University of Washington Dept. of Chemistry	Chem 455 Summer Quarter
1997

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

LECTURE MATERIAL - An approximate schedule is given above as to the
chapters to be covered each week. Obviously, there is far more
material than can be covered in one quarter. Your lecture notes and
problem sets will be an important guide as to what parts of your text
to study in detail.

MATLAB - MATLAB is a powerful mathematical environment which you will
find most useful for learning physical chemistry. In every homework
assignment there will be problems which can only be done with MATLAB.
While it is possible to Òget byÓ without purchasing the UserÕs Guide,
using only the tutorial material and the on-line help, most of you
will do better to obtain a copy. For those of you with computers, the
Guide contains a diskette with the student version of MATLAB so you
can do your homework in the comfort of your residence.

Much of the lecture material will be done with MATLAB. The files of
MATLAB commands are known as ÔscriptsÕ or M-files. These constitute
Ôliving lecture notesÕ that you can interact with, comment and modify.
M-files are particularly useful for answering what-if? questions that
arise as you read the text. In addition, these M-files can serve as
templates for doing your homework.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS - You will be given a homework assignment for
each chapter. It will be due at the beginning of the lecture following
the last lecture on that chapter. We will drop your lowest homework
grade. 

LATE POLICY - No late work will be accepted.  This means that work
handed in at the end of lecture is late.

MIDTERM EXAMS - There will be three midterm examinations to be given
on the dates listed in the syllabus. The exact material to be covered
will be described in lecture. Many of the questions on the exam will
be similar to homework problems. All problems will be graded for
partial credit.

FINAL EXAM - There will be no comprehensive final in this course.

REGRADING OF HOMEWORK, LAB REPORTS AND EXAMS - If you wish your
homework or exam to be regraded, it must be given to the grader within
24 hours of its return to you along with a note explaining what you
want changed and why. BE BRIEF.  If you are still not satisfied, you
may submit the regraded material to the instructor for review. We
reserve the right to regrade the entire homework or exam.


COURSE GRADING	
3 midterm exams (1 hr.) - 75%
homework assignments(lowest score dropped) - 25%

WORLD WIDE WEB SITE - A world wide web site has been established at
the following URL: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~callis. You are
urged to monitor this site frequently. This is where you will find the
course materials and any last minute corrections or changes. In
addition, a bulletin board in Bagley Hall has been reserved for this
class.