TENTITAVE CHE 139 SYLLABUS
CHEMISTRY 139, Winter 2016
INSTRUCTOR: Tom Schultz
OFFICE: SAM 421; Phone 206-516-3129
EMAIL: tschultz@sccd.ctc.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 Dailey or by appointment.
PREREQUISITES: MAT 098 with 2.5 or better within the last (3) years.
LECTURE:
11:00-11:50 PM; SAM 401
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:
Zumdahl/DeCoste Introductory Chemistry A Foundation Ed. 8: ISBN-13:978-1-285-19903-0
CALCULATOR:
For exams and quizzes you need your own small non-programmable calculator, preferably with no
batteries.
TUTORING:
The Science and Math tutoring center is located on the first floor in SAM 100. Also in the tutoring
center and on the fourth floor study areas there are chemistry text books for additional information.
Additional information can be found in the SCCC library.
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 Tuesdays. 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# DueWk probs.
Questions and Problems Assigned Exercises
02
2
9
7, 9, 47, 49, 59, 89, 93, 95, 101.
04
3
10
19, 23, 35, 37, 43, 47, 59, 67, 89, 99.
05
3
11
9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 33, 35, 41, 43, 45, 47.
06
3
09
26, 30, 34, 37, 39, 43, 47, 49, 53.
07
4
06
17, 21, 27, 31, 35, 39.
08
5
09
19, 21, 37, 39, 45, 49, 67, 71, 81.
09
6
09
23, 25, 31, 33, 37, 53, 55, 63, 65.
10
6
06
23, 29, 35, 41, 45, 47.
11
7
10
11, 23, 31, 43, 53, 59, 67, 73, 79, 81.
12
8
14
15, 17, 23, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 55, 59, 67, 71, 83, 85.
14
9
09
15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 35, 37, 43, 47.
15
10
14
11, 15, 17, 21, 33, 37, 41, 45, 51, 55, 65, 67, 71, 79.
16
11
13
7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 31, 35, 43, 45, 49, 53, 63.
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 20%, Quizzes 20%,
midterms 30% and the final exam (comprehensive) 30%. The following linear schedule will be used to
assign grades, with class participation affecting borderline situations.
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
January 4, winter quarter begins.
January 8, last day to withdraw with 100% refund(less $5)
January 15, last day to add/register, instructor permission required.
January 15, last day to change audit/credit status without instructor permission
January 15, last day to withdraw without a “W” appearing on transcript and without instructor permission.
January 22, last day to withdraw with 50% refund. Instructor permission required.
January 26, last day to withdraw (no refund) or change audit/credit status; instructor permission required.
March 21-23 Finals
March 23 Winter Quarter Ends
TENTATIVE WEEKLY LECTURE SCHEDULE
(Changes to this schedule will be announced in class)
WEEK
DATES
TOPICS
1
1-(04-08)
Chapter 1-3 What is Chemistry?/Matter and Energy/Measurement and
Chemical Calculations/Unit Systems and Dimensional Analysis
2
1-(11-15)
Chapter 4, 5, & 6 Nomenclature and Chemical Reactions
Quiz Ch#1-3 (Friday, January 15, 2016)
3
1-(18-22)
Chapter 7 & 8, Aqueous Reactions, REDOX, and Chemical
Composition
Quiz Ch#5, Nomenclature (Friday, January 22, 2016)
4
1-(25-29)
Chapter9, Chemical Quantities
Midterm #1; Ch# 1-7(Friday, January 29, 2016)
5
2-(01-05)
Chapter10, Energy
Quiz Ch #9, (Friday, February 05, 2016)
6
2/08-11)
Chapter11, Modern Atomic Theory
Quiz Ch #10Ch 8-12 (Friday, February 11, 2016)
7
2-(15-18)
Chapter12, Chemical Bonding
Quiz Ch# 11, (Friday, February 18, 2016)
8
2-(22-26)
Chapter14 Liquids
Quiz Ch# 12, (Friday, February 26, 2016)
9
2-(29-04)
Chapter15, Solutions
Midterm #2; Ch# 8-14 (Friday, March 04, 2016)
10
3-(07-11)
Chapte 16 Acids and Bases
Quiz Ch# 15, (Friday, March 11, 2016)
11
3-(14-18)
Review
Quiz Ch# 16, (Friday, March 18, 2016)
3-(21-23)
Finals
11
Final Exam
Monday, March, 21 10:30-12:30