CHE 108: Introduction to College Chemistry
Instructor: Lihung (Angel) Pu
Office: NSM B308
Office hours: M, W 10:00- 12:00 or by appointment
Web page:http://www.csudh.edu/apu
Fall, 2005
e-mail: lpu@csudh.edu
No Calculator allowed in the Quiz or Exam unless the instructor announces otherwise.
Required Texts and Materials
1 Text book: There is no textbook for this course. you are responsible to print out the lecture notes
and homework from my website.
2 Lab. Manual: Chemistry 108 Laboratory Manual, Chemistry Department, CSU Dominguez Hills,
1998.
3 Quadrille-ruled lab. Notebook with tear-out page and carton paper.
4 laboratory Safety Goggles
Course goal and Objective: The goal of CHE 108 is to help you develop the skills necessary to
succeed in CHE 110.
Laboratory: All experiments/ exercises must be completed satisfactorily in the opinion of the
laboratory instructor.
Office Visit: By the end of 4th week you must visit the instructor and ask her a question dealing
with the subject matter of the course. She wants to evaluate your understanding of the course
materials and your verbal communication skills.
Expectation for classroom behavior: these expectations are included to increase your
opportunities for successfully meeting the course requirements.
* Cell phones and beepers must be turn off during class time.
* You are asked to arrive on time and stay until class is finished so that the learning
environment is not disrupted for you and others.
* You are expected to actively participate during instruction and small group work
sessions.
* You must take responsibility for asking for clarification as needed during class.
* You are required to have a current e-mail address and for consistently checking your
e-mail in case your instructor has sent a lecture note or a set of homework.
* Your homework assignments need to be completed on time. No late homework will be
accepted for grading.
University Policy on Academic Integrity: “Academic integrity is of central importance in the
university community and involves committed allegiance to the values, the principles, and the code
of behavior held to be central in that community. Integrity concerns honesty and implies being
truthful, fair, and free from lies, fraud, and deceit. Cheating or plagiarism is cause for formal
university discipline and is justification for an instructor to assign a lower grade or a failing grade.”
Final: The final exam is on 8:00am December 14 and the exam will not be returned to students
Grading: This is a CR/ NC course and you must achieve a 70% of the total points to receive a CR.
Quizzes
Homework
Writing Assignment
Laboratory
Midterm
Final
Total
90 pts-120pts---40pts
150pts----180 pts---170 pts---750pts
Make-up Policy: I do not accept late or make-up work. If you experience a medical or family
emergency, special arrangements may be made at my discretion. Please make every effort to
contact me as soon as possible when you know you will miss a class due to an emergency. A note
from a doctor or your parents regarding the emergency is required for you to make up an
assignment.
Writing Assignment: After we complete a set of lecture note, you are required to read and turn in a
summary of the lecture note. The summary should contain the following:
1. List all definitions encountered in your reading.
2. Summarize the reading in 250 words or less.
3. List the questions which you were unable to answer during your process of taking notes. Be
ready to ask these questions in class.
Tentative Lecture Schedule
Any changes on the due day of the homework, writing assignment, quizzes or midterm will be
announced in class.
Monday
Wednesday
Monday
Wednesday
8/29
8/31
Chem Placement test
9/5
Labor Day
9/7
basic of word problem
& Linear Function
9/21
Matter, properties
9/12
chemistry &
Measurement
9/14
HW 1 due
Significant Figures
Scientific Notation
9/19
Quiz 1
Introduction Matter
9/26
chemistry & elements
9/28
HW 2
atom $ atomic theory
10/3
isotopes & Atomic
Mass
10/10
HW 3
Nomenclature
10/12
Midterm I
10/17
midterm I solution
Nomenclatureolutions
10/24
Quiz 3
Balancing a Chemical
Equation
10/26
Writing assignment
due
chemical equations &
chemical reaction
10/31
HW 5
electrolytes & nonelectrolytes
11/2
Quiz 4
11/7
Writing assignment
due
Mole concept
11/9
HW 6
percentage composition
11/14
Quiz 5
Determining Chemical
Formulas
11/16
HW 7
Problems/ solutions
11/21
Midterm II
11/23
midterm solutions
11/28
Chemical Equations
and Stoichiometry
11/30
Quiz 6
Limiting Reactant percent
yield
12/5
Writing assignment
due
calc. involving
solution
12/7
Stoichiometry involve
solution
12/12
HW 8
Problems/ solutions
12/14
Final
10/5
Quiz 2
Writing assignment due
Chemical Compound
10/19
HW 4
Oxidation States (O. S.)
ionic equation & net ionic
equation