Chemistry 1411 COURSE SYLLABUS
CRN 56979, Summer 2015
Time: Monday-Thursday 5:30 PM-10:15 PM
Instructor: Dr. Bo Chen
Email: bo.chen@hccs.edu
Cell Phone: 713-933-8629
Room: Mon/Wed LHSB 408, Tu/Thur LHSB 414
Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry and MATH 1314
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Important Message from HCCS to All Students: "Students who repeat a course
three or more times may soon face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and
other Texas public colleges and universities. Please ask your instructor/counselor
about opportunities for tutoring/other assistance prior to considering course
withdrawal, or if you are not receiving passing grades." Students without showing
for the FIRST TWO WEEKS will be AUTOMATICALLY dropped by the
College. Please check HCCS website for the academic schedule and important
dates for spring 2009.
Course Description: Science and engineering majors study atomic structure,
chemical reactions, thermodynamics, electronic configuration, chemical bonding,
molecular structure, gases, states of matter, and properties of solutions. The
laboratory includes appropriate experiments.
Text book: Chemistry by Chang, the 10th edition
Useful links:
Free Textbook HomePage: http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/chang/index.mhtml
Choose 10th edition; then select “Resources” for free materials (animations, tutorials, quizzes)
ChemSkilBuilder: Codes are furnished with new textbooks:
http://www.chemskillbuilder.com/html/index.html
Lab-book: Laboratory Manual for CHEM 1411 - General Chemistry I
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ISBN-13: 978-1-59984-380-3
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with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing,
etc) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
appropriate Disability Support Service (DSS) Counselor at the beginning of each
semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by
the Disability Support Services Office. Students who are requesting special testing
accommodations must first contact John Reno at john.reno@hccs.edu or call him
at 713/718-6165.
Academic Honesty: Zero tolerance for any type of academic dishonesty. Student
who is caught cheating will receive a grade of zero for that exam or lab report with
no exceptions and may be administratively withdrawn from the class. The student
will be reported to the College for discipline action.
Attendance/Withdrawal/Grade: Keep perfect attendance is essential for any
science class. Attendance will be recorded in each lecture and lab. Students are
responsible by themselves for catching up the course works due to absence,
tardiness or any other forms of missing the class. Student may be dropped from a
course after the student has accumulated absences in excess of 12.5% of the hours
of instruction.
Academic performance is the responsibility of each student. Failure to meet the
requirements for the course will result in an “F” on your transcript. If you are
having difficulty, please see the instructor for additional assistance.
Cell Phone/Computer/iPad Use: You can use them to take notes, but you cannot
use them for Web-surfing.
Free Online Tutoring: Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Answers will be provided within 24 hours and usually much faster.
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1. Go to http://www.hccs.askonline.net
2. Use your own email address; choose a user name and password you will
remember.
3. Add your HCC student ID (W) number.
4. Submit your questions on Ask Queue.
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Test: Four tests will be given during the semester. The worst score will be
dropped. Each test will be concentrated with specific chapters. The test date and
the exact content will be pre-announced. No make-up tests are allowed for any
excuses.
Final Exam: A system wide final exam will be given. It is comprehensive. System
Final Exam is mandatory and can not be dropped. Thus missing the Final or
inadequate preparation for it will have adverse consequence affecting your grade.
Lab: the lab takes 25 points of the total grade. Each lab grade is based on your
attendance, participation and performance. Safety is the most important issue in the
lab. You must follow the safety procedure all the time.
A student arriving 20 minutes after the start of lab will not be allowed to perform
the lab.
See syllabus for schedule of experiments.
The experiment data sheet should be turned in one week after it was finished.
Homework: It is very important to do the homework. Although the homework will
not be graded, you must turn in your homework to get the credit. The home work is
due one week after it was assigned.
Make-up Policy: No make-up allowed for any test, lab and the final.
Grading Policy:
Three tests: 45%
System Final: 25%
Lab: 25% (drop one lowest score)
Attendance: 5% (Frequent late arrival or early leave as well as no concentration
on class will not be counted as “attendance”, therefore no credit will be earned)
Grading scale:
90-----100 A; 80-----89 B; 70-----79 C; 60-----69 D; Below 60 F
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Class Schedule ---Summer 2015
July 13
July 14
July 15
July 16
Syllabus, Chapter 1,
Safety Training and Quiz, Exp. 1
Chapter 2
Test 1
July 20
July 21
July 22
July 23
Chapter 3, Chapter 4
Exp. 2, 6
Chapter 4, Chapter 5
Test 2
July 27
July 28
July 29
July 30
Chapter 6, Chapter 7
Chapter 7, Chapter 8
Test 3
Exp. 7, 8
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
Chapter 9, Chapter 10
Exp. 9, 13
Chapter 10, Chapter 11
Test 4
August 10
August 11
August 12
Final Exam Review
Final Exam Review
Final Exam
*This is a proposed instruction schedule. Notice will be provided in the event of
change.
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