Introductory Chemistry Laboratory II

Policy Statement for Spring 1996

Course Objectives: The Organic and Biological Chemistry laboratory course is intended to support the associated lecture course by allowing the student to observe the chemistry empirically. See the Undergraduate Bulletin for the enabling objectives.
Prerequisites: Competency in algebra, graphing, and English; Chem 101 and Chem 101L
Co-requisite: Chem 102
Text: S.L. Seager and M.R. Slabaugh Safety-Scale Laboratory Experiments for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry; West: St. Paul, 1994.

References

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Chemical Rubber Company. Ref QD 65 H3 and QD 65 H3 in the stacks.
Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory, L. Bretherick (ed.). On reserve in the library, QD 51 H35 1986.
MSDS Sheets in Notebooks in the Laboratory.

Grading:

The Final Grade is competitive, but will roughly fall into the scale of: 100 „ A „ 90 > B+ „ 85 > B „ 80 > C+ „ 75 > C „ 70 > D „ 60 > F.

Report Submission

Complete reports are due one day after completion of experimentation. Bring the reports to my box outside my office at 45 Coming.
The grade for delinquent reports will be reduced 10% (of the total possible value) for each week. Thereafter, the maximum achievable grade will be 50%.

Observations

During the laboratory period, I and the teaching assistant shall observe your safety, cleanliness, and technical practices. A grade from 0 to 10 is assigned for the day.
Gross failure to follow safety regulations (text p. v and hand-outs) may result in dismissal from the laboratory.

Preparation: I or the teaching assistant shall browse the preparative work in your notebook, checking for completeness but not necessarily accuracy. A grade from 0 to 10 is assigned for the day.
Quizzes: Quizzes will be at random. No alternate quizzes will be administered. For an unauthorized absence, a zero will be recorded. For an authorized absence, the quiz average will be the result of the remaining quizzes. Fair questions for quizzes will in clude all previous work and the reading for that day's experiment.
Final Examination: In accordance with the Undergraduate Bulletin, you must write the final examination in order to receive a final grade. The examination will be administered on our last regularly scheduled laboratory meeting time.
Attendance: As in accordance with the Undergraduate Bulletin, attendance is mandatory. Legitimate absences must be documented through the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies (Randolph Hall, 2nd floor). All of the work is mandatory. Contact me ASAP abou t completing the work during the same week.
Honor Code: Work must be done independently, without collaboration. Plagiarism from current classmates or previously submitted work is a violation of your Code.
About the English Language: I expect properly written English: infinitives must not be split, and prepositions must be "pre-positioned". I advocate the use of the first person singular and of the active voice.