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This is the departmental site for information about the introductory organic chemistry lecture. This lecture course is to be taken concurrently with the first semester introductory organic chemistry laboratory course. The Chem 231 lecture is a corequisite or pre-requisite to the laboratory course.
This course is challenging to most students. Effective study skills and making a personal committment to the time necessary to learn the material is required for success. The recommended method for "reading the text" is to read it twice. The first reading should be of material that is about to be covered in the lecture. The purpose of this first reading is to familiarize yourself with terms and concepts that will be discussed or used in class. The second reading should be to understand the material. The second reading is done while working problems; as you discover you do not know how to derive an answer to a problem, you read the appropriate sections to try to understand what you need to know to work the problem. If you are unclear about a concept, uncertain about your answers, or have other concerns please visit your instructor during office hours or at another mutually convenient time. Students who take the time to get to know the organic instructor are less threatened and more likely to understand the material than are students who never visit with the instructor. So stop by, even if it is only to say hello.
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You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free Download) to view some material on this site. You should enable pop-up windows on your internet browser to use this site.
Pages within this site can be accessed by means of the links in the right hand column, labeled as Site Information.
Other web sites that you might find helpful during the semester are labeled as Course Related Web Sites. These include a electronic lecture guide / text book (MSU OnLine), an alternative for spectroscopic instruction (Spectroscopy@UCLA), a site for general hints about organic lab (Organic Portal, Demystified), and a link for searching the web (Google). You can find a plethora of sample tests from other schools by using a Google search.
At the bottom of each page are links to relevant web sites at the College of Charleston.
If you would like to see other content on this site, please tell your instructor.