Chemistry 13 : Chemical Principles Dr. Carey S. Reed Office #: C-127 Smith Phone #: (814) 949-5752 (voice mail) E-mail: csr4@psu.edu
General Information
Chemistry 13 is the second part of a two-semester introductory
general chemistry course for science, engineering, and technology majors,
it is the continuation of Chem 12. The laboratory courses Chem. 14
and Chem. 15 complement these courses, and are scheduled separately.
Chem 13 differs from Chem 12 in one important respect.
Chem 12 had alot of carry-over of material from
high school courses, Chem 13 has very little.
The format of Chem 13 places a larger responsibility
on you to master the subject matter of the course. A systematic approach
will be a great help to you. For example, each chapter has a set
of summary of facts and concepts at the end. In general, all of these
are significant ones that you should attain. As you start studying
a new chapter before lecture, scan summaries as a preview to what you will
accomplish. Then, as you study each section, refer back to this to
see which ones apply and to focus what you have done. After lecture,
review these again as you re-do the exercises. If you still have diffulty
with some of the problems, be sure to seek help and get a clarification immediately.
The lectures, the book, and the problems are complementary
learning tools. You are responsible for all of them. The level
of the lectures will be set assuming that you have done and understand
the problems and the readings. Everything on exams will at least have
been touched on in lectures, but greater depth in a particular area may come
from problems and readings. Some homework problems will be placed directly
on exams and others will be modified slightly. This is intended to
serve as a way to raise the grades of those who have kept up and understood
the homework. You are encouraged to see me privately if you begin having
trouble with any of the materal. I will have posted office hours by
the beginning of the second week of classes.
Text required:
General Chemistry, Darrell D. Ebbing, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 8th Edition,
2005, ISBN 0-618-39941-0.
Calculator required:
Electronic calculator capable of handling logarithms
and exponential notation.
Attendance:
University regulations state that a student should attend
every scheduled class (Policies and Rules for Students section 42-27).
Frequent absence from class in unacceptable. If you miss a class
it is your responsibility to determine what material, announcements, handouts,
graded papers, etc., were missed due to your absence. There will
be no make-ups for missed lectures. You should arrange for one of
your classmates to hold returned papers in the event you are absent when
papers are returned. I do not assume responsibility for holding papers
if you are not there to pick them up, or have not made arrangements for someone
else to pick them up. I will, of course, try to hold unclaimed papers
for a few days.
Office Hours will be posted outside my office door
by the beginning of the second week of classes.
Homework:
Homework assignmets are given in the schedule.
You are not required to turn in the assignment and consequently a homework
score does not contribute directly to the course grade. You should
work out the suggested problems and exercises, since they are typical of
what you are expected to master and handle with ease. Also, problems
form the homework assignments are regularly selected for inclusion on the
exams. If you have questions about the homework, you should raise questions
in class or see me outside of class and seek help from peer tutors.
Grading
Grading for the course will be based on three evening
examinations, a final examination and a maximum of 14 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 examinations and a final examination.
All three examinations will be night exams and will take 1 hour and 50
min to completeThe dates of these examinations are given in the attached
assignment schedule. The topics covered on the exams will be announced
in advanced. You must SIGN AND PRINT your name on the first page with
your ID number in order to get credit for taking the exam.
Make-up examinations will be given only if I have
prior notice with a justifiable and documented cause (illness or family
emergency). A single make-up examination will be provided near the end
of the semester and will cover the material of all three examinations and
will NOT have any multiple choice questions. Individual make-up examinations
following each examination will not be provided. Rules for deferred
grades are determined by the Registrar.
Quizzes:
You must SIGN AND PRINT your name on the first page
with your ID number in order to get credit for taking the quiz.
Computing the Course Grade:
The three examinations will average as 50% and the final
examination will count as 30% of your final grade for a total of 80%.
The average quiz grade will count as 20% of your final grade. The
tentative grade scale is as follows.
Percentage Grade
90 or more A
85 or more A-
83 or more B+
80 or more B
77 or more B-
75 or more C+
70 or more C
60 or more D
Less than 60 F
Dropping the Course:
Contact the Office of the Registrar. No course
can be dropped after the end of the drop period. This date, and your
final exam time and date, as well as other useful information is always appended
to the copy of course offerings for any semester. This usually occurs
just before or just after the THIRD scheduled examination in this course
(This semester, the third exam is scheduled before the last day to drop).
Caution! in dropping courses is advised because of a maximum (during your
entire PSU tenure) allowed number of credits you may drop between the end
of the "free" drop period until the end of the allowed drop period (when
you have to pay to drop).
Seating Assignments
Seatring 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.
Campus Statement on Academic Integrity, adopted by
the Altoona Campus Faculty Senate on March 19, 1985.
"Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly
activity free from fraud and deception and is an educational objective of
this institution. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited
to cheated, plagiarism, fabrication of information or citation, facilitating
acts of academic dishonesty by others, unauthorized prior possession of
examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used
without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of
other students." (Policies and Rules for Students. Section 49-20)
Consequences of Academic Dishonesty:
"The penalty for academic dishonesty in less
serious cases consists of a failing grade for the work or test where this
misconduct occurred. This decision is made by the instructor.
For more serious cases of dishonesty, the penalties are more severe, (including
automatic failure for the course, probation, suspension or expulsion from
the University), and formal due process procedures are available for the
student and faculty involved. Section 49-20 of the Policies and Rules
for Students provides the details on these procedures."
Scheduled Classes Not Met:
In Extraordinary circumstances (which have occurred
from time to time in the past, and which will occur from time to time in
the future), when classes are missed due to reasons other than instructor
illness, power failures, weather, and the like, in which the missed classes
are not made up), missed classes will be rescheduled if possible, in conjunction
with the Office of the Registrar. Any such rearranging and rescheduling
would be announced in class so that appropriate arrangement could be made
by all.
Expected Background (from Chem 12):
Each Chem 13 student is expected to have had the general
content of Chem 12 or its equivalent. You are responsible for this
material on your own, and your understanding of it will be assumed in the
lectures, homework, and examinations.
Not all parts of Chem 12 are of equal importance to success
in Chem 13. Some items, however, are of such importance that an immediate
review should be the first order of business for you. Those ideas and
techniques which are essential as a background are listed below. If
you find any of the exercises to be unfamiliar, refer back to the chapter
for explanation. The topics are listed in the order of their need in
Chem 13.
1.) Chapter 3
Mole concept, Mole/gram conversions, Stoichiometry of reactions
2.) Chapter 4
Section 4.7 Solution concentrations-molarity
Section 4.1 Definitions of strong and weak electrolytes 3.) Chapter 12
Section 12.2 Definition of saturated solution 4.) Chapter 4
Section 4.5 Definitions of oxidation-reduction 5.) Chapter 6
Section 6.3 Meaning of enthalpy 6.) Chapter 9
Section 9.6 Lewis Formulae 7.) Chapter 10
Section 10.1 Shapes of molecules 8.) Chapter 11
Section 11.6 Structure and bonding in solids
Chemistry
Software is also available over in Eiche Library to provide you
with self-tutorials. If you are weak in any of the above areas, it
is highly recommended that you take advantage of this opportunity to improve
your skills.
The Learning Resources
Center provides both Pofessional Tutors and Peer Tutors for those interested
in obtaining additional help.
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2005
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Chemistry
Software is also available over in Eiche Library to provide you
with self-tutorials. If you are weak in any area of chemistry, it is
highly recommended that you take advantage of this opportunity to improve
your skills.
The Learning Resources
Center provides both Pofessional Tutors and Peer Tutors for those interested
in obtaining additional help.
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