COURSE: CHM 1412

Semester: Spring, 2004

Class Time: CHM 1412        12:30 pm-1:50 M-W
            Lab 7111        9:20-11:05 pm M-W
            
            
                    
				           
Class Room Number: Lecture       Room C-223
                   Lab           Room C-309
                   

Classroom Instructor: Ralph H. Logan Jr.	

Lab Room Number: C-309

Office Room Number: C-303-B

Science Learning Center: C-213 	

1. 11:30 am - 12:30 pm M-W-F
2. 2:00 pm-3:00 pm M-W
3. 2:00 pm-2:30 p.m. T-R

cell phone:817-714-5754

The CHM 1411 course will deal with the following topics:

1. Introduction: Matter and Measurement(Chapter 1)
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions (Chapter 2)
3. Stoichiometry:Calculations With Chemical Formulas and Equations (Chapter 2.9,2.10 and Chapter 3)
4. Thermochemistry (Chapter 6)
5. Electronic Structure of Atoms (Chapter 7)
6. Periodic Properties of the Elements (Chapter 8)
7. Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding (Chapter 9)
8. Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories (Chapter 10)

1. Gases (Chapter 5)
2. Intermolecular Forces,Liquids,and Solids (Chapter 11)
3. Properties of Solutions (Chapter 12)
4. Chemical Kinetics (Chapter 14)
5. Chemical Equilibrium (Chapter 15)
6. Acids and Bases (Chapter 16)
7. Acid Base Equilibria(Chapter 17)
8. Solubility Equilibria(Chapter 18)
9. Chemical Thermodynamics (Chapter 19)
10. Electrochemistry (Chapter 20)

1. Ebbing and Gammon, General Chemistry, 7^th edition.
2. One package of scantron answer sheets (Type 882-E or 882-ES)
3. One 6 function calculator
4. No. 2 pencils for taking exams
5. Three hole binder with pockets for note taking

The new drop procedure is covered in the Class attendance of the catalog and reads: Students are expected to attend regularly all classes in which they are enrolled. Students have the responsibility to attend class and to consult with the instructor when an absence occurs. If a student is unable to complete a course in which they are registered, it is the student's responsibility to withdraw from the course by the appropriate date Thursday, April 8, (See Campus Calandar with a "W" grade. If the student does not withdraw on or before that date, they will receive a performance grade, usually a grade of "F". Withdrawing from a course is a formal procedure which you must initiate. I cannot do it for you. Failure to do this will result in a grade usually of "F". If a student is unable to complete all of the required work for a course, they have the option with the instructor's concurrence to petition for an Incomplete grade. This is a contractual grade, which must be approved by the Division administrator, and where the conditions for the "I" grade to be removed is specified within the contract. Should the student fail to fulfill the contractual obligations within a 90 day period, the contract is declared null and void, and the student will receive the performance they would have received prior to the Incomplete grade.

Extra Credit points may be earned for each exam in the form of Take Home Quiz assignment or Pre Test. The student has the choice of taking an on-line the Take Home quiz in order to receive extra credit points that will be added to the exam result. The Take Home Quizes will be similar to the exams.

Those who would like to improve a previous exam grade will be eligible for a make-up exam one week before the final exam date. The make-up exam will be given in the Testing Center (Bldg A). The make-up exam will be cover all material covered on the one hour exam that was your lowest score. The grade made on the make-up will constitute your grade for the exam in the gradebook unless the grade is lower than your lowest exam grade. It is necessary to sign up with the instructor before taking the make-up exam indicating your name and exam that was your lowest score.

Grading Policy:

Three Exams + Final Exam----------------70%

Lab Experiments----------------------------30%

Grade Distribution:

		
100-90 = A

89-80 =  B

79-70 =  C

69-60 =  D

59-    = F

For those that have access to a PC computer equipped with a modem or connected to a network and are subscribers to a telecommunication services that has Internet connections, you may contact this instructor using the following e-mail address:

rhl7460@dcccd.edu

I do require each student to establish e-mail contact with the above address by the following procedure:

• Secure an e-mail account. This account is free if you do it through the campus e-mail. If you have a private Internet Provider that has an e-mail account in your name that will be sufficient. There are several Internet Provider Services (ISP) that provide free e-mail accounts:
  • Hotmail.com
  • Freei.net
  • North Lake College student e-mail

• The following procedure should be followed:

  1. Secure e-mail account if you don't already have one
  2. Proceed to ecampus web site
  3. Log Onto the site using your 7-digit Student ID Number (found on your registration slip). This is NOT your Social Security Number.Use the number for both your user name and your password.
  4. Once logged on, locate your course list and click on CHEM 1411 then change your password following this process:

     Go To the following menus:Tools -----> Personal Information----> Change Password

  5. Type in the password of your choice. I would suggest that you keep it simple and easy to remember
  6. Tab down to the verify box and re-type the password exactly as you initially typed it.
  7. Click on the Submit button to finalize the action.

  Make sure that you repeat the password for verification and be sure that you click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to finalize the change. Put your password in a safe place so you can refer to it should you forget it. Remember that the password you select is case sensitive meaning that if you use Capital letters than they have to be Capitals when you use it. I would suggest that all letters be lower case (small).

  Registering e-mail Address With e-campus

  Once logged on in the above manner you proceed through the menus as follows:

  1. Go To the following menus:Tools--> Personal Information ---> Edit Personal Information
  2. Scroll down to the e-mail address box and replace whatever is in there with your e-mail address. Be sure that you type it in exactly as it appears paying attention to case of letters and avoid extra spaces not found in the address.
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Submit button in order to finalize the e-mail change.

  It is important that you do establish e-mail connections in the above manner. Then I will be able to send private e-mail to each individual student through the NLC office address (RHL7460@dcccd.edu )

  Supplemental Information on the Course

  I do maintain an extensive Web site for my General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry students. This Web site is at the following location: http://members.aol.com/profchm/genchm1.html

  A schedule of class activities indicating what Chapter will be covered and how much time will be devoted to each Chapter will be found at the ecampus Web site under General Chemistry II. In addition, the Web site has examples of the problems similar to those covered in the class.

  Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance

  In accordance with the "Americans with Disabilities Act" and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, any student who feels that he or she may need special assistance or accommodation because of an impairment or disabling condition needs to contact the Disability Services Office at (972) 273-3165 or Room A-438 at North Lake College. It is the policy of NLC to provide reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student's responsibility to contact the Disability Services Office.

  North Lake College will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. Because of legal implications, it is imperative that all students requesting academic accommodations first notify and provide appropriate documentation of their disabling condition to the Disability Services Office. Disability Services staff will evaluate this information and develop an individualized academic accommodation plan that will then be shared with the students' instructors.

  ACADEMIC DISHONESTY(Cheating,etc)

  The Student Code of Conduct prohibits activities and prescribes penalties for academic dishonesty. According to North Lake College Policy, adopted by the President's Cabinet and printed in NLC Operational Memoranda, students found guilty of any form of academic dishonesty, including (but not limited to) cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, plagiarism, and collusion, may receive an F on the assignment and/or an F in their course(s) from the instructor and may be suspended from college by administrative action. Students' rights to appeal grades and/or other disciplinary action and the procedures which students must follow for appeals are published the College Catalog under the Student Code of Conduct and at the NLC Web Site under Operational Memoranda.

  Disclaimer

  Due to unforseen occurrances such as inclement weather, illness of the instructor,etc material covered in this course may be abbreviated. The instructor reserves the right to alter the content of the course from the description in the syllabus to accomodate the unforseen events.However, students will receive prior notice of any changes.

  R. H. Logan, Instructor of Chemistry, Dallas County Community College District, North Lake College.

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  Send Comments to R.H. Logan:

  rhl7460@dcccd.edu

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  R.H. Logan, Instructor of Chemistry, DCCCD
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  Revised: 1/12/2004

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