TENTITAVE CHEM 162 SYLLABUS
CHEMISTRY 162, Spring 2016
INSTRUCTOR: Tom Schultz
OFFICE: SAM 421; Phone 206-934-3129
EMAIL: tschultz@seattlecolleges.edu
*** Email is the best way to contact me. My office phone is shared with several other instructors, and the
messages are not checked frequently.
OFFICE HOURS: 9:00-9:50 Daily, or by appointment.
PREREQUISITES: CHE 161 and Math 122 with 2.0 or better.
LECTURE:
10:00-10:50 PM; SAM 401
LABORATORY: Tuesday 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM, Room SAM 406
DISABILITIY ACCOMODATIONS:
Students with documented disabilities that need special accommodations or require special arrangements
for building evacuation should contact the instructor within the first two weeks of class.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Required: Gilbert, T. R.; Kirss, R. V.; Foster, N.; Davies, G. “Chemistry” 4nd edition, W. W. Norton & Co., 2011.
****ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY****
Required: SCCC Custom Laboratory Manual. This can be obtained at the Copy Center, BE 3105A
(No Photocopies of laboratory manual, please)
Required: A non-programmable, non-alphanumeric scientific calculator capable of handling scientific notation,
logarithms, and exponents, i.e. TI-30XA. Do you have fresh batteries in your calculator?
Required: Laboratory notebook: an inexpensive bound notebook (at least 8” x 8”) will suffice.
Optional: Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual that accompany the textbook.
Optional but highly recommended: A notebook that is divided into clearly marked sections for lecture notetaking, text note-taking, workspace for problem solving, and questions to be asked in class, in group study, or
during office hours.
Optional but Highly Recommended: A laminated periodic table-available at the SCCC bookstore and most other
bookstores.
Note: The science & math tutor center (SAM 100), the SAM 4 th floor study areas,
and the SCCC library have other textbooks for different perspectives on a given topic.
HOMEWORK:
Homework is a daily student routine and responsibility, where problem solving skills are practiced and
learned. For the normal student, it is necessary to work the homework problems several times, and to
review randomly these problems before each exam or quiz. Before starting each homework assignment,
you should copy the sample problems from your lecture notes on to a piece of notebook paper and then
solve them. After working these problems, you should compare your solutions with the ones in the
lecture notes, if this process generates questions, they should be recorded on a piece of paper and shared
with the instructor at your earliest convince. When this process is complete, then proceed to the
homework assignment. The assigned homework, listed on the next page, should be worked on a daily
basis, with any questions generated from this, again recorded and shared with the instructor at your
earliest convince. Weekly homework assignments should be completed over the weekend, and any
remaining questions will be answered on Monday before or after class. Homework assignments will be
handed-in at the beginning of the lecture period on Tuesday’s/Thursday’s. Since homework
solutions will be posted after it is collected, late homework cannot be accepted. When the graded
homework is returned, you should check the entire assignment with the posted solutions, and again ask
questions about the solutions if you have any. The entire assignment will not be completely graded, but
rather a few random problems will be graded in detail, and the rest of the assignment checked for
completeness, style, and effort. Style, refers to all work being clearly shown, with answers rounded to
the correct precision, including units, and boxed.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Show all work for full credit!
Ch#
14 A
14 B
14 C
15 A
15 B
15 C
16 A
16 B
16 C
18 A
18B
19A
Due
probs.
Assigned Exercises
Tu (4-12)
12
8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44
Th (4-14)
11
46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 62, 64, 66, 72
Tu (4-19)
12
74, 76, 78, 80, 88, 90, 94, 100, 104, 106, 116, 118
Tu (4-26)
15
8, 10, 12, 14, 16-38 (even problems)
Th (4-28)
16
46-78 (even problems)
Tu (5-3)
08
80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 96, 100, 104.
Tu (5-10)
15
10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 54, 58, 60
Th 5-7)
14
64, 68, 70, 74, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98, 100, 104, 108
Tu (5-17)
09
110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126.
Tu (5-24)
15
22, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 60, 64, 66, 68.
Tu (5-31)
15
70, 74, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98, 100.
Tu (6-07)
16
14, 22, 24, 28, 32, 34, 40, 42, 48, 50, 52, 56, 60, 62, 70, 78
QUIZZES
Quizzes will be given on Friday of each week, covering the homework at the end of the lecture period,
with the exception of the first two weeks. Quiz make-ups and will NOT be given.
EXAMINATIONS
Two midterms and a cumulative final examination will be given. See the lecture schedule for tentative
dates. Midterm make-ups will not be given, but the score of the final exam might be substituted for the
missing midterm score, if there is a valid excused absence.
GRADING SCHEME
The final grade will be calculated by the following distribution: Homework 15%, Quizzes 15%,
midterms 25%, Laboratory 15%, and the final exam (comprehensive) 30%. The following linear
schedule will be used to assign grades, with class participation affecting borderline situations. Note the
NC grade will not be an option for this class.
93% -100% 4.0
88% - 92% 3.5
83% - 87% 3.0
75% - 82% 2.5
73% - 77% 2.0
68% - 72% 1.5
63% - 67% 1.0
58% - 62% 0.5
CHEATING:
Any student involved in cheating will receive a zero, this includes pre lab and post
lab work, which should be done by the individual student.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
April 4, winter quarter begins.
April 8, last day to withdraw with 100% refund(less $5)
April 15, last day to add/register, instructor permission required.
April 15, last day to change audit/credit status without instructor permission
April 15, last day to withdraw without a “W” appearing on transcript and without instructor permission.
April 22, last day to withdraw with 50% refund. Instructor permission required.
May 27, last day to withdraw (no refund) or change audit/credit status; instructor permission required.
June 15-17 Finals
June 17 Spring Quarter Ends
CHEMISTRY 162
TENTATIVE WEEKLY LECTURE SCHEDULE
(Changes to this schedule will be announced in class)
WEEK
DATES
TOPICS
1
4-(04-08)
Chapter 14, Chemical Kinetics
2
4-(11-15)
Chapter 14, Chemical Kinetics
Quiz Ch#14 (Friday, April 15, 2016)
3
4-(18-22)
Chapter 14, Chemical Kinetics
Quiz Ch#14 (Friday, April 22, 2016)
4
4-(25-29)
Chapter 15, Chemical Equilibrium
Quiz Ch#14 (Friday, April 29, 2016)
5
5-(02-05)
Chapter 15, Chemical Equilibrium
Quiz Ch#15 (Friday, May 05, 2016)
6
5-(09-12)
Chapter 16 Aqueous Equilibrium
Midterm #1 Chapters 14/15 (May 12, 2016)
7
5-(16-19)
Chapter 16 Aqueous Equilibrium
Quiz #16 (Friday, May 19, 2016)
8
5-(23-26)
Chapter 18, Chemical Thermodynamics
Quiz Ch#16 (Friday, May 26, 2016)
9
5-(30-04)
Chapter 18, Chemical Thermodynamics
Quiz Ch#17 (Friday, June 04, 2016)
10
6-(06-11)
Chapter 19 Electrochemistry
Midterm #2 (Friday, June 11, 2016)
11
6-(13-18)
Electrochemistry/Review
Quiz Ch#19 (Friday, June 18, 2016)
12
6-(15-17)
Finals
FINAL EXAM FRIDAY, June 17, 2016 (8:00-10:00) AM
LABORATORY
The assigned experiments are listed on the Tentative Weekly Schedule below. For each experiment, you
must complete the pre-laboratory assignment, complete the laboratory experiment, and hand-in the
completed report sheet. The completed pre-laboratory sheet is due at the beginning of the “lab lectures,”
every Thursday, and the completed report sheet will be due the following week at the beginning of the
lecture period on Thursday. Important notes and supplements will be found on the Science, Math, and
Chemistry website (www.chemsccc.org). There will be no make-up laboratory sessions, since there is
extensive set-up and preparation required by the laboratory staff. Only one missed laboratory experiment
will be permitted in order to pass the class. Be sure to bring your laboratory manual to lab class each
week and record all measurements and observations in ink and to have your laboratory manual signed by
one of the laboratory technicians before leaving the laboratory.
WK.NO.
DATE
EXPERIMENT
1
04-05
Dry Lab Excel Exercise
2
04-12
Exp 1 Evaporative Cooling
3
04-19
Exp 2 Kinetics (Iodine Clock)
4
04-26
Exp 3: Le Chatelier’s Principle
5
05-03
Exp 4: Equilibrium Constant Determination
6
05-10
Exp 5: Weak Acids, Weak Bases, and Salts; pH Titration
Exp 5.5
7
05-17
Exp 6: Acid-Base Titration Curves
8
05-24
Exp 7: Buffer Solutions
9
05-31
Exp 8: Thermodynamics of Dissolving Borax
Note: Must prepare solution on Monday!!!
10
06-07
Exp 9, Electrochemistry Check Out