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Chemistry 1310: General ChemistrySections A and BInstructor:Instructor: Professor David SherrillPhone: 404-894-4037Office: MS&E 2100NOffice Hours: MW 2-3 or by appointmentEmail: [email protected] Meetings:Lecture will be MWF 10:05-10:55 in Chemistry Annex 16, which is in the basement of the College ofComputing (CoC). Students are assigned a weekly 3-hour laboratory and a weekly 1-hour recitation section.LaboratoryStudents should come to lab prepared to work. Students must attend all of their scheduled lab meetings andturn in all required lab reports. See below for more information on the labs.RecitationThe weekly recitation section is meant to give you a chance to ask questions and see example problemsworked. Each recitation section will be directed by a teaching assistant (TA), typically a chemistry graduatestudent.Requirements and Course PoliciesFinal grades will be determined on the total number of points accumulated on weekly problem sets, three1-hour exams, the final exam, and lab. The basis for course grades will be as follows:1Homework or Quizzes 10%Quizzes (in-lecture) 5%Exam I 10%Exam II 15%Exam III 15%Laboratory 20%Final Exam 25%Please note: You MUST pass the laboratory to pass the overall course. eaching Assistants will have theresponsibility for establishing laboratory grades. Students are graded on pre-lab quizzes, formal lab reports,summary reports, report accuracy, lab technique and attitude, and a final lab practicum exam. A grade of60% or better in the lab is considered passing. Grades in the 50-59% range may be considered under unusualand exceptional circumstance. Below 55% the extenuating circumstances must be documented. Under nocircumstances will lower laboratory grades be considered. Your teaching assistant may specify that studentswork in pairs or in larger groups for certain experiments. Whether this is the case or not, all reports must beprepared independently by each student.There should not be any students taking this course pass/fail or audit. If you are, please see Prof. Sherrillas soon as possible to discuss the requirements for you to successfully pass or audit the course.1. Attendance is expected in lecture, required in laboratory and highly beneficial in recitation. Materialon exams may be taken from assigned reading, lecture material, or other handouts.2. No make-up exams will be given. If you miss an exam, notify Prof. Sherrill as soon as possible(preferably before the exam). Documentation of valid excuses must be received within one week ofthe exam date. If you miss an exam for a documented, valid reason, your performance on the relevantportion of the final exam will be used in place of the missed exam.3. Homework, consisting of problem sets, will be assigned weekly and a portion of the problems willbe graded by the TA’s. You are strongly encouraged to do the problem sets, since this is probablythe most effective way to learn the material and to prepare for the exams. It is OK for students tocollaborate on homework, but you must turn in your own homework, and you may not copy solutionsdirectly from other students. Homework may be either collected each week during Recitation or atthe lecture prior to the Recitation.4. You may be required to take pre-lab quizzes. See below regarding laboratory requirements.5. Closed-book hour exams will cover material from the text, lectures, and problem sets; they will notcover material from the laboratories.6. A closed-book, three-hour final exam will be given at the time and place determined for this courseby standard Georgia Tech procedures.27. Requests for regrades must be made within one week of the exam date. Return your exam to your TAalong with a written note explaining why you are requesting a regrade. Only re-grades that could addfour or more points to the score will be considered. Please be aware that when an exam is submittedfor regrading, your final grade may actually go down if the TA finds that you made additional mistakeswhich were not counted off previously. If you still wish to contest your grade after the exam hasbeen regraded by the TA, return the regraded exam to your TA with a detailed explanatory note forProf. Sherrill.Course Website:A course website will be available with the latest version of the syllabus, handouts, etc. Look underhttp://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/courses/chem1310/.Textbooks and Equipment• CHEMISTRY: Science of Change, 4th ed., Oxtoby, Freeman, and Block (Thompson, 2003).• Chem 1310 Custom Lab Manual (Houghton-Mifflin); available at the GT Bookstore.• Personal Response System (PRS) transmitter: A PRS transmitter will be required for quizzes (graded)throughout the term. Attendance will also be taken and PRS credit given for attendance.• Scientific calculator (non-programmable)• Lab apron (recommended)• Lab glasses or goggles• Key-controlled combination master lock (called a “chemistry lock”); available at the bookstore. Usedlocks may be purchased (at a discount) from the strockroom in the Chemistry Annex.Learning DisabilitiesIt is the responsibility of any student with a learning disability to request special accomodation if desired,and he or she must provide a letter of documentation with the Disabled Student Services Office for ver-ification purposes. Such requests should be made well in advance of the time that the accomodation isrequired.3Academic HonestyIt is expected that all students are aware of their individual responsibilities under the Georgia Tech AcademicHonor Code, which will be strictly adhered to in this class. (See http://www.honor.gatech.edu/ for moredetails).Students are encouraged to work together on developing solutions to problem sets; however, the solu-tions that are turned in must be the work of each individual student.All information required for exams will be supplied. Reference to texts or any other documents orinformation during exams is strictly forbidden. The use of programmable calculators during exams is notallowed.Lecture ScheduleThe tentative lecture schedule is given in the table below. This schedule will be adapted to the to the needsand interests of the class as the semester progresses — the latest version may be found on the course website.Key dates such as drop day and holidays are subject to change by Georgia Tech. Please check the officialacademic calendar.Note: The syllabus that is printed in the lab manual IS NOT CORRECT. Labs start the 2nd week ofclass on Monday Aug 28. The Monday labs will


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