Introductory Chemistry I
CH 104
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Time: |
MTWRF
8:00-9:45 |
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Place: |
150 Shelby Hall |
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Instructor: |
R. Timkovich, Office 313B Shelby |
Course : Introductory chemistry for non-majors. This course does not substitute for CH 101 or 107. Course Objective: survey of the facts, principles, and theories of chemistry.
Prerequisites: none
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:
Timkovich: 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. Although the lab score will only count 17% toward your final letter grade, you must have a minimum lab average of 70% to pass the course.
Grading: Final grades will be based upon attendance, 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. The first exam will cover Ch. 1 and 2; the second will cover Ch. 3 and 4; the third will cover Ch. 5, 6, and 7. The Final Exam will cover Ch. 8 and 9, and will include comprehensive questions from earlier chapters. All exams during the semester will be administered during a regular lecture period. The Final exam will be administered according to the University schedule as listed below.
Final Exam: Section 001, Wed. Jul 2, 8:00-10:30 AM
Your final course average will be computed by the following weighting scheme:
Quizzes
10%
Exams
68%
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 two lowest 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 Texts: General, Organic, and Biochemistry, by Denniston, Topping, and Caret, McGraw Hill, 5th. Edition. This book is also bundled with the required Lab manual, A Laboratory for General, Organic, and Biochemistry, 4th Ed., Henrickson, Byrd, and Hunter. 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.
A series of alternative text books has also been placed in the break area closest to Shelby 318. These books are equivalent to your required textbook and are an excellent source of additional problems to work for practice. The other authors may also explain material in a way easier for you to grasp.
Quizzes will be administered un-announced on a regular basis during lectures. You will not be allowed to take a quiz if you show up late for lecture, and if you leave right after the quiz, it will score zero.
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 2004-06, pg. 22, and study this form. The first graded quiz in the course will be on the Honor Code.
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 CH104 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: The first 9 Chapters 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. They will not be collected or graded separately, but, you are expected to work these to prepare for graded assignments. All quizzes and exams will be patterned after these problems, and will be True-False or multiple choice type questions. The Critical Thinking problems at the end of each chapter are the most challenging and time-consuming, but they are also the most informative.
Course Content:
Chap. 1 Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
Updated 05/20/08