GENERAL CHEMISTRY (21:160:116) SPRING 2012 (4 credits)
TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
website:
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THE FINAL EXAM IN THIS COURSE
IS MONDAY, May 7 FROM 11:45-2:45PM.
SECTIONS 21, 22 & 23 WILL TAKE THE
EXAM IN SMITH 220
SECTIONS 24,
25 & 26 WILL TAKE THE EXAM IN (TBA).
The final exam in this
course is Monday, May 7 from
11:45-2:45
In order to evaluate this course, please go to:
https://sakai.rutgers.edu/
Professor: Dr.
Roger Lalancette
Olson 010 (lab
- almost always here) and Olson 237 (office - hardly ever
here) Tel. 973-353-5646
Office
Hours: after class, M & TH 2:30-4:00, and by
appointment
e-mail
address: rogerlal@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Important
notes
concerning email and voice mail:
1) Put “Chem. 116” somewhere
within the subject line. [Else, your email will be deleted
without
being read.]
2)
Give your full name and your section number somewhere within the
text of your email. For example, no response would be given to
an email from “flincoln”, if that is the only identifier for its
author. [If you do not remember your section number, just
list the day of the week when your recitation meets; it is very
difficult to sort through about 240 names to find your section.]
3)
The fastest way to reach Dr. Lalancette is to phone his
office. [I do not check all of my email every day.]
4)
If you leave a message on my answering machine, speak slowly
and clearly when you give your call-back number. It has
happened often in the past that I cannot return your call
because I am unable to understand the phone number.
5)
If you do leave a voice message, don’t forget to clearly
give both your name and your recitation section.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY FOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY can be found at: http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/integrity.shtml
Prerequisite
courses: 640:109 – College Algebra for the Physical
Sciences, AND 160:115 - General Chemistry 1st semester (with
at least a passing grade).
Lectures:
Mondays
and Thursdays, from 1:00 – 2:20 PM - ALL SECTIONS
Note:
TURN OFF CELL PHONES before
coming to class.
Recitation Classes:
Each recitation class
meets once a week, every week. RECITATION CLASSES
ARE MANDATORY. Quizzes will be given at the end of each
recitation class, beginning with the recitations meeting on
Thursday, January 26. [Thus each “quiz week” begins on
Thursday and ends on Wednesday of the following week.] The
quiz for each week will principally be based upon material
covered during the previous 2 lectures. [For example, the
quizzes given from Thurs., Jan. 26 through Wed., Feb. 2 will be
based principally upon material covered during the lectures
given on Jan. 19 and Jan. 23, the previous week's two lectures.]
THERE ARE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES – NOT EVER – FOR ANY
REASON. If you are unable to take your quiz during your
normal recitation period and wish to take the quiz during a
different recitation period, (within
the same quiz week), you must obtain prior
written permission from Dr. Lalancette.[Quizzes taken
without prior authorization will not be counted towards your
final quiz average.]
Recommended Materials:
Schaum’s “3000 Solved Problems in Chemistry", by David
Goldberg: ISBN 0-07-325026-0.
Required Materials:
1) General
Chemistry, The Essential Concepts, by Raymond Chang, 10th
Ed., McGraw-Hill Publishers. [Available at Barnes & Noble
Bookstore (Rutgers) & New Jersey Books].
2) A non-programmable and non-graphic Scientific Calculator. [Readily
available, for about $10 or less, at drug stores, office
supply stores, or at book stores. If it costs more than that,
it is probably a graphic calculator.] Do not forget to bring
your calculator with you to ALL
recitation classes and exams. [You will not be allowed to
either share calculators, or to use the calculator in a cell
phone.] Make sure you know how to use your calculator, including
how to enter numbers in scientific notation!
Warning: anyone
found using an unacceptable calculator during an exam will
have that calculator confiscated for the remainder of the
exam. That person will have to do all the arithmetic without
the benefit of a calculator!
3) Your individual ID number for the CONNECT
online homework problems.
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_
[The ? is for your individual section
day and number (from 21 through 26; see
below)], and click on Register Now.
Then enter either a) the access code or b) buy
online
You should also download the chemdraw module by going to
the following url: http://www.mhhe.com/sem/
For the
students who have a used book: YOU MUST ORDER CONNECT
online.
For any
and all CONNECT problems,
24-hour support at:
mcgrawhillconnect.com/support
OR call Technical Support: 800-331-5094
SUN.: 6pm - 11pm (CST); MON. => THURS.: 8am -
11 pm (CST); FRI.: 8am - 6pm (CST)
CONNECT ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
The book listed for "Connect" is Burdge, 2nd Ed.
We are using Chang, 10th Ed. There is no "CONNECT"
with Chang, so we will be using the Burdge homeworks. Just
do it!!!
Each CONNECT assignment must be completed on the day it
is due (check to see when and at what time it is
due!!!). [The program will not allow you access after that
time.] In order to obtain full points for an assignment,
you need to obtain a score of 75% or better on the assignment.
Lower scores will earn proportionally fewer points, as shown
below:
75% -
100%: 5 points
65% -
74.9%: 4 points
55% -
64.9%: 3 points
45% -
54.9%: 2 points
35% -
44.9%: 1 points
0% -
34.9%: 0 points
Sect.
21
- M 10:00 - 11:20 - Smith 241 Dr.
Karen Chaffee
Sect. 22 - T 10:00 - 11:20 - Smith 240
Dr. Karen Chaffee
Sect. 23 - W
8:30 - 9:50 - Smith 240
Dr. Karen Chaffee
Sect. 24 - Th 10:00 - 11:20
- Smith 240 Dr. Karen Chaffee
Sect. 25 - F 10:00 - 11:20 - Smith
240 Dr. John Sheridan
Sect. 26 - F 10:00 - 11:20 - Smith 244
Dr. Roger Lalancette
Recitations:
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Sect. |
Day |
Time |
Room |
Lecturer
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CONNECT CODE URL
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21 |
MON |
10:00 –11:20 |
Smith 240 |
Dr. Karen Chaffee |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_monday_21 |
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22 |
TUES |
10:00 –11:20 |
Smith 240 |
Dr. Karen
Chaffee |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_tuesday_22 |
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23 |
WED |
8:30 – 9:50 |
Smith 240 |
Dr. Karen
Chaffee |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_wednesday_23 |
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24 |
THURS |
10:00 –11:20 |
Smith 240 |
Dr. Karen
Chaffee |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_thursday_24 |
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25 |
FRI |
10:00 –11:20 |
Smith 240 |
Dr. Sheridan |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_friday_25 |
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26 |
FRI |
10:00 –11:20 |
Smith 244 |
Dr. Lalancette |
http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/r_lalancette_ spring_2012_friday_26 |
Grading:
1. There will be three (3) In-Class Exams – on February
13, March 8, and April 16. The lowest grade for these 3 exams
will be dropped. For this reason, THERE ARE NO MAKEUP
EXAMS – EVER – FOR ANY REASON! The 2
exams with the highest scores will each count
100 points toward your final grade.
2. The Final Exam will be given on Monday, May 7, from
11:45 – 2:45. It will be cumulative and will count
200 points toward your final grade. Makeup Final Exams will NOT be given,
except for specific legitimate reasons as established by
University policy:
i.e., “illness requiring physician’s care; death in the family;
etc.” It is the student’s responsibility to contact Dr.
Lalancette by phone within 24 hours of the scheduled
exam time, and to subsequently provide appropriate
supporting
documentation, in writing (NOT via email!!).
A makeup exam will be given only if your
lecture professor decides that your excuse and your supporting
documentation are acceptable. Having multiple
exams on the same day is not a
valid excuse! If you know ahead of time
about a conflict, you must make arrangements to take the
final exam early. [Caution – makeup exams are always harder than the
original one.
It is only worth it if you are truly too ill
to do well at the normal scheduled time.] Makeup
exams must be completed within two weeks, or the "X"
grade will automatically be changed to an F grade by the
Registrar!!
3. Your final quiz average will count 100 points toward
your final grade. Usually, there are 13 quizzes throughout
the semester, and we will count the best 10 of these 13.
4. The CONNECT online homework will count 50 points
towards your final grade. [Since there will be ~10 CONNECT
assignments, each is worth up to 5 points towards your final
grade (see below).]
1.
There
will be assigned seating. Arrive early in order to find
your assigned seat.
2.
Place
your ID on your desktop. You must bring a picture ID
with you.
3.
NO
BATHROOM BREAKS – be sure to use the facilities before the exam
begins.
4.
No
one will be permitted to enter after 15 minutes have elapsed and
no one will be permitted to leave until at least 30 minutes have
elapsed. BE ON TIME OR YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY!
5.
Non-programmable
calculators ONLY may be used. All cell phones must be
turned off and put away; no IPODS, headphones or
Blackberries. [Note – buy yourself a decent
non-programmable scientific calculator.]
GRADING
SUMMARY:
Exam 1*
100 points
Exam 2*
100 points
Exam 3* 100 points
Quizzes
100 points
Electronic
Homework
50
points
Final
Exam (Cumulative)
200 points
*Only
2
of these 3 exams will count!!
484 points, (88%), guarantees an A; 412 points, (75%), guarantees a B; 330 points, (60%), guarantees a C; 275 points, (50%), guarantees a D. Less than 50% of the total possible points will yield a grade of F.
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2/13 (Monday) |
EXAM 1 |
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3/8 (Thursday) |
EXAM 2 |
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3/27 (Tuesday) |
Last day to withdraw with a “W” grade. |
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4/16 (Monday) |
EXAM 3 |
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5/7 (Monday) |
Final
(11:45-2:45) |
GRADING: THERE WILL BE THREE (3) "HOURLY" EXAMS
AND A FINAL
Mon, February 13; Thurs., March 8; Mon., April 16;
and Final, May 7.
THE LOWEST OF THE
THREE "HOURLY" EXAM GRADES WILL BE DROPPED. THERE ARE NO
MAKEUP EXAMS IN
THIS COURSE!! THEREFORE, AFTER DROPPING YOUR
LOWEST EXAM GRADE,
THERE ARE TWO EXAMS, EACH CONTRIBUTING 100 POINTS TOWARD
YOUR FINAL GRADE.
**THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE WORTH 200 POINTS, AND WILL BE CUMULATIVE.
MAKE-UP EXAMS: THERE ARE
NO MAKE-UP
EXAMS!!! IF YOU MISS AN EXAM (FOR
ILLNESS, DEATH IN THE FAMILY, ETC.), THEN THAT WILL BE THE
EXAM THAT YOU WILL DROP,
NAMELY YOUR LOWEST GRADE OF THE THREE "HOURLY" EXAMS.
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For the exams: 1) seating charts -various
rooms
2)
have ID ready to be shown
3)
NO bathroom - go before exam begins
4)
no one permitted in after 15 minutes,
no
one allowed to leave for 30 minutes
5)
No programmable calculators
6)
formula sheet - 1/2 sheet of
8-1/2
x 11" piece of paper.
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Exam 1,
M, Feb. 13 |
100
points |
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Exam 2,
Th, Mar. 8 |
100
points |
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Exam 3,
M, Apr. 16 |
100
points |
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Final,
May 7 |
200
points |
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- lowest
exam grade |
-100
points |
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Recitation
Quizzes |
100
points |
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Electronic
Homework |
50 points |
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Total Possible |
550 POINTS |
485 points, or
88% of the total, guarantees an A in the course; B
requires 412 points (75%);
C requires 330 points (60%); D requires 275 points (50%); less
than 275 total (<50% of total possible points) will yield a
grade of F.
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DATE, CHAPTER: TOPIC |
RECOMMENDED PROBLEMS |
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1/19,
1/23 - Introduction
& CHAP. 11 Lecture
1, Lecture 2 |
59,62,63,66,68,77,80,84, |
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1/26, 1/30 - CHAP. 12 Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Physical
Properties of Solutions |
3,4,5,8,14,20,22,33,50, 56, |
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2/2, 2/6,
2/9 - CHAP. 13 Lecture
1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
FEB. 9 - CONNECT CHAP. 12 SOLUTIONS DUE 6:00 AM |
2,6,11,18,22,24,26,37, 38,49,54,63,66,68,74,
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2/13 - M EXAM 1- through Feb. 9 lecture = Chaps. 11, 12, 13 |
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2/16,2/20,2/23 - CHAP. 14 Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Chemical
Equilibrium
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1,4,5,8,13,14,16,18,26, 29,32,34,36,45,48,50,57, |
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2/27,
3/1, 3/5 - CHAP. 15 Lecture
1, Lecture 2, Lecture
3, Addendum1, Addendum2 |
1,4,6,12,13,16,18,20, 21,23,25,42,48,52,56, |
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3/8 - Th
EXAM 2 – through Mar. 7 lecture = Chaps. 14
& 15 |
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3/10 - 3/18 - Spring recess |
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3/19,
3/22, 3/26 –CHAP. 16 Lecture
1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Acid-Base
Equilibria & Solubility Equilibria |
3,6,8,12,14,16,20,34, 39,40,42,46,48,54,59, |
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3/29, 4/2 - CHAP. 18 Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Entropy,
Free Energy & Equilibrium
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2,12,18,20,24,26,30, 42,44,46,52,56,60,64 |
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4/5, 4/9, 4/12 - CHAP. 19 Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Addendum
Electrochemistry |
2,12,14,16,22,24,26, 32,34,48, |
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NOT COVERED - CHAP. 22 Lecture 1 Transition Metals Chemistry & Coordination Compounds |
9,12,14,16,18,20,22, 29,31,52 |
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4/19, 4/23 - CHAP. 23 Lecture 1, Lecture 2
Nuclear
Chemistry |
5,6,14,16,18,24,26,30, 34,36,56 |
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4/26 - 2nd to LAST CLASS
(penultimate class) = makeup lecture |
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