Chemistry 110: Introductory Chemistry
Spring 2015
9:00 - 9:50 am, M-W-F
3140 Wescoe Hall
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Ward H. Thompson, 6084 Malott Hall
Phone: 864-3980
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Monday 10-11 am & Wednesday 1-2 pm, or by appt. ! !
6084 Malott Hall
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Monday 3:30-4:30 pm in 2001 Malott Hall
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm in 1001 Malott Hall
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Allyssa Massie, 1012 Malott Hall
Email: allyssaam@ku.edu (for appointment requests only)
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Lead TA: Monday & Wednesday 11 am-12 pm, or by appt.
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In addition, each laboratory TA will have two office hours per week
in 6083 Malott Hall. A schedule will be posted on Blackboard.
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This email address should be used for all course correspondence.
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A course website is available on Blackboard ! !
(http://courseware.ku.edu). All course materials will be
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separate Blackboard website.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 7:30-10:00 am, 3140 Wescoe Hall
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“Introduction to Chemistry,” (3rd edition)
Richard Bauer, James Birk, and Pamela Marks
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Final Exam! !
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125 pts
300 pts
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1000 pts
Final grades will be assigned on a letter-grade basis, e.g., A, B, C with no +/-.
KU Common Core: !Chem 110 - Introductory Chemistry fulfills
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KU Core Goal 3-Natural Science
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Note:! “The course is designed to fulfill the science requirement for non-science majors,
and should not be taken by students who require more than one semester of chemistry.
Students in the School of Engineering may not take this course for credit. CHEM 110
and CHEM 150 cannot both be taken for credit.”
Exams: Three scheduled exams will be given over the course of the semester:
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Exam 1: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 8:00-10:00 pm, 110 Budig Hall
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Exam 2: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 8:00-10:00 pm, 110 Budig Hall
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Exam 3: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 8:00-10:00 pm, 110 Budig Hall
The exams will focus on problem-solving with a few short-answer questions. All exams
in the course will be cumulative, i.e., you may be asked about any material presented in
class, recitation, or lab prior to the exam. You will only be permitted to use an acceptable non-programmable calculator: Texas Instruments 30Xa or Casio FX260.
These are ~$7-11. No other calculators will be allowed. You will also be responsible for
bringing a writing/erasing utensil to the exams. !
Identification: You may be required to present your KU-issued ID to a course instructor
or teaching assistant when submitting your exam. Other forms of identification will not
be accepted.
Make-up Exams: No make-up exams will be given. Please notify me as soon as possible if you are unable to attend an exam.
Exam Disruptions: The disruption of an exam through anonymous threats or fire alarms
is a violation of law and constitutes academic misconduct. If an examination is disrupted
by a fire alarm, each student will give their exam and scratch paper to the instructor or a
TA as they exit the classroom and/or building. Students will be escorted to an alternate
testing location. Students who transport their own examinations to the alternate test site
may be assigned a zero for the exam.
Quizzes: There will be nine quizzes (each ~15 min) given over the course of the semester at the beginning of class on Fridays (dates are posted on the course calendar on
Blackboard). You will only be allowed to use one of the approved calculators listed
above on these quizzes. While the quizzes will focus on the most recently presented
material, any topics discussed previous to a quiz may appear in questions. Your quiz
grade will be calculated by dropping the two lowest scores and multiplying your average
with the total possible points. No make-up quizzes will be offered and no extra time will
be provided if you arrive late.
Clickers: Clickers will be used during most (or all) lectures; you are responsible for
bringing your clicker to class every day. You will not be graded on the correctness of
your answer but only on the fraction of times you register a response (starting Monday,
January 26); responding to 80% or more of the questions gives you full credit, below
this your grade will equal your response rate times the maximum points.
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The aim of using clickers is (a) to allow you to test your mastery of the course
material with rapid feedback, and (b) to give me insight into your understanding of the
material to improve my approach. Thus, it is important that you attempt to answer each
question to the best of your ability.
Homework: The best way to learn the material in this course is to work problems.
Solving problems will help you to understand the important concepts, build intuition, and
master the relevant mathematical tools. Homework problems will be assigned weekly,
but will not be collected or graded. The solutions will be posted and it is your responsibility to make sure that you understand the problems and their solutions. The homework problems will give you practice applying the concepts presented in class. The assignments may take some time to work through, so please begin them as soon as possible. You are particularly encouraged to work through the assigned (and other) problems together, as you can learn more effectively and gauge your progress through such
discussions.
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To be successful in the course you should plan to work problems beyond those
assigned in the homework. Your textbook and the more than one hundred other textbooks in the Anschutz Library offer many opportunities for additional practice and selftesting.
Discussion Sections: Two discussion sessions will be held each week. These are
additional opportunities for discussing the course material, problems, and problemsolving approaches in an informal setting. Attendance is optional, but you are highly
encouraged to attend, ask questions, participate in the discussions, and practice working chemistry problems.
Academic Misconduct: Any incident of academic misconduct in this course will be
treated with the utmost seriousness. All students involved will receive, at a minimum, a
zero for the assignment in question and be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible according to the procedures outlined in the KU Policy Library. Be sure that you read these
guidelines carefully. While the most basic rule is anything you submit in the course
must be your own work, this is only one aspect of academic misconduct. Ignorance of
the rules is not a defense, make sure you know and understand them. If you have
questions please feel free to discuss them with me.
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KU subscribes to a digital plagiarism detection program called SafeAssign, which
may be used to check assignments submitted in this course. You may be asked to submit your papers in a digital format (e.g., BlackBoard digital drop box) so that your paper
can be checked against web pages and databases of existing papers.
Classroom Decorum: You are highly encouraged to ask questions at any time during
class. It will help clarify material for you and your fellow students while also helping me
to provide better instruction. Note that while attending the lectures will hopefully improve
your understanding of the material and performance in the course, attendance is not
mandatory. Thus, talking with friends, reading the newspaper, completing homework,
texting, listening to or using electronic devices including laptop computers, and other
disruptive activities are not acceptable and should be carried on outside of class.
Course Materials: Course materials prepared by the instructor, together with the content of all lectures and discussion sessions presented by the instructor are the property
of the instructor. Video and audio recording of lectures and discussion sessions without
the consent of the instructor is prohibited.
Special Needs: The KU Academic Achievement & Access Center (AAAC) coordinates
accommodations and services for all eligible students. If you have a disability for which
you wish to request accommodations please contact AAAC. The AAAC office is located
in 22 Strong Hall; their phone number is (785)864-4064 (V/TTY). Information about their
services can be found at http://disability.ku.edu. Students with special needs should notify me privately as soon as possible to ensure timely arrangement of special accommodations.
Chemistry 110 Laboratory Information
Note: The first laboratory experiment will be carried out the week of January 26.
(You must complete an online lab safety quiz with a perfect score before you attend the first lab; see the Safety section below.)
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You will need the required Chem 110 “Introductory Chemistry” laboratory
manual, which contains both the instructions for carrying out the experiments
and the questions sheets you will need to complete.
Laboratory Director: Dr. Roderick Black, 2021 Malott, rsblack@ku.edu, 864-3481
The laboratory portion of CHEM 110 is coordinated by Dr. Black. Please contact him
with questions regarding this part of the course including safety, organization, and requirements. The graduate teaching assistant (TA) for your section (and others) will also
be available to answer questions pertaining to the laboratory component.
On-Time Attendance & Pre-Lab Quizzes: You are expected to attend every lab session. There are no make up labs. All unexcused absences will receive a grade of zero
(see the Lab Absence Policy on the course and laboratory websites for the only acceptable excuses and a description of the required documentation). A brief quiz will be administered at the start of each laboratory period. If you arrive late you will not be given
extra time to take the quiz. To pass a quiz, you must read and understand the experimental investigation scheduled for that lab period. The quiz may include questions pertaining to previous lectures and lab experiments. Students who arrive late might also
not be permitted to perform the lab experiment, resulting in a grade of zero for the laboratory question sheet. The laboratory and lecture components of the course are intended to be overlapping and complementary. Accordingly, students who wish to do well
in Chemistry 110 are expected to participate in every session. It is not possible to receive a passing grade in Chemistry 110 if you are absent from more than four lab sessions, regardless of whether your absences are labeled excused or unexcused.
Safety: The Safety Regulations for Chemistry Lab are posted on the course and laboratory websites. Review these regulations carefully each week to ensure you are aware
of any and all safety rules that may pertain to the experiment(s) you will be doing.
Chemistry Department-approved full-coverage goggles must be worn at all times. If a
student is found not wearing goggles at any time while laboratory work is being conducted anywhere in the room, this student will receive a warning or a grade penalty and
may be asked to leave the room. The following lab attire requirements must be followed
for every lab period, regardless of whether a lab experiment is being performed during
the session: Students must wear long pants. It is not acceptable to wear shorts,
intermediate-length pants of any kind, or skirts. Shoes must cover the entire foot. Open-toed shoes, open-heeled shoes, sandals, or shoes containing holes are not
acceptable. (If a student's attire fails to meet these guidelines because of religious or
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You will be required to pass an online safety quiz before you will be allowed to
participate in any laboratory activities. This quiz is available in the Lab Safety Quiz
menu on your laboratory Blackboard site. The online lab safety quiz must be completed
with a perfect score before you attend the first lab.
Question Sheets: For each laboratory experiment you will complete a question sheet
to demonstrate your completion of the experiment and understanding of the results.
These must be completed during the lab session and submitted to your TA before you
leave for the day.
Grading: The laboratory course will account for 300 points of your final Chem 110
grade (out of 1000 total points). For this laboratory portion of your grade, pre-lab quizzes total 50 points and laboratory question sheets 250 points.