  The “FN” grade may be given immediately after the withdrawal deadline for students who have stopped attending class and are failing.  An FN grade will be assigned if a student misses more than two tests including the final or fails to complete more than 3 labs.

Evaluation:

·         There will be four exams in the regular semester.  Each exam is worth 20% of the course grade.

·         The final exam is worth 20% of the course grade.

·         The lowest grade among the 4 tests and the final will be dropped.

·         The laboratory reports are worth 20% of the course grade.

·         Course grades will be assigned as follows:

               A: 90% - 100%                       B: 80% - 89.99%                       C: 70% - 79.99%

               D: 60% - 69.99%                    F: below 60%                            NP grades are not given.

Incompletes will be given only if: a) at least 70% of the work is completed at the time of the request and b) the student is passing with at least a "D" at the time of the request, and c) there is a valid reason such as illness, an accident, etc. . . . Doctor's notes are required for granting incomplete grades.  Other grades such as “W” (withdrawal) and “X” (audit) may be assigned according to college policies.

Examinations:

Ø       Examinations usually contain a multiple-choice section, and a problems section.

MAKE-UP EXAMS:  Because the lowest lab score and lowest exam score are dropped there should be no make-ups for labs or exams.  

State Mandate Students with numbers 971 or above may have only three attempts per college credit course including the original grade, repeat grades, and withdrawals at any point in the semester. The student will be permitted a maximum of two withdrawals per college credit course. Upon the third attempt, the student will not be permitted to withdraw and will receive a grade for that course.

Beginning fall semester, 1997, according to guidelines established by Florida HB 1545, all students may enroll in a specific college credit course only twice at the regular tuition rate. If the first two attempts are unsuccessful (all grades will count as an attempt including audit, IW, AW, W, NP, F, and D), the third time a student enrolls in a course he/she must pay the full cost of instruction. This cost is equivalent to the out-of-state tuition rate, approximately four times the cost of regular tuition. Only "drops" submitted by the advertised deadline date (during the first week of a term) will not count as being enrolled.

Chemistry Lab

Safety

¨       Safety goggles or glasses must be brought to every lab, and worn during lab.

¨       Follow safety instructions.  Safety infractions will result in significant grade penalties and may result in expulsion from the lab.

¨       Long pants or the equivalent must be worn during lab.  A lab apron is strongly encouraged.

Before Lab:

¨       Read the experiment.

¨       Prepare your notebook to take data.  That means that you should copy into your notebook any data tables or other notes that you need to collect data.   Also include the title and the purpose.  Do any pre-lab questions.

¨       Write down questions you have about the lab and ask your instructor those questions before you begin the experiment.  Failure to prepare for lab may result expulsion or non-admittance to lab.

¨       Failure to complete more than 3 labs will result in an automatic failure for the class. ***

During Lab:

¨       All data taken in the laboratory must be recorded in ink in your notebook

¨       Write down all observations.  Be sure to include any additional comments that may be important.

¨       Initial and date each page.

¨       You must obtain your instructor's initials in your data table before you leave the lab.

Laboratory Reports:

¨       Lab reports are typically due at the beginning of the next laboratory period.   Unless your instructor gives you a previous extension, late lab reports (up to 1 week late) will be graded with a 20% grade reduction.   Labs will not be accepted more than 1 week late.  (The last lab may have different rules.)

¨       Labs are graded on a scale of 0 to 10. For the safety lab you will not receive a grade.  Your final lab grade will be the average lab grade scaled to 100, after dropping your lowest grade.

¨       Most reports will be instant laboratory reports.  They already contain the correct structure.  Fill in the appropriate areas.  Two of the labs will require full lab reports.  You MUST use the format described in your lab text.

¨       While students often work in pairs in the lab, lab reports must be written individually.  Do not plagiarize. 

Cell phones, beepers and other electronic devices must be turned off according to college policies.

Breaches in classroom etiquette may result in grade penalties up to failure for the class.

See web site for classroom etiquette. (http://web.fccj.org/~smilczan/etiq.htm)

Academic dishonesty may result in a course grade of F.

For rules regarding academic dishonesty look at the following web page. 

http://www.fccj.org/catalog/2000_2001/Rules/dueproc.html

The South Campus student success team is available to help you in such areas as student appeals, counseling, lost and found and intramural sports.  Please visit the following web site for a comprehensive overview of the services they provide.

http://www.fccj.edu/campuses/south/ss/dean/index.html

rev: Aug-05