General Chemistry I Chem 1411

= &nb= sp; General Chemistry I Chem 1411 = Fall 2009

= &nb= sp; Internet Class Syllabus

Instructor: Wm= Travis Dungan

Phone: 902 729 0256 ext 251

Office physical location: TVCC Palestine campus room A103A

Classroom: internet

Getting started: Welcome to my WEBCT course. To access this course go to http://courses.tvcc.edu. Your login is your last name= then first initial and the last four digits of your social security number (exam= ple: for student jane doe her password would be doej1234). Your password is the last four dig= its of your SSN. If you cannot= login call Karen McGrew at 903 675 6324 for help. You should be able to login to WEB= CT by the second day of class.

Chem 1411 is a= four credit hour freshman level course with a lecture and a lab component. It is an introduction to chemistry designed for science, engineering and pre-vet, dental and med majors.

It consi= sts of the study of the basis concepts of general chemistry: energy and matter, measurements, formulas and nomenclature (rules for naming compounds and ion= s), chemical and physical properties of substances, chemical stoichoimetry (determining quantities), moles, chemical reactions, atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical bonding and molecular geometry.

Learning outcomes: After completion of this course you should be able to:

Discuss the elementary chemical principles covered (li= sted above),

Convert from formulas to names and from names to formu= las

Use chemical/mathematical equations

Perform stoichoimetric calculations

Balance chemical reactions

Understand the metric system and metric conversions

Interpret the information the periodic table has to of= fer us

And to understand and discuss other concepts we will c= over in the course.

Texts: Whitten, Davis, Stanley and Peck, = General Chemistry, 9^th ed, Thompson Pub Co.

(The lab manual is included in the lab kit)

Material to be covere= d: We will cover the first eight chapters of Whitten, et al.

There will be eleven lab experiments you are required = to perform and submit reports on.

Evaluation and gradin= g: There will be three tests evenly s= paced through the semester. The fin= al exam is test #3, which will not be comprehensive. Each test will cover 3 chapters in Whitten, et al.

Tests will be adminis= tered online in a proctored environment at your local college testing center. If this isn’t possibl= e for some reason other arrangements may be worked out on an individual basis but= all tests must be proctored. Each= test has a deadline date and must be completed (and submitted) by the deadline.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> You may take a test earlier but no= one may take a test after the deadline date except under extreme circumstance. =

Each chapter will have homework problems assigned, whi= ch you will do and turn in.

Points given out for work assigned are shown below:

Tests = 3 @ 100 pts

Homework 8 @ = 10 pts

Exercises = 8@ 10 pts

Labs = 11 @ 10 pts

Total = 570 pts

Letter grades are on the basis of:

90 – 100% =3D A

80- 89% =3D B

70 –79% =3D C

60 – 69% &= nbsp; =3D D

Less than 60% =3D F

Assigned work: To receive full credit all assignments must be submitted on time. Please see the assignment calendar= on the course web site for due dates. Late work may be accepted up to a week late under extreme circumstan= ces but points will be taken off for any late work submitted.

No assignments, lab or homework, will be dropped. Nor will there be any extra credit= at any time during the course.

Lab Kits: TVCC does not supply these. You must buy them directly from the supplier!

Contact information Hand= sOn Labs

= &nb= sp; = 3203 W Hampden Ave<= /st1:address>

= &nb= sp; = Sheridan, Colorado 80110

Phone Numbers = 800 341 5895

= &nb= sp; = 832 626 9541

= &nb= sp; = 270 738 0979 (fax)

Website = &nb= sp; www.athomescience.com<= /p>

Email address = ann@athomescience.com

Ann Anderson (sales rep)

If you are only taking the first semester of general chemistry (gen chem 1411) you will need the CK-1 lab kit, which currently s= ells for $160. For the second seme= ster (gen chem. 1412) you will need the CK-2 kit, also for about $160. If you know you will be taking both semesters (general chem I and II) you can purchase the combination kit CK-S= and save about $100. It currently= sells for about $130, but be aware that the combo kit is missing 2 lab experiments from the second half. I cannot furnish the missing supplies so if you do buy the combo kit you will either take a zero grade for the 2 missing experiments of come up with some way to purchase the needed materials on your own.= Sorry!