124-0P General Chemistry 124 Policy - Dr. Sundin - UW-Platteville

General Chemistry 124-A


Spring, 2000
MWF 1:00 - 1:52
3 credits
C122 Ottensman Hall
Instructor:  Dr. Sundin
Office:   311 Ottensman Hall
Phone 342-1015
  • Course Syllabus for Students with CD-ROM drive D:
  • Course Syllabus for Students with CD-ROM drive E:
  • Course Syllabus for Students with CD-ROM drive F:
  • Course Syllabus for Students with CD-ROM drive G:

    Introduction: Chemistry 124 is the second semester of a two-semester sequence in general chemistry. The Chemistry 114 - 124 sequence is designed for students requiring a full year of general chemistry including chemistry and chemical engineering majors as well as students in biology, agriculture, the health professions, etc. Chemistry 124 serves as a prerequisite to all advanced chemistry courses. Chemistry 124 may also be used to partially satisfy the University's Natural Science requirement. The prerequisite of Chemistry 124 is a grade of at least a "C" in General Chemistry 114. As such, admitted students will have a basic working understanding of: theory, laws, and hypotheses; atomic structure; periodic law; stoichiometry; gas laws; thermochemistry; solutions and solution units; chemical bonding and intermolecular attractions; nomenclature; and oxidation-reduction.

    Textbooks:

    Supplementary Materials: Splash proof Safety Goggles ($3.85, University Bookstore, Ullsvik Center).

    		 Grade:											   Grade Scale:
    	Hour Exam Average		40%		A       90 -100
	Quiz Average			10%		B       80 - 89
	Assignments			 5%		C       70 - 79
	Laboratory			25%		D       60 - 69
	Final Exam			20%		F       59 or less

    Lectures: The lecture or class time will be spent on discussion, problem solving sessions, and even lectures depending on the material being covered.

    Accompanying the textbook is a CD-ROM which includes: animations, videos, step-by-step problem-solving sections, quizzes, photos, and a hyperlinked Periodic Table.

    Homework: Questions are assigned in the syllabus. You should work out all problems since by and large they are typical of the kinds of problems you are expected to master and handle with ease. You should also work out the problems that are in the body of the text. Answers to the red-colored even-numbered questions are in the back of the text. From time-to-time, some questions (marked witn an asterisk *) will be handed in with some of them being graded for answering the question and some of them being graded for accuracy. Activities will also be assigned from the CD-ROM "CyberChem".

    Special Assistance: Occasionally neither studying the text nor in-class discussion is sufficient to enable some students to acquire an adequate understanding of the material under consideration. Students are urged to seek special assistance before falling behind. Often, a few minutes of focused discussion is all that is needed to clear up a significant roadblock. You should not hesitate to visit the instructor's office at that point.

    Sometimes questions come up at inopportune times. A further means of communication is electronic mail. Students may send messages to me (or each other) at any time, day or night. I will periodically respond to questions either via e-mail or in class. Sometimes, a response will be e-mailed to the entire class if the same concept appears to be giving a number of students difficulty and if seems to be important to get a response out to the class before the next class period. From time to time, problems will be posed and then worked out on e-mail.

    In addition to the CD-ROM "CyberChem" which you received along with your textbook, a variety of computer aided instruction packages are also available in the Chemistry Computer Lab, Ottensman 301. You may use your "CyberChem" CD-ROM on your own computer, the computers in Chemistry Computer Lab, or the computers in any of the General Access Labs. If the activity requires audio, you must provide your own headphones. Headphone jacks are attached to the keyboard cable on selected computers in the Chemistry Computer Lab. Specific references will be made to certain activities on the class syllabus on the World Wide Web or by e-mail. Links will also be made to other Web resources.

    Please contact me right away if you have any disabilities so that appropriate accommodations may be made.

    Exams and Quizzes: Periodically short quizzes will be given in class. Such quizzes generally cover only a few recent concepts. Since the primary purpose of the quizzes is instructional, make-up quizzes will not be given and the quizzes will count for only 10% of the final grade. The lowest 1 or 2 quizzes will be dropped. Answers to the quizzes will be placed on the Web. Four one hour exams will be given. The exams will be given on Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm. The preceding Wednesday will be an optional review day. Make-up exams are given only in cases of emergency.

    Written Assignments: From time to time written assignments will be made. Such assignments include topics which are not normally covered in classroom discussion as well as the examination of topics from a different perspective. These assignments will be graded for content as well as appropriate language. The papers will be typed.

    Absence Policy: A student's grade will not automatically be lowered for missing class periods. However, any quiz which is missed or paper that is late will count as a zero and any exam which is missed (except in cases of emergency) will count as a zero.

    Academic Misconduct: Academic misconduct will be adjudicated using the procedures outlined in the University Policies.

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