PNC Concurrent Enrollment Program Chemistry Evaluation Form
(draft – 3/16/15)
Fill in the information below regarding the potential CEP course(s) and attach supporting documents.
Please submit by March 15 for consideration for the subsequent academic year.
School Name
Teacher Name
High School Submission/ Comparison
Prerequisites
(or corequisites)
Class Meeting
Schedule
Is additional
class time
available?
(e.g.
before/after
school, study
hall, summer)
Approximate
average
amount of
time spent on
lab
PNC requirements/ coverage
□ Algebra II
□ Calculus I
□ High school chemistry
*Note that CHM 115 is a prerequisite for
CHM 116
□ One semester, traditional (approximately
90 days, 45 min. per day)
□ Full year, traditional (approximately 180
days, 45 min per day)
□ One semester, block (approximately 90
days, 80 – 100 min. per day)
□ Two semesters, block (approximately 180
days, 80 – 100 min. per day)
□ Other (describe):
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□ Yes, required for all students
□ Yes, optional or as needed
□ No
If yes, describe in supporting materials
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□ _______ class periods per week
Or
□ _______ % of class time
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2 years high school algebra- chm
115
1 year of high school chemistry
C or higher in Chm 115- chm 116
4 credit hour course (each)
3 hours (50 minutes) lecture
3 hours lab (2 hrs and 50
minutes or 170 minutes)
o 2 lab hours are makeup days
Total: 320 minutes, of which
approximately 50% is lab
Weekly office hours are
available with the instructor
Professors make themselves
available as needed
Additional tutoring is available
on campus
4 credit hour course (each)
3 hours (50 minutes) lecture
3 hours lab (2 hrs and 50
minutes or 170 minutes)
o 2 lab hours are makeup days
Total: 320 minutes, of which
approximately 50% is lab
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Textbook used by
students: indicate one
of the commonly used
books or write in a
different one, if
necessary. (Since
some authors write
different textbooks
for different levels,
please check ISBNs)
□ Chemistry: A Molecular Approach or Principles
of Chemistry: A Molecular Approach by Tro (2nd
edition, ISBN: 978-0-321-75090-7)
Chemistry: A Molecular
Approach or Principles of
Chemistry: A Molecular
Approach by Tro (2nd
edition, ISBN: 978-0-32175090-7)
□ Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown,
LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, and Woodward (13th
edition, ISBN: 978-0-321-91041-7)
□ Chemistry by Zumdahl and Zumdahl (9th edition,
ISBN: 978-1-133-61109-07)
□ Other:
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*Students should be using a college-level book. If
a college-level book is not available until the next
round of adoptions, the teacher should provide
supplementary information to the students. If this
is the case, please describe in the attached
materials. *Students should be using a collegelevel book. If a college-level book is not available
until the next round of adoptions, the teacher
should provide supplementary information to the
students. If this is the case, please describe in the
attached materials.
Grade Weighting:
Indicate the
percentage of the
overall grade from
each of the following
components (unused
categories can be left
blank)
______ Exams
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______ Labs (anything lab related)
______ Homework
______ Quizzes
______ Other in-class work
______ Project(s)
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50% exams
o Final exam worth
25% overall
grade
30% labs
10% Quizzes
10% In-class assignments
(equivalent to
homework)
______ Other:
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Grading Scale:
Grading Policies:
(Check all that apply)
Exams
______A+
______A
______A_____ B+
______B
______B______C+
______C
______C______D+
______D
______D______F
□ Students must pass the laboratory
portion of the course to pass the
overall course- will be required
100-90% A
89-80% B
79-70% C
69-60% D
59 or below F
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□ Students cannot receive an overall
grade higher than the grade on their
best exam
□ Students may retake exams (describe
the policy in the attached materials)
□ An exam or lab is dropped (describe
the policy in the attached materials)
□ Other: (State briefly and describe in
attached materials)
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Number of exams:
 CHM 115: _________
 CHM 116: ________
Format of exams (percentage of each):
_______Multiple choice and/or
matching
________Short answer
________Open-ended
________Lab/practical
________Final exam is cumulative
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Other: ____________________
*For each course, submit a final exam
(preferred) or two regular exams.
________ Average number of chapters
per exam
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Students must pass the
laboratory portion of the
course to pass the overall
course
Drops lowest exam or half
final exam grade
Three midterm exams
(worth 100 points)
Final exam (worth 200
points)
Typical/ Average Exam Breakdowns
(by percentage of POINTS on exam,
not questions on the exams)
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25-30% multiple choice
70-75% short answer
o 50% of short answer
is calculation
o Partial credit is
awarded for
calculation
questions
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Lab
Experiments:
□ Labs come from one source. List title, author, ISBN or
other information necessary to identify the source.
Provide a list of experiments performed (can be a
photocopy of the table of contents with the chosen labs
marked)
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Or
□ Labs come from multiple sources. Attach a list of
experiments performed, citing the source when possible.
Provide copies of at least two experiments that are
representative of the rigor of the experiments.
Lab
□ Prelab assignments- will be required
Assignments:
Indicate all
□ Lab notebooks- will be required
that apply.
*Provide a
description
of lab
assignments
(notebook
entries
and/or
reports) or a
copy of
student work
with
identifying
information
removed.
□ Formal reports for some experiments- will be
required to have at least one formal lab report per
semester of college credit
□ Formal reports for all experiments
□ Oral and/or poster presentation
□ Students almost always work individually
General Chemistry
Laboratory
Experiments,Second
Edition, L. Unger,
Kendall-Hunt, (2013).
The lab manual can be
directly ordered from the
publisher: go to
https://www.kendallhunt.
com/storeproduct.aspx? and use
ISBN 978-1-4652-36494.
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Prelab assignments
Lab notebooks
Formal reports for
some experiments
Oral and/or poster
presentation
Students work in
pairs the majority of
the time, one lab per
semester is individual
Students ALWAYS
turn in individual lab
reports
□ Students sometimes work individually- will be
required to have at least one individual lab per
semester of college credit (could be same procedure
with different unknowns to determine)
□ Students always work in pairs or small groups
□ Students ALWAYS turn in individual lab reports- will
be required
□ Students sometimes turn in individual lab reports
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Content Covered
*While topics from
CHM 111 or high
school chemistry
reappear in CHM 115,
this course covers
topics in more depth,
especially in
explaining why things
occur and discussing
exceptions to the
rules.
Course(s) (Content for
each is listed on the
next page)
CHM 115
CHM 116
□ Measurement & Problem Solving
□ Gases
□ Classification of Matter
□ Liquids, Solids, and
□ Atomic Theory
Intermolecular Forces
□ Solutions
 History: Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr
□ Kinetics
 Modern: Spectroscopy, de Broglie,
□ Equilibrium
Uncertainty Principle, Quantum
□ Acids and Bases
numbers, electron configurations,
□ Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium
orbital diagrams
□ Free Energy and
□ Periodic Table:
Thermodynamics
 Organization
□ Electrochemistry
 Trends (atomic size, ionic size,
□ Radioactivity and Nuclear
electronegativity, ionization energy,
Chemistry
electron affinity, metallic character)
Optional Topic:
□ Nomenclature
□ Intro to Organic Chemistry
 Ionic Compounds
 Binary Molecular Compounds
 Acids (binary & oxyacids)
□ Moles, Molar Mass, & Avogadro’s Number
□ Composition of Compounds
 Percent Composition
 Empirical Formulas
□ Lewis Structures (including resonance,
formal charges, and exceptions to the octet
rule)
□ Polarity (bonds & molecules)
□ Bonding Theories (VSEPR, Hybrid orbitals,
Molecular orbital theory)
□ Classification of Reactions (Precipitation,
Acid/Base Neutralization, Redox)
□ Balancing Chemical Equations
□ Stoichiometry
 Introduction to solutions and molarity
 Introduction to Titration
□ Thermochemistry
 Heat and work
 Enthalpy changes (Endothermic vs.
exothermic, Formation reactions,
Hess’s Law, using bond energies to
estimate enthalpy changes)
 Calorimetry
□ CHM 115 only
□ CHM 115 and CHM
□ CHM 115 and CHM
116 as a combined
116 as separate courses
course in one academic (CHM 116 cannot be
year
offered without CHM
115)
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