CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Course:
CHM 121L, GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY, 1 UNIT
Prerequisite:
Corequisite:
Instructor:
Office:
Office Hours:
High School Chemistry and Algebra
CHM 121, General Chemistry
Han Dang
8-324
T, Th 9:30 – 10:30 AM
T
2:00 – 3:00 PM
W, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
or by appointment
Phone:
Email:
Website
(909) 869 – 4935
hndang@csupomona.edu
www.tamhan.com
Required:
1) CHM 121L Laboratory Manual
2) ANSI Approved Safety Glasses/Goggles
Grading:
Quizzes 35%
Reports 60%
Subjective 5%
Approximate Scale:
A+/- 100 – 88%
B+/- 87 – 76
C+/- 75 – 62
D+/- 61 – 50
F 49 – 0
NOTE: You will need a general scientific calculator for quizzes. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE
ANY CALCULATOR WITH AN ALPHABET PAD (PROGRAMMABLE OR GRAPHING CALCULATORS)
FOR QUIZZES.
 Having more than one absence from lab meetings will be grounds for failing the course, at the discretion of the
instructor.
 Weekly quizzes will be given the first 15 minutes of class. Quizzes will cover all material on the experiment
being turned in and will cover experimental procedures of the experiment being done that day. There will be no
make-up quizzes. The lowest quiz will be dropped at the end of the quarter.
 Laboratory write-ups and pre-lab assignments are due at the beginning of class the week following completion
of the experiment. Late pre-lab assignments will not be accepted. Late reports will lose credit at the rate of
10% per day and will not be accepted more than one week late. The department has no provision for making up
missed experiments unless it is done the week the experiment is scheduled. A student cannot attend another
lab section without written authorization from his/her instructor.
 Academic honesty and integrity are expected of all students at all times. University procedures with respect to
probation, suspension, or expulsion will be followed in cases of cheating. See the University Catalog for
details of this.
 The instructor is available during posted office hours for student help. Graduate Teaching Associates are
available in the Solutions Room during posted hours. Contact your instructor if you need to arrange another
time.
Study procedure: It is recommended that you do the laboratory write-up the same day you do the experiment as the
information is fresh in your mind. You should expect to spend 2-3 hours out of class each week on your laboratory
write-up and on preparation for the experiment for the next week.
NOTE: If you attend the first day of a lab class and are checked into a locker drawer and then decide either to not
officially add the class or to drop the class, you must return to the Chemistry Department Stockroom to be checked
out of the locker drawer. Failure to check out will result in the assessment of a $15 check out fee and a hold on
your registration until it is paid.