RSCC CHEM 1120 - CHEM 1120 Syllabus - General Chemistry II

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Syllabus - CHEM 1120General Chemistry IISpring Semester - 2011Instructor: Dr. James B. Condon Home Page: www.genchem.net e-mail: COURSE TITLE: General Chemistry IITEXTS: Principles of Chemistry, Nivaldo J. Tro, Prentice Hall, NY, ISBN-13 978-0-321-56004-9 (-3) General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, 10th Edition, by J. B. Condon, Roane State Foundation OTHER: A calculator capable of scientific notation, logarithms and exponential functions. Thestudent is responsible for knowing how the calculator operates before beginning the course. Instructors are not required to teach the operation of calculators nor supply calculators. CREDIT: 4 semester hours PREREQUISITE: CHEM 1110EMPHASIS: Chemical reaction equilibria, solution equilibria, chemical thermodynamics,electrochemistry, chemical kinetics and introduction to organic chemistry.GENERAL OBJECTIVES:! To acquire a knowledge of the nature and behavior of electrolytes including concentrationcalculations and normality! To be able to predict non-redox and some simple redox chemical reactions.! To be able to balance Redox equations.! To know the thermodynamic conventions and be able to do chemical thermodynamiccalculations.! To be able to do equilibria calculations.! To understand and perform mathematical calculations of single and multiple ionic equilibriaincluding pH, solubility, acid and bases, buffers and titration curves.! To understand and utilize elementary chemical kinetics.! To understand the concepts of electrochemistry and be able to do electrochemicalcalculations.! To know the fundamental functional group and be able to predict organic reactions basedupon this knowledge.In the process of learning reaching these objective the student will also demonstrate the standardsprescribed by the Tennessee Board of Regents.! Conduct and experiment, collect and analyze data, and interpret results in a laboratory setting! Analyze, evaluate, and test a scientific hypothesis! Use basic scientific language and processes, and be able to distinguish between scientific andnon-scientific explanations! Identify unifying principles and repeatable patterns in nature, the values of natural diversity,and apply them to problems or issues of a scientific nature! Analyze and discuss the impact of scientific discovery on human thought and behaviorSee: http://www.roanestate.edu/faculty/chemistry/competencies/chem1120complist.pdf fordetails of the CHEM 1120 learning objectives.COURSE REQUIREMENTS:Read all the assigned topics listed in the outline. Use the glossary of the textbook or refer to thelist of competencies to determine the locations of the topics under discussion. Turn in allassigned and requested problem sets. Complete all tests and examinations.Attend all lectures and participate in group quizzes. In order to get credit for the group tests, onemust be counted as present for the corresponding lecture session. Attendance will be taken at thebeginning of the class period and anyone later than 5 minutes will be considered as absent. (NOTE: For certain government programs, attendance is mandatory and the attendance recordsmust be reported to the administration.) Every group quiz is due at the beginning of the classperiod that follows the period in which it was passed out.Complete all critical items. These items must be successfully completed in order to pass.Perform all assigned laboratory exercises and turn in completed laboratory reports and tests asassigned. Laboratory reports and test must be handed in at the end of the assigned laboratoryperiod except as instructed by the instructor. No credit is given for late laboratories. One mustboth attend the laboratory session and hand in the written material to obtain a grade for alaboratory session.LABORATORY:Students are responsible for their own laboratory exercise. There are two types of laboratories. These are referred to as "exercises" and "laboratories". The description and rules for each are asfollows:Exercises: Exercises consist of performing some written exercises, typically calculations, in thelaboratory manual. After the student completes the exercises in the manual, a quiz is presentedto the student for completion. During the completion of the exercises in the manual, studentsmay and are encouraged to collaborate. For the quiz, however, the student must complete thisalone with the aid of any written material deemed useful. Laboratories: Laboratories are hands-on experimentation in the laboratory. Each student mustperform the laboratory alone. All reports, etc., must be individual work and no group effort orcopying of any kind is allowed. If an unknown is involved, each student will have a uniqueunknown with a unique unknown number. All laboratory reports are individual efforts andduplicates or copies will not be given credit, nor may the student re-do a duplicate or copy.Consultation between students during the laboratory is allowed and encouraged, so long asneither the data nor the written reports are exchanged or copied. Plagiarism is a form ofcheating and will be dealt with accordingly. See the cheating policy below. The definitionaccording to The American Heritage Dictionary: Plagiarism: 1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own. 2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).GRADING:The course is divided into 4 sections. Each section ends with an individual examination thatcounts as 80% of the section’s score. Group quizzes consist of the other 20% plus 10% as abonus. Critical Items must be completed successfully to receive a passing grade.Group Quizzes: During the regular lecture periods there may be one or several group quizzes. These quizzescount as 30 percentage point within the section being studied. If one has a perfect score for allthe group quizzes in the weeks preceding the individual test, then 30 points will be credited tothat section. Each quiz is due at the beginning of the class session which follows the one inwhich it was handed out. In the case of a problem, such as a lost quiz, one can obtain a copiesof the quizzes on the internet at: http://www.genchem.net/groupq2.html . To obtain any creditfor a quiz, it must be turned in when due or one must have documented excuse as described insection I and II below.Group quizzes must be completed using the technique the instructor presents. No credit will begiven for other techniques or for quizzes written in such a way as to be


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