Chemistry 14CL COURSE INFORMATION Winter 2002Chemistry 14CL COURSE INFORMATION Winter 2002 Instructor: Dr. Maher M. Henary Office Hours: M 10 - 11 & W 10 – 11 in 1336 YHS Email: [email protected] Lecture: Monday 3:00 pm in CS 24 Lab: 1336 & 1340 Young Hall Required Text(s): (1) Chemistry Experiments for Life Science Majors, A.A. Russell (2) Introduction To Organic Laboratory Techniques, A Micro scale Approach 3rd ed., Pavia, Lampman, kriz and Engel (from Chem. 14BL) (3) Laboratory Notebook with duplicate pages (from Chem. 14BL) Recommended Text (s): (1) Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones, Chemical Principles – The Quest from Insight (1st ed) (or any other equivalent general chemistry text) (2) W. H. Brown, organic Chemistry (1st ed) (or any other similar text) NOTE: Chemistry 14CL includes topics already covered in 14A/B and 14BL. In order to understand the lectures and do well in the labs (these include prelabs / post labs and exams), it is important for all of you to review (on your own!) all the relevant materials from Chemistry 14A/B and 14BL. Virtual Office Hours: Chem. 14CL will use the Department of Chemistry's virtual office hour function on the Internet. You may submit questions and receive answers electronically. The address is http:/www.chem.ucla.edu.uclavoh/ Lecture Schedule: Topics January 7 Welcome & Polyprotic acids / amino acids titration January 14 Amino acids (continue) & Molecular Modeling January 21 Academic holiday January 28 Extraction / IR Spectroscopy February 4 IR Spectroscopy (cont.) / UV-vis / Chromatography / TLC February 11 MIDTERM EXAM (IN CLASS)* February 18 Academic holiday February 25 Distillation / G.C. March 4 Kinetics March 11 Spectroscopy March 20 FINAL EXAM (11:30 – 1:30PM )* * NO MAKE UP EXAM; any missing exam will count as ZERO. Lab Preparation: To complete the laboratory work on time you must prepare for the period's assignment before your laboratory section meets if you wish to complete the experiment in the time allotted. The course is impacted; there is neither make-up time in the course nor space for you to work in other sections. You must do your lab work in your scheduled period. In preparation for the lab, you should first study the pertinent sections in the text, review the lecture notes pertaining to the experiment, then view (and possibly review) the appropriate videotapes for any new techniques to be used in the experiment. Write the introduction, procedure (including a reference to the original source and a flow-chart summary of the experimental steps), and data tables for the experiment are to be written in the notebook before the lab section meets. During lab, you will complete the data tables and record any other observations about the experiment. If you still have questions relating to the experimental details, consult a TA or the course instructor. The duplicate copy of the in-lab data is to be turned in to the T.A. at the end of the lab period. Prelabs are due at the beginning of the lab period. Late pre-lab work will count as ZERO. NOTE: Techniques videotapes can now be viewed on the internet (refer to the lab schedule for web address) and through the campus cable TV network (Channel 22).Post-lab Reports: The remainder of the lab report, - the data analysis, error analysis, and conclusions - are to be completed in the lab notebook after the experiment is completed. The original copy of this portion of the report is turned in to the T.A. at the start of the following lab period along with any graphs that have been prepared on fine-grid (millimeter) graph paper. Unexcused late post-lab portions of the reports, will accrue a penalty of five percent of the grade per day for unexcused late reports. No reports will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on the last day of instruction. Computer programs used to analyze data must be referenced and the instructor may request copies. COURSE INFORMATION (continued) Grading: (To receive a passing grade (C-), you must complete ALL the experiments and reports and receive at least 50% of the points in the exams category.) (i) Preparation for lab - prelab assignments 94 18.4% (ii) Performance in lab - lab technique 42 8.2% (iii) Documentation of lab work - lab reports 211 41.2% (iv) Understanding of lab - Midterm 80 15.6% - Final 80 15.6% (v) End of the quarter lab clean up 5 1.0% TOTAL 512 100% Grading Criteria: Your mastery of the course will be measured through your performance on the exams, reports, experimental accuracy, calculations and analysis of data; and your lab technique. Qualities that will be considered in this latter category include your performance in observing safety regulations such as wearing eye and personal protection in lab, following safe lab procedures, working independently and coming to lab prepared, completing the assigned work within the scheduled laboratory periods, coming to lab on time and turning in assignments promptly, and disposing of waste in proper receptacles. Chemistry 14CL is graded on a mastery basis. Letter grades are based on the course point total. (Please note these grades are assigned only at the end of the quarter when all items have been graded; the percentage on a portion of the course is not a meaningful measure of your total performance.) Plus and minus grades are frequently assigned, but final decisions to award these grades are not made until the end of the quarter when all the student data have been evaluated. As a rule of thumb, the course grades are assigned as follows: 90 - 100% = A 80 - 90% = B 65 - 80% = C 50 - 65% = D 0 - 50% = F Bulletin Board: The course bulletin board is located on the wall across from Vending Machines – 1st Floor. Report Guidelines will ONLY be posted on 14CL VOH (Virtual Office Hours) homepage. Video Laboratory: Operated by the Instructional Media Library, and located in Powell 270. This facility is open daily. Videotapes for assignments on the laboratory schedules will be available for individual student viewing. You are expected to view the appropriate program for the week's experiment before your lab section meets. Safety Goggles and Protective Clothing: Eye protection must be worn in all
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