General Chemistry II
CH 102
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Time: |
MWF
10:00-10:50 |
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Place: |
107 Shelby Hall |
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Instructor: |
R. Timkovich, Office 313B Shelby |
Course : Continuation of General Chemistry I. The objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic facts and principles of chemistry. Some of the topics included: intermolecular forces, colligative properties, kinetics, acid-base chemistry, equilibrium, chemical thermodynamics, and nuclear chemistry.
Prerequisites: CH101
Disability Accommodations: To request these, contact the Office of Disability Services at 348-4285. Web address: www.ods.ua.edu. After initial arrangements are made with that office, contact your instructor.
Office Hours: Immediately after class. If this conflicts with another class, approach the instructor at the beginning of class to make special arrangements for an alternative appointment. If you make such an appointment, keep it.
LAB: The required lab for this course meets in Lloyd Hall. Check your schedule for the correct time and room number for the lab section for which you registered. You are expected to attend only the section for which you registered. Ms. Erica Livingston, Office 133 Lloyd Hall, is in charge of the lab, and will assign a Teaching Assistant who will be in the lab with you. Extra instructions concerning the lab conduct will be given at the lab meeting time.
Grading: Final grades will be based upon attendance, homework, quizzes, three exams during the semester, a final exam, and the laboratory grade.
The semester exams will be spaced approximately equally by quarters during the semester. The specific date of each exam will be announced in class before the exam date. All exams will be administered in the regular recitation section for this course on Wednesdays, 6:30-7:50 PM in Shelby 107. The Final exam will be administered according to the University schedule as listed below.
Final Exam: Section 001, Thur. Dec. 11, 11:30-2:00 PM 107 Shelby
Your final course average will be computed by the following weighting scheme:
Quizzes
10%
Homework 10% Exams
58%
Lab 17% Attendance 5%
The lowest exam grade during the semester will be dropped when computing your exam average. The final exam CANNOT COUNT AS YOUR DROPPED EXAM GRADE. The lowest 20% quiz grades will be dropped when computing your quiz average. Attendance is mandatory and will be recorded.
Students are allowed to drop 1 lab (either an absence or their lowest grade), the second absence is a zero averaged into their grade and the 3rd absence is a failure of the course.
Examples of how the weighting scheme works are shown here.
Required Materials: Chemistry, A Molecular Approach by Nivaldo Tro, Prentice Hall (student solutions manual - optional); Catalyst General Chemistry Lab CH 101/102, University of Alabama Chemistry Department, by Prentice Hall Custom Laboratory Program is required for each student.
You must also purchase a CPS-RF Response Pad, the new model pads (blue&white) with a liquid crystal display screen. The older model pads (orange&blue) will not work.
Calculator - The approved calculator for this course is the Casio FX-260. These calculators may be purchased at the SUPE store for ~ $10.00. Only these calculators will be allowed for use on CH102 exams and quizzes. Programmable calculators are expressly forbidden.
MasteringChemistry online homework for CH102 - register for the on-line homework at www.masteringgeneralchemistry.com, using our course code MCTIMKOVICH58009. Please enter your campus-wide student ID and your proper name when enrolling in the on-line chemistry course. Further instructions here. Homework - online (mastering chemistry) problems will be assigned during the semester and the performance on these problems will count 10% toward the course total. Some homework problems may appear on quizzes and exams.
Letter grades will be assigned based on your weighted final average at least according to:
letter grade
Weighted Final Average
A
90-100
B
80-89
C
70-79
D
60-69
F
Below 60
Academic Misconduct: All acts of dishonesty in any work constitutes academic misconduct. All acts of misconduct will be persecuted under the Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy of the University. Disruptive behavior will not be allowed in class. Disruptive behavior includes use of a cell phone or allowing your cell phone to ring during class. Every day, turn your phones off while you are in class. The first time your phone rings or if you use your phone during any class, you will be dismissed from class and receive an automatic non-drop zero for a quiz score. The second time, your final grade will be lowered by one letter. The third time, you will fail the class as a disruptive student.
Academic Honor Code: Read the Undergraduate Catalog, pg. 22, and study this form.
Every class and exam period, you must bring to class your ACT card for identification purposes and your CPS-RF Response Pad. Instructions for enrolling the pad for CH102 maybe found here. All grading will be done using the Response Pads. It is critical that you study and obey the following Clicker Rules. You only need to purchase one Pad and it can be used for multiple courses. Additional tips for clicker usage may be found here.
Course Content: Chapters 11 to 19 will be covered in the text in order. The best way to anticipate the material to be covered is to examine the textbook.
The problems at the end of each chapter are your best way to study for quizzes and exams. All quizzes and exams will be patterned after these problems, and will be True-False or multiple choice type questions.
Course Content:
Chap. 11 Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces
Problems 11.80 11.124 11.140 Hints
Updated 08/13/08