FINAL EXAM: Monday, March 13 6:30 - 8:20 pm in B 154 Note: We hope to follow this schedule, but we may go slower or faster.

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LECTURE MATERIAL - Material covered in lecture will not necessarily follow the text. An approximate schedule is given above. For the exams, you are held responsible not only for material covered in the text, but also that information covered in class. You should be able to answer all of the questions at the end of each chapter. Lecture material pertaining to the lab will be covered before you are required to perform the laboratory work. Read the chapter before the lecture on that chapter. Chem 152 is much more about ideas, and much less about problem solving than either Chem 142 or 162. Work to understand concepts and how to use them in new applications. Memorizing isolated facts will not serve you well in this course.

Attendance in lecture is strongly recommended, but not required. When you do come, please arrive on time, remain until the end of the lecture (don’t leave or pack up early, very distracting to others), and do not talk to other students during the lecture. Sit up front-- you will see the demos and overheads more clearly, and get your exam paper sooner, and be more likely to have your question answered. The class will seem smaller, and you won’t feel so anonymous, you may even make a better grade.

HOMEWORK - Homework will be assigned weekly. The homework will be graded on a two part basis as follows: 1) 5 points will be assigned for an overview of the work completed, 2) 5 points will be assigned to one problem that will be rigorously graded. No late homework will be accepted. If you can't make it to class, have someone else turn in your work or get it to your TA before the class by putting it in her mailbox in Bagley Hall. Answers to the homework will be posted on the Chem 152A bulletin board in Bagley Hall, and put on file at the Copy Center in Odegaard Library.

QUIZ SECTIONS (Tuesdays) - Quiz sections activities: (1) collect and return graded work (homework, exams), (2) TA explains homework problems and answers student questions, and (3) TA leads review of concepts from lecture and lab. After the homework has been collected, the problems will be explained by your TA. The TAs will also answer any questions that you may have on the material that has been covered in class. Your TAs are here to help you and attendance is strongly suggested. Feel free to ask your TAs to do any of the other problems in the text on the work being covered.

EXAMS - Each exam will emphasize the chapters covered since the last exam, but questions involving earlier material covered earlier are possible, since learing chemistry is a cumulative and synthetic process.. Concepts from lab may appear on the exams, but not procedures.

The mean final grade, set by the Chemistry Department, is 2.6. A minimum grade of 1.7 is required to advance to Chem 162. A rough guide to your grade is given by the following percentages of possible points:

4.0 (>90%) 3.5 (80%) 3.0 (75%) 2.5 (70%) 2.0 (65%) 1.5 (50%)

CHEMISTRY STUDY CENTER - The Study Center in BAG 330 is a good place to get one-on-one help It is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. The center has 27 ‘technology fee’ computers, with useful chemistry software for mastering concepts presented in lecture. 152 lab templates are preloaded

ODEGAARD UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY. You may purchase copies of homework solutions and old tests at the Copy Center at Odegaard Library.

TA OFFICE HOURS - The TAs office hours will be posted on the Chem 152 bulletin board. You are free to attend any of the TA office hours. One of the advantages of having a linked class is that you have the same TA for the lab and lecture course. This means that it is okay (encouraged) for you to ask lecture-related questions during ‘slow’ times in the lab.

BULLETIN BOARD - A bulletin board in Bagley Hall has been reserved for this class. The exam "keys" will be posted there following each examination. The homework problems/solutions will also be posted. A class ranking will be posted following each examination. Students are asked to check their grades, which are listed by student number, to make sure they are correct. Any discrepancies should be brought to the attention of your TA.

1. Chemistry Department 152 Laboratory Manual, available at the Copy Center in Odegaard Library.

2. Bound Laboratory Notebook (not looseleaf or spiral) - available at the University Bookstore.

3. Safety Goggles - available at the University Bookstore. Only approved goggles are allowed.
4. Calculator (should be able to process linear regression statistics (p. 1 of Lab Manual has recommendations.)

In the laboratory, you will continue to develop the basic laboratory skills introduced in Chem 142. Most experiments have been chosen to parallel and reinforce material covered in the lecture course. These labs are considerably more challenging than those you did in Chem 142. You must pass the laboratory part of Chem 152 in order to pass the course. Fundamental concepts behind each lab will be introduced weekly in a brief lab lecture, but not the procedural details. Direct any lab-related questions to your TA, not to the instructor. Come to lab on time and prepared.

Laboratory notebook: You are required to keep a bound laboratory notebook in which you record in ink (with mistakes crossed out with a single line) all experimental observations and data/results as they occur. It is best to write only on the right-hand pages, using the left-hand pages for changes in procedure, notes, ideas and rough calculations.

Pre-lab write-up: (5 points per lab) Before coming to lab, you must do a pre-lab write-up in your lab notebook consisting of the title and purpose of the experiment and a brief summary of the procedure to be followed (see example of notebook entry in the lab manual). You should also write out any relevant equations, chemical or physical, and draw up a data table ready to insert measurements as they occur. Note: Your TA will check your notebook and may ask you to leave and return to lab only after your pre-lab has been completed.

Lab Reports: The lab reports should be concise accounts of your work, using your own words, your best English grammar, correct spelling and complete sentences, and should consist of 2-3 double-spaced typed or printed pages plus data tables and graphs (if appropriate). The report due days are given with the experiment schedule. Formal reports are required for three of these labs: Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, Beer's Law, and Fractional Crystallization. Written lab reports are due one week from the lab period. One opportunity will be given to rewrite one unsatisfactory lab report to obtain the minimum score. We have significantly decreased the number of formal reports for this class in order to allow you time to 'polish' the few write-ups we require. While your data will be the same as that of your lab partner, the lab report must be your own thoughts and words. (no copying, we will be checking).We recommend that you word-process your report. Do not lose credit for a lab by failing to turn in the report when it is due. The lab report due dates are NOT negotiable.

No Report Labs: There are a number of labs for which a formal report is not required. To get credit for these labs, follow the directions in the lab write-up. In many cases you will be required to show your completed work to your TA BEFORE leaving the lab.

Experiments: All students are required to complete seven experiments. If you miss one experiment, there will be no make up experiments. You must see your lecture professor to see what can be done to obtain credit! If you miss more than one experiment, it will adversely affect your course grade.

Safety: There is an element of hazard in any laboratory course. You are required to follow the safety rules as outlined in your laboratory manual. In particular you are required to wear approved safety goggles during all experiments. Proper clothing must be worn at all times. Unnecessarily-exposed skin is at risk from accidental spills, therefore shorts, short skirts, or open-toed shoes are not allowed in the laboratory. In order to comply with this policy, I suggest that you keep a pair of jogging pants and sneakers in one of the hall lockers, along with safety goggles. The lab is not a good place to wear your favorite clothes. Long hair should be tied back. You may buy goggles and notebooks at the University Book Store.

If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, 543-8924 (V/TDD). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to your instructor so that the accommodations you might need for class can be arranged.