Course Information Winter 2001 Chemistry 30AL Instructor Arlene A Russell russell chem ucla edu Office Hours Young Hall 1337 Tues 3 4pm Wed 8 9am Lecture Monday 11 am Boelter 3400 Lab TR 8 11 TR 11 30 2 30 TR 11 30 2 30 TR 3 6 WF 2 5 1a Room 1343 1c Room 1343 1d Room 1337 1e Room 1343 1g Room 1343 Rob Ramirez Nicola Edwards Felix Epie Joseph Norton Eugene Rozumov rramirez chem ucla edu nedwards chem ucla edu epie chem ucla edu jnorton chem ucla edu erozumov chem ucla edu Virtual Office Hours Chemistry 30AL will use the Department of Chemistry s virtual office hour function on the Internet for correspondence and discussion The log in is http voh chem ucla edu Please use this address for general class related questions Note that if you send a confidential memo to the instructor through voh you must include your e mail address in the memo if you wish an answer Lecture Schedule January 7 administration recrystallization January 14 extraction January 21 academic holiday January 28 infrared spectroscopy February 4 distillation Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 25 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 19 NMR academic holiday chromatography mass spectroscopy UV melting point determination final 11 30 am 2 30 pm Lab Preparation and Pre lab Reports You must be prepared for the experiment before you come to lab if you wish to complete the experiment in the time allotted You are expected to do your lab work in your scheduled period your grade will be affected by not completing lab work in a timely manner 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 Following the instructions in the posted report guidelines 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 in your notebook before the lab section meets You are also required to complete the pre lab study questions in your lab notebook before the section meets During lab you will complete the data tables and record any other observations about the experiment The duplicate copy of this pre lab and in lab work is to be turned in to the T A at the end of the lab period No credit for the pre lab work will be assigned after its due date 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 duplicate 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 No reports will be accepted after more than two weeks late or after 5 00 p m on the last day of instruction Computer programs used to analyze data must be referenced and copies may be requested by the instructor Cheating Plagiarism Dishonesty All cases of cheating plagiarism or dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Students All work that you submit for grading must be your own work Group reports must acknowledge the individual contributions of each person if the work has been shared Grading Distribution Prelab Assignments Lab Reports Technique CPR writing 3 10 each Group Project and Oral Report Quizzes 4 15 each Final Exam Lab Protocols 40 115 30 30 40 60 75 10 Lab Maintenance 400 5 per day Total up to To receive a passing grade C you must receive at least 50 of the points in each of the eight grading areas Lab protocols include but are not limited to attending lab on time and completing the work in the assigned time leaving your work area and the equipment you use clean and in a condition that the next person can begin work observing safe practices in the lab timely submission of lab work and appropriate contribution to group work and reports Labs instrument rooms and lab areas left in a condition that prevents the students in a section from beginning their work in a timely manner will also result in a penalty of 5 points assessed against students who were assigned to the area in question in the previous section Grading Detail Assignment Prelabs Aspirin 2 5 10 Iron Oxalate 2 5 10 Caffeine 5 Infrared Spectroscopy Simple Distillation and GC 5 Isolation and Characterization of C60 NMR 5 Library Assignment Ion Exchange Chromatography 5 Group Project Report Oral Reports Individual CPR writing assignments Quizzes Final Lab protocols Exams and CPR Reports 20 35 10 10 10 10 10 10 Technique 10 10 5 5 30 10 3 10 30 4 15 60 75 10 Course Grades Chemistry 30AL grades are based on demonstrated mastery of the material and the lab procedures Normal grade assignments are A 90 100 B 80 90 C 70 80 D 60 70 F 60 Plus and minus grades may be assigned if appropriate
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