CHEM 110 (010) General Chemistry I
Schedule
Class:
Laboratory:
Spring 2011
T TH, 8:00 – 9:15 AM, Smith 570
TH, 9:30– 10:20 AM, Smith 554; 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM, Smith 505
Instructor
Dr. Laurence Boucher
Smith Hall 584D
410-704-3057
410-704-4265(FAX)
lboucher@towson.edu (EMAIL)
Office Hours: T - 9:30 - 10:30 AM
TH -1:00 - 2:00 PM
Other Times by Appointment
Required Texts
General Chemistry 6rd Edition, Chang, McGraw Hill, 2010
Experiments in General Chemistry (Ver. 9.0), Department of Chemistry, Towson University
Required Laboratory Materials
Department of Chemistry Laboratory Notebook; Approved goggles
Important Dates
Add-drop period until February 8, 2011
Withdraw period until April 11, 2010
Final exam: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM, Thursday May 19, 2011
Assessment/Evaluation
Hour Exams (3 @ 100 points each)
Quizzes (20 @ 10 points each)
Laboratory
Final Exam
Total Possible
Grading Scale
A 860-940 points
A- 840-859 points
B+ 820-839 points
B 770-819 points
B- 745-769 points
C+ 725-744 points
C 615-724 points
D+ 595-614 points
D 521-594 points
F 0-520 points
300 points
200 points
240 points
200 points
940 points
Attendance, and Assignments: Attendance is expected at all classes and laboratories. There
will be a 10 point quiz every class. The six lowest quiz scores will be dropped. No make up
quizzes will be given; if you miss a quiz for any reason it will be one of those dropped. Although
these will not be collected, you are expected to do the assigned problems at the end of each
chapter. Provided that you have a legitimate and documented reason for missing an hour exam
and that you notify me in a timely fashion, a maximum of one make-up hour exam will be given
during the semester. The Final Exam is cumulative and covers the material for the entire
semester.
Laboratory: For the laboratory you will have fourteen assignments over the semester.
Assignment One is a graphing exercise. Four of the assignments will be laboratory reports that
will be typed and conform to the format given in the laboratory manual. The other assignments
will consist of the laboratory notebook copy sheets that will be handed in at the end of the
laboratory session. Unless otherwise announced the laboratory reports will be due the week after
you finished the laboratory work on the experiment. All missed laboratory work must be made
up or you will receive a zero for that laboratory. Special arrangements will have to be made to
make-up a laboratory so you will need a legitimate reason to miss a laboratory. You will keep a
laboratory notebook with carbon-less sets of papers. For some experiments you will work with a
partner and for others you may work individually. However, you will be required to submit
individual assignments for all experiments unless otherwise instructed.
Policy on Academic Dishonesty: All types of academic dishonesty are deplorable and will be
dealt with accordingly. Cheating on exams or quizzes will result in a zero on the exam or quiz in
question. All cell phones must be turned off and put away during labs class, quizzes or exams.
You must have your own calculator; no sharing of calculators. Falsifying laboratory data or
copying another student's data (except when specifically instructed to work with a partner) or
laboratory report will result in a zero for that report.
Tutoring: For your assistance the Department of Chemistry maintains the Chemistry Tutoring
Center (CTC) in Smith 538 under the supervision of Ms Liina Ladon. The hours of operation
are: MTWR 8:00AM - 6:00PM, F 8:00AM - Noon. No appointment is necessary.
Helpful Material: You will be provided a set of learning goals for the material covered on each
hour exam, several weeks prior to the exam. Other useful materials are available electronically.
 CHEM 110 (002) course materials: http://pages.towson.edu/lboucher.
 Old hour and final exams, with solutions, from previous semesters (2007, 2008, 2009):
http://towson.docutek.com. To access the materials choose “Electronic Reserves &
Reserves Pages.” Choose “Course Reserves by Instructor.” Choose “Boucher, Laurence”
from the drop-down list. Choose “CHEM 110 – General Chemistry.” The password for
the course is “boucher110.”
 Practice homework problems and quizzes keyed to the textbook:
http://www.mhhe.com/chang. At the Chang window click on “General Chemistry 8th
Edition,” then click on “Self Study.”
 Study aid of the CTC: http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/welcome.html. At the CTC
homepage click on the topic of interest.