General Information

Chemistry 12 is an introductory general chemistry course for science, engineering, and technology majors, and is half of a two-course sequence completed in Chem. 13.  The laboratory courses Chem. 14 and Chem. 15 complement these courses, and are scheduled separately; however, to expedite scheduling in future semesters, Chem. 14 should accompany Chem. 12.

Text required:

General Chemistry, Darrell D. Ebbing, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 7th Edition, 2005,  ISBN 0-618-39941-0.

 

Calculator required: 

Electronic calculator capable of handling logarithms and exponential notation.

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites include a working knowledge of high school level arithmetic and algebra.  A good recent high school or introductory survey college chemistry course is suggested.   Students without these prerequisites ordinarily perform poorly.

Chemistry 6:

Chemistry 6 is a sister course to Chem. 12; students should take Chem. 6 from the same instructor as Chem. 12 to obtain the exam advantage inherent in having the same instructor for both courses.  Chem. 6 satisfies no graduation requirement, but is used in calculating your overall grade average.

Class lectures:

Mondays and Wednesdays will be used for lectures and demonstrations; the smaller recitation sections will be used for answering questions, working problems, and quizzes.  Recitations are conducted with the understanding that you have read and studied the material in advance.  Failure to prepare for a class will result in minimal benefit form the lecture or recitation.

Office Hours (C-127 Smith):

Will be announced in lecture.  Additional hours may be announced, and the office hours may be changed if I do not have students utilizing the posted hours.  If you cannot attend regular office hours, please leave me a message.  I will check my personal campus voice mail at least once each weekday.

Grading:

Grading for the course will be based on three examination grades and a maximum of ten recitation quiz grades.  There will be no extra credit assignments.  The exact procedure for computing the final course grade is described later.

Examinations:

There will be three evening examinations and a final examination.  The dates of these examinations are given in the attached assignment schedule.  The topics covered on the exams will be announced in advanced.  Make-up examinations will be given only if I have prior notice and justifiable cause.  Rules for deferred grades are determined by the Registrar.  You must  SIGN NOT PRINT your name on the first page in order to get credit for taking the exam.

Recitation Quizzes:

There may be up to a total of 14 recitation quizzes.  The recitation quizzes will be completed during the last 5-15 minutes of each recitation meeting.  The general type of question  to be given will be announced in advance.  A maximum of ten of the recitation quizzes will be used for computing the final course grade; the lowest scores will be dropped if there are more than ten recitation quiz grades.  No make-up quizzes will be given.  You may take a recitation quiz in a different period from your regularly scheduled period only with prior permission from me.  You must SIGN NOT PRINT your name on the first page in order to get credit for taking the quiz.

Computing the Course Grade:

Each examination will count as 20% and the final examination will count as 30% of your final grade for a total of 90%.  The average quiz grade will count as 10% of your final grade.  The tentative grade scale is as follows.

Percentage Grade Scale
A	95 or more	C+	75 or more
A-	92 or more	C	70 or more
B+	88 or more	D	60 or more
B	85 or more	F	Less than 60
B-	82 or more

  Rules for deferred grades are determined by the Registrar.

In addition, if a student utilizes my office hours at least twice with justifiable questions and reemmbers to sign-in, I will drop the lowest exam grade and calculate the course grade as follows; each remaining  examination as 30% and the final examination as 30% for a total of 90%.  The quiz grade would be the remaining 10%.

Seating Assignments:

Seating Assignments for lectures will be posted if I think it is needed.  If you wish to sit in the front half of the room, please give me a sheet of paper with your name, section and request for a front half seat prior to the end of the third lecture.  Should  you wish to have your assigned seat changed, please notify me in writing.  You will have assigned seats in recitation, which must be written on the front of your exams and quizzes to get credit.

Addtional Standard Course Information is also available here.

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