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COPPIN STATE COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES
CHEM. 103.101
Dr. Alfred N. Amah
Chemistry for Health Sciences
Office: PJ 322
Spring Semester 2004
Office Hours: Posted at Office Door (PJ 322)
Office Phone: (410)-951-4113
Messages: (410)- 951-4111
e-mail: aamah@Coppin.edu.. Website: http//faculty.coppin.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION: CHEMISTRY 103- Chemistry for Health Sciences
A systematic study of the basic principles, laws and theories of modern chemistry. General topics covered are:
measurement, atomic structure, formula names, periodic table of elements, chemical equations, chemical
calculations, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, energy and chemical reactions. Any mathematical skill needed
beyond MATH 100 will be developed as part of this course. This course is similar but identical to CHEM. 101. It is
designed primarily for nursing majors and deals less with theoretical chemistry but more with the practical
applications in health professions. Prerequisites for this course are MATH 101, Math 125 or CHEM 100. (3 hours
of lecture and 3 hours of lab per week.
LECTURE SYLLABUS
No food or drinks are allowed in the PJ building during Lecture or
Laboratory work
CLASS MEETING TIMES
Lecture:
Sec. 101
Laboratory: Sec. 101
Monday
Wednesday
5:20-8:10 PM PJ 219
5:20-8:10 PM. PJ 218
TEXT AND OTHER MATERIALS
Required
1. General, Organic, and Biochemistry 4th Edition by Katherine J. Denniston, Joseph, J. Topping, and Robert
L. Caret (McGraw-Hill, 2004).
2. A Laboratory For General, Organic and Biochemistry, 3rd Edition by Charles H. Henrickson, Larry C. Byd,
and Norman W. Hunter; (McGraw-Hill ,2004). A Set of Laboratory Experiments by Alfred N. Amah for General
Chemistry 101 Saunders Chemistry Laboratories Series (available in the bookstore).
3. Student Study Guide/Solutions Manual to accompany, General, Organic, and Biochemistry, 4th Edition;
Denniston, Toppin, and Caret( McGraw-Hill, 2004)
3. Laboratory notebook available in the bookstore.
EXAMINATIONS, COURSE GRADING, COURSE STRUCTURE
Course Grading
Your final course grade will be computed as follows:
Best Four [3] out of Four(4) lecture exams @ 20%
Final comprehensive examination
Laboratory Reports and Exercises
60%
20%
20%
The correlation between letter grades and numerical grades on exams will be:
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A = 90-100%; B = 80-89%; C = 70-79%; D = 60-69%; F = 0-59%
A total of four lecture examinations will be given during the semester, and the lowest grade of these will be
dropped. The grade obtained on the final comprehensive examination will not be dropped. The examinations will
be given at the beginning of the lab lecture period or during class time. The approximate schedule for the
lecture examinations will be announced one week in advance before they are given. Attendance is required
for all examinations and laboratory work. You must pass both the lecture and laboratory with a grade of D or
better to pass the course. If you fail either lecture or laboratory, your final grade will be an F. No make-up
examinations will be given. A missed examination automatically becomes the score that is dropped.
STUDY HINTS FOR CHEM. 103
A few comments and study hints are provided here, with the hope that some of them may be beneficial.
General chemistry has the reputation of being a very hard course, requiring a lot of memorization but in reality, it is
not if you have a very good study habit. As you will soon see, a reasonable amount of memorization is required in
general chemistry, though much of it is rather systematic. Most students are often overwhelmed by the number of
reactions, and mathematical skills that confront them; they often wonder whether they can learn this material in a
single semester. This course is designed to help students develop thinking skills that are needed to study general
chemistry. These skills include mathematical skills such as proportional reasoning as well as skills to reason at the
abstract level since most of the fundamental concepts are abstract. In order to develop these Scientific reasoning
skills, the course content is presented in a three part sequence. The first part involves observation of scientific
phenomena. The second part involves the introduction of terms and the development of the concepts in the
scientific phenomena. The third part involves the applications of the concepts just developed with the hope of
developing a better thinking skills and a better appreciation of the filed of chemistry. My lectures are intended to
emphasize and summarize important principles and concepts from the text. They will parallel the text, with most
examples given being different from those in the text. This course will challenge your organizational skills. Be
forewarned that it is not possible to succeed in a General Chemistry course like CHEM. 103 without a good study
habit. The bulk of the material we will study this semester will involve mathematical calculations, development of
concepts and reasoning, conversions factors, chemical equations and stoichiometric relationships. Thus it is highly
important that you develop good study habits in learning these concepts during the entire semester..
The best method of studying general chemistry will vary from student to student, and I offer the following study
hints and suggestions with the hope you will find one or more of them beneficial.
1. Lecture Notes. It helps to recopy your lecture notes the same day as the lecture. This gives you the chance to
review the material again while it is fresh in your mind and to add material that you might not have copied down.
This can be very helpful if done in conjunction with the assigned reading material in the text.
2. Reading Assignments. Reading assignments for the entire semester are provided in the syllabus. You will get
more from the lectures if you read, or at least scan, the assigned material before coming to class.
3. Study Problems. A number of study questions have been assigned from the text, and these represent the
minimum number of problems you should solve. Work the problems on your first, but only after you have studied
the material well. A major key to success in organic chemistry is working study problems. Try to work a couple of
problems each day and not let them pile up just before an examination. Again, the key or secret to success in
general chemistry is continual and systematic study. Most students (good students) will agree that general
chemistry is not intrinsically hard, but it requires a great deal of work.
4. Learn and study Concepts in General Chemistry by the use of flash cards. The use of flash cards is highly
recommended as a device for learning reactions, equations conversion factors, etc.
Work as many of the assigned study problems as you can. If approached properly, these provide a good self-test
of the material and serve to give you confidence that you have mastered the material. Keep Up, don't fall behind.
Continual study and continual work on study problems is very important. You are not required to hand in any of the
assigned study problems, but you should work each of them because some of the assigned study questions will
appear on each examinations given during the semester.
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My lectures will primarily cover the information found in the text and in some cases the information that are
important and not found in the text. Some previous examination that I have given in General Chemistry 101 which
are very similar to CHEM. 103 are found at my website: http://faculty.coppin.edu.
5. GENERAL COURSE GOALS:
1. Introduce the students to the concepts and principles of chemistry
2. Develop the verbal and mathematical skills of the students so that they may accurately interpret and solve
chemical problems
3. To prepare the students for more advanced courses in chemistry
4. To help students to develop thinking skills that are used in chemistry
6. BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:
1. At the end of this course, the student should be able to answer fundamental questions pertaining to
chemistry correctly.
2. At the end of this course, the student should be able to solve simple chemical problems;
3. At the end of this course, the student will be able to notice the difference between an orbit and an orbital, shell
and sub-shell, atomic numbers and atomic weights, orbital shape and orbital orientation, thermochemistry and
stiochiometric relationships.
4. At the end of this course, the student will be able to write electronic configuration of the elements with atomic
numbers 1-20.
7. COURSE EXPECTATIONS:
1. Students are expected to attend all lectures, read the assigned materials, work individually to solve
the
assigned problems, take all announced examinations and quizzes and final examinations, and
attend all
laboratory sections. Any missed work must be completed and will be accepted only after evidence of appropriate
excuse for missing class. As indicated above, a missed exam automatically becomes the one to be dropped.
8. MODE OF INSTRUCTION:
Instructions will include the following activities during the semester:
1. Lecture and Discussions
2. Problem solving
3. Homework, quizzes and directed library research
4. Use of computers and audio-visual materials
5. Laboratory work usually involving concepts learned in lectures.
6. Internet assignments.
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE/STUDY PROBLEM ASSIGNMENTS
Chapters will be covered in the order given. Unless otherwise, read each chapter and sections completely.
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CHAPTER 1 Chemistry: Methods and Measurement
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Define the fundamental units of length, mass, volume, heat and temperature
Solve problems relating to temperature conversions.
Solve problems relating to specific heat and density
Learn how to use exponential notation
Learn the Factor-Label Method, Unit Analysis, Conversion Factors in calculations.
Reading: Read all sections of this chapter
Study Question: [In-Chapter] 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5-1.18
[End-of-Chapter] 1.19, 1.1.21, 1.23, 1.25-1.38; 1.1.43-1.52; 1.57.
Pay attention to Chapter Highlights pages 29-30
CHAPTER 2 The Composition and Structure of the Atom
1. Learn the Dalton’s Atomic Theory and Classification of Matter
2. Learn the Subatomic Particles and their Properties.(Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons; Isotopes).
3. Learn and understand the Periodic Law, the Periodic Properties of the Elements, and the construction and
use of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Reading: All of the Chapter.
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, .
[End-of-Chapter] 2.11, 2.16, 2.20, 2.29-2.38; 2.51, 2.52.
Pay attention to Chapter Highlights page 50
EXAMINATION I
CHAPTER 3 Elements, Atoms, Ions, and the Periodic Table
1. Write symbols for elements and ions.
2. Write formulas for chemical compounds
3. Learn the electron configuration of the elements with atomic numbers 1-20
4. Learn the meaning of the Octet Rule and its predictive usefulness..
5. Learn the important subdivision of the Periodic Table: Families, Groups,
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and Periods, metals and non-
metals.
Lear how to write formulas of ionic compounds.
Reading: All of the Chapter.
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] 3.1-3.6; 3.7-3.10; 3.12.
[End-of-Chapter] 3.17-3.3.26; 3.3.45, 3.49, 3.58.
Pay attention to the Chapter Highlights page 73
EXAMINATION II
CHAPTER 4 Structure and Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds
1. Learn to classify compounds having ionic, covalent , or polar covalent bonds;
2. Learn to name common inorganic compounds and frequently used compounds.
3. Write formulas of compounds when provided names
4. Predict the geometry of molecules.
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5. Predict the differences in physical state, melting and boiling points.
Reading: All of the Chapter; Light on Section 4.4-Drawing Lewis Structures of Molecules and Polyatomic Ions.
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] 4.1-4.10
[End-of-Chapter] 4.294.35-4.44.
Pay attention to the Chapter Highlights page 111-112
CHAPTER 5: Calculations and the Chemical Equations.
1. Understand the concept of the mole and Avogadro’s number.
2. Be able to write Chemical Equation and balance them.
3. Learn subscripts, coefficients in chemical equation
4. Be able to calculate molar masses of compounds
5. Be able to convert moles to grams and grams to mole for compounds and elements.
6. Understand how to express concentration of solution in different ways.
7. Calculate theoretical and percent yield. Determine limiting reagent or reactant.
Reading: All of the Chapter. .
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] All problems
[End-of-Chapter] 5.19-5.70.
Pay attention to chapter Highlights on pages 139-140
EXAMINATION III
CHAPTER 6 States of Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
1. Describe the behavior of gases expressed by the Gas Laws: (Boyle, Charles, Ideal and Combined Gas
laws)
2. Learn the Kinetic Theory of gases.
3. Use gas laws equations to calculate conditions and change in conditions of gases
6. Learn the Units of Pressure.
READING: All of the Chapter.
STUDY QUESTIONS: [In-Chapter] All problems,
[End-of-Chapter] 6.20; 6.27-32; 6.39-6.44
Pay attention to chapter Highlights on pages 165-166
CHAPTER 7 Reactions and Solutions.
1. Understand the concept of water as a solvent.
2. Be able to express (w/w) % concentration of solutions
3. Learn osmotic pressure and osmolarity as it relates to Dialysis
Reading: All of the Chapter.
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] 1, 2, 3, 4.
[End-of-Chapter] 6.17, 6.62, 6.65, 6.66,
Pay attention to the Chapter Highlights on pages 196-198.
EXAMINATION IV
CHAPTER 9 Charge-Transfer Reactions:Acids, Bases and Oxidation-Reductions
1. Be able to write molecular equations, ionic equations, and net ionic equations from a chemical equation.
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Be able to write balanced chemical equation for reactions of acids and bases.
Understand the concepts of self ionization of water
Solve problems of acid base reactions
Understand the concepts of strong and weak acids and bases and the definitions of acids and bases.
Acidity: Detection, Control, Measurement
1. Learn the concepts of ion product of water and pH of solutions.
2. Solve problems relating to pH and pOH of solutions.
3. Understand the concepts of titration, indicators low and high acidities of solutions.
Reading: All of the Chapter
Study Questions: [In-Chapter] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
[End-of-Chapter].
Pay attention to chapter Highlights on pages 263-264
FINAL EXAMINATION Date: (Monday May 17, 2004 : 5:20-7:20 p.m.)
Spring, 2004
Dr. A. Amah