ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3540

Textbooks:

1. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed.; McMurry, John; Brooks/Cole, 2003 (Textbook Center, Doudna).

2. Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed.; McMurry, Susan; Brooks/Cole, 2003 (optional, University Bookstore, $44.50).

3. Molecular Model Set for Organic Chemistry; (Molymod, optional).

	  Hour Exam Average        60%
          Quiz Average		   10%
          Written Assignments	   10%
          Final Exam		   20% 

	  A 90 -100
	  B 80 - 89
	  C 70 - 79
	  D 60 - 69
	  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. One session per week will be an entire discussion session during which no new material will be introduced.

Homework Problems: End of the chapter problems 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 selected in-chapter problems are in the back of the text. Answers to all in-chapter and end-of-chapter problems are in the study guide which also includes helpful hints, chapter outlines, learning objectives (study skills), etc.

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 being examined. Students are urged to seek 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 my office at (or before) 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. If you are using an e-mail package different than the UW-P NetMail, you can have your campus e-mail forwarded using these Instructions.

A variety of computer aided instruction packages are available in the Chemistry Computer Lab, Ottensman 301. Specific references will be made to them on the class syllabus on the World Wide Web or by e-mail. Copies of exams and quizzes (quizzes have answers) from 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 are available on the Web. Don't be tempted to print all the pages. To make structures clearer on the monitor, I have made some of the structures quite large. Printing all of these will waste a large amount of paper. Also, don't look at quiz answers too soon. The answer is not as important as the process your mind goes through to get there. Only look at the answer after you think you have figured out the answer, or if you are really stumped. 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. Five one hour exams will be given in the evening. On exam days, the regular class time will be used as an optional help session. Special arrangements will be made for students with evening classes or religious observations. Please contact me within the first two weeks of classes regarding any such conflicts. Make-up exams will be 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. Also, from time to time selected homework problems will be collected and graded.

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 or approved conflict) will count as a zero.

Academic Misconduct: Academic misconduct will be adjudicated using the procedures outlined in the Web document "Policies Governing Student Life at UW-Platteville".