CHEM 101
Fall 2008
Surendra Menon Ph.D.

Week            Lecture (B10-100)       Date
 
  1              Chapter 1              9/2
                                        9/4
 
  2              Chapter 1/2            9/9
                                        9/11
       09/15/08 Last day to drop with refund
 
  3             Chapter 3              9/16
          9/18
 
  4              Chapter 3              9/25
                 Exam 1 (9/25/08)
                 Last day to drop without "W" (9/26/08)
 
  5              Chapter 4              9/30
              10/2
  6              Chapter 4/5            10/7
                                        10/9
  7              Chapter 5              10/14    
              10/16
 
  8         Chapter 5              10/21
           Exam II (10/23/08)
           
  9       Chapter 7              10/28          

              10/30         
 10              Chapter 7/8            11/4    
                              11/6                      
 11              Chapter 8      11/11
                 Exam III (11/13/08)
 
 12              Chapter 9              11/18 
                 Chapter 9      11/20
                 Last day to drop with “W” 11/21/08     

 13              Chapter 10      11/25 
     College Closed     11/27 (Thanksgiving)
      
 14       Chapter 10             12/2      
       Chapter 11      12/4
      
 15       Chapter 11             12/9
        Exam IV (12/13/08)               
 
 16              FINAL (12/16/08 or 12/18/08)
                 6.00 - 8.30 P.M.

Quiz: Wk 3 ,6 ,9, 11, 14, (TU)

Lectures:   T, TH 5.15 – 6.45 P.M.
             B10-100

Conference: T, TH 6.50 – 7.55 P.M.
   B10-100

Laboratory: T, TH 8.00 - 10.00 P.M.
   B10-103

Office Hours: T, TH : 4:30 –5:15 P.M. B10-100

Instructor: Surendra N. Menon, Ph.D.   
           
Textbook:   Chemistry- Molecular Nature of Matter and Change
            Martin Silberberg – Fourth Edition
 
Lab Manual: Experiments in General Chemistry
            J. A. Beran. Eighth Edition

Additional Readings:

1. Student Solutions Manual: Richard H. Langley and Martin S. Silberberg, McGraw-Hill, 2006

Solutions to all of the end of the chapter exercises are in this manual. Please do not look at a solution with out trying the problem first on your own. There is no substitute to problem solving.  It is also in your own self interest to solve as many problems to understand clearly the topics presented in class.

2. General Chemistry by  Darrell D. Ebbing. Houghton Mifflin Co.
An excellent text with problems and reading material

3. Chemistry: Zumdahl: Houghton Mifflin Company

An excellent descriptive book for all topics in general chemistry

4. A copy of the exams given in previous semesters are kept for your reference in the library. They are not for check out.

5. If you need to email me: smenon101@aol.com

Lab Safety: There will be a video about safe laboratory practice          during the first lab meeting. Safety Glasses must be used at all times. Anyone working with out a safety glass will be asked to leave. Absolutely no excuses.
        

Attendance: Attendance is Mandatory. In case of absence you are        responsible for any announcements pertaining to the class, hand-outs passed, changes in the schedule etc. If you are absent for three consecutive lectures or three consecutive labs or three class meetings (lab & lect combined) during the semester with out a valid excuse you will be excluded from the class. You are responsible for officially dropping the class when you stop attending.

Lab Reports:   Lab reports are due one week from finishing the experiment. I will not accept any reports past the due date. Even though most of the experiments you do are with a partner, interpretation of the data and analysis must be independent

Home Work.There is no homework. But you should attempt to solve the      suggested problems recommended for each chapter. There is no alternative to a determined and serious effort on your part to do the suggested exercises at the end of each chapter. Students who make serious attempts to follow the  lectures and practice problem solving will only prevailin my class. If you have not attempted the problems onyour own please do not bother to ask or seek assistance from me. 
 
Cheating: I have zero tolerance for cheating. Anyone found cheating  Will be excluded from the course immediately and appropriate disciplinary action taken including a grade "F" for the course. There will be no exceptions to this  rule.

Course Grade: Your course grade will be determined by your performance           in 4 Midterms, 5 Quizzes, and a Final and Lab grade. There will be no make-up quiz or midterms under any circumstance. An incomplete grade for the final will be given only if you are likely to pass the course. In addition, you must provide an adequate proof to show the reason for missing the final. A make-up final can only begiven at my convenience, and may take up to the end of the following semester. If you miss one quiz or one mid-term for a valid reason, the weighting of the remaining quizzes or exams will be increased proportionately. If you miss more than one quiz or mid-term, except for one, the rest of the missed quiz or midterms will have zero grade.

Note: Mid Term 2 covers some of the fundamental concepts of this
Course. If you miss this exam your final will have more questions related to mid term 2 than normal.

Final Exam:   The final exam is a comprehensive Final that will cover     
              all the topics covered during the semester.
   
  Course grade Distribution:
     Midterms: 4 exams @ 100 points   = 400 points
                             Quiz: 5 quizzes @ 15 points  =  75 points
                            Final: comprehensive     = 125 points Lab: 10 reports @ 10 points = 100 points

Course Grade:627 – 700 = A;  554 – 623 = B; 484 – 553 = C; 420 – 483 = D

Chapter 1. p33. 26, 28, 38, 42, 45, 54, 62, 66
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Chapter 2. p79. 20, 24, 39, 47, 54, 76, 88, 96

Chapter 3. p125. 12, 14, 20, 25, 37, 41, 51, 55, 61
                 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 92, 96, 98, 102

Chapter 4. p169. 14, 16, 20, 29, 33, 35, 49, 60, 66, 70,

Chapter 5. P216. 10, 22, 26, 30, 38, 42, 48, 53, 55, 59,
                 63, 67, 71

Chapter 7. p285. 7, 9, 11, 20, 27, 31, 41, 49, 59

Chapter 8. p324. 23, 31, 33, 39, 41, 57, 59

Chapter 9. p361. 6, 10, 17, 26, 30, 35, 48, 54,

Chapter 10 p393. 1, 5, 11, 19, 21, 40, 55,

Chapter 11 p421. 5, 9, 20, 30, 34, 36, 40

Chapter 12 & 13. TBA