Chemistry 138

Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. R. C. White

Text: Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown, LeMay and Bursten

Tenth Ed., Prentice Hall

Office: CFS 317G

e-mail: chm_rcw@shsu.edu

Office Hours MWF 3:00 – 5:00 or by appointment

phone: 936.294.1060

web site: http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_rcw/

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MTH 163, MTH 170, MTH 184 or MTH 199 (or equivalent), or a minimum Math score of 250 on the THEA

Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory. If you habitually miss class, you will habitually make poor grades.

This is the first semester of a two semester course in general chemistry. The course will cover the fundamental parts of beginning chemistry. We will cover nomenclature, reaction types, stoichiometric relations, thermochemistry and reaction types, In this course, the student will learn about the topics above and learn about organization and discipline. To successfully complete the course, the student must read the assigned text, work as many end-of-chapter problems as needed to understand the thought processes required for the material and study two hours for every hour in class.

Homework Problems will be assigned, but not taken up and graded. You should work these so that you can pass the exams. Often the exam questions are simply homework questions with slight changes.

Grading

The student’s progress in the course will be reported by three exams and a comprehensive final exam. In addition, there will be 14 short quizzes throughout the semester, each worth 10 points. Four of these quizzes may be dropped. Thus, the exams will be as follows:

Friday, September 23 100 pt,

Friday, October 21 100 pts

Friday, November18 100 pts

Final Exam 200 pts

Weekly quizzes 100 pts

There are 600 pts to be earned for the semester. The grades will be assigned as follows

516-600 = A (³ 86)

450-515 = B (³ 75%)

372-449 = C (³ 62%)

300-371 = D (³ 50%)

Regrading Exams

If a student feels that an exam has been misgraded, the student must submit the exam for a regrade within one week after the exams are handed back to the student. The entire exam will be regraded. Exams not picked up after one week will be discarded.

Makup Exams

There are no makeup exams. If anyone misses an exam, the final exam will also serve as a comprehensive makeup exam.

Academic Honesty

A University is a place where students learn about course material and learn about good citizenship. Academic dishonesty is abhorrent to the goals and indicates a paucity of personal integrity. Academic dishonesty, whether it is cheating on exams, plagiarism, or any other dishonest behavior will result in failure of the class. See Academic Policy Statement 810213 in the Faculty Handbook.

Classroom Demeanor

Proper classroom behavior is expected at all times. This means no reading newspapers in class, talking with each other and the like. This is a University with adult students and one should strive to learn how to conduct one’s self professionally. Cell phones are to be turned off during class.

Tentative Schedule

Week of	Lecture	Chapter
August 22	Matter and Measurement	1
August 29	Matter and Measurement	1
September 5	Molecules and Ions	2
September 12	Molecules and Ions	2
September 19	Stiochiometry	3
September 26	Stoichiometry	3
October 3	Aqueous reactions	4
October 10	Aqueous reactions	4
October 17	Thermochemistry	5
October 24	Thermochemistry	5
October 31	Electronic Structure	6
November 7	Periodic Properties	7
November 14	Chemical Bonding	8
November 21	Bonding	8
November 28	Molecular Geometry	9
December 5	Gases	10

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday September 5 Labor Day, NO CLASS

Monday, October 24 Welch Chemical Conference, NO CLASS

Wed-Fri, November 23-25 Thanksgiving Holidays, NO CLASS