School of Chemistry, Howard College Campus
University of KwaZulu-Natal
INFORMATION FOR FIRST-YEAR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS
1 st Semester 2010
Chemical Engineering Chemistry 2 - (Chem 171)
This has been drawn up for your assistance and contains important information you need to know about your first-year first semester Chemistry course. KEEP this for reference throughout the semester and bring this document to the first lecture.
1. MODULE DETAILS
Module Name CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Module Code
Number of lectures/tutorials/Pracs
CHEM 171
36L/9T/11P
Lecturer MR A. BISSESSUR
OFFICE: Desmond Clarence Building ROOM H-209
E-MAIL: bissessura@ukzn.ac.za
To present the physical and descriptive inorganic and organic aspects of introductory chemistry.
:
Introduction to the measurement of chemical properties; study of chemical behaviour of simple substances.
Test (8%), Practical Reports (25%), 3 hour exam (67%)
:
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1. Phase equilibria and colligative properties
2. Buffers
3. Electrochemistry
4. Nomenclature and reactions of the main group elements
5. Solid state structures
6. Acid-base behaviour of oxides
7. Industrial chemistry of:
Sulfur
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Halogens
8. Organic chemistry
3. TEXTBOOKS
The prescribed textbook for this module is:
Brown, LeMay and Bursten, Chemistry, The Central Science, 11 th Edition, Prentice
Hall (10 edition is permissible), or
Brown, LeMay and Bursten, Murphy, Langford, Sagatays, Chemistry, The Central
Science, (2nd edition is permissible), 2010
You are advised to obtain your prescribed textbook as soon as possible; lecturers will assume you have this in your possession from the start of the course.
There are copies of the prescribed text available at the Reserve section of the library.
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4.
INTRANET
Useful material such as notes, worksheets, solutions, past examination question papers and other supplementary material will be placed on the Chemistry Intranet. The address for the web site is http://chemintra.ukzn.ac.za
. Once there you log in with your student number and your password. Click on “Faculty of Engineering” followed by
“First Year”and then on CHEM 171.
If you misplace any material that is handed out in class please download a copy from the intranet.
5 . LECTURE TIMETABLE AND VENUES
Day
Period
Venue
Mon
2
S2
Lecture/Tut Timetable
Lectures: Week 26 July to 29 Oct 2010
Mon
3 - Tut
S2
Tues
7
S3
Wed
Prac
Thurs
4
S2
Thurs
5
S2
Day
Period
Venue
Practical: Week 2 Aug to 29 Oct - 2010
Wed
2 - 5
Chem Lab
Period
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Time
7:45-8:30
8:40-9:25
9:35-10:20
10:30-11:15
11:25-12:10
12:20-13:05
Period
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Time
13:15-14:00
14:10-14:55
14:55-15:40
15:50-16:35
16.35-17.20
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6. TUTORIALS AND ADDITONAL SUPPORT a) Small group tutorials – please check bulletin board on level 2 in DC building.
Attendance is compulsory and a register will be taken. Please note that you will write a short test during this session which will count for a portion of your DP mark. b) Hot-seat tutors
tutors are available for one on one consultation and the times for the consultation will be available on Student management system as soon as students indicate when they are free during the day. c) Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions will run twice a week. These sessions are study group sessions where concepts regarding the weeks lecture will be discussed.
These sessions will take a double period and it is important that you attend these sessions run by SI leaders for clarification and better understanding of concepts. SI leaders will design an activity for the session, however, you are also welcome to come with questions regarding lecture content and problems you are experiencing with a particular concept. d) Please note that students who obtain below 40 % for the first test will be compelled to attend SI sessions. e) Should you have any other queries please consult the Teaching & Learning manager:
Vino Paideya
3 rd floor Desmond Clarence
Building
Room 334
7. LABORATORY PRACTICALS
Laboratories commence in the SECOND WEEK of lectures, beginning Wednesday,
August 4, 2010. Class lists giving details of bench and locker assignments will be available in the first-year laboratory during the first week of lectures.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Students who fail to attend 80% of laboratory practicals will have their
DPs refused, and will NOT be allowed to sit the final examination.
Any queries regarding laboratory allocations please see:
Mr Vinay Sarup, George Campbell Building, First Floor, First Year Laboratory .
The following items must be obtained BEFORE attending the first laboratory class of the
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course: a copy of the 2010
CHEM 171 Practical Manual a pair of SAFETY SPECTACLES a WHITE LABORATORY COAT a BOX OF MATCHES/LIGHTER , TEA-TOWEL AND WASHING-UP CLOTH
The cost of the manuals and safety spectacles will be debited to your fee account; the laboratory coat you will have to pay for yourself.
You will NOT be allowed into the laboratory without these items.
Take careful note of which experiments are scheduled for each forthcoming laboratory class, as you are required to read up the details of each experiment and complete the pre-laboratory problems before attending a laboratory session.
8. COMPOSITION OF THE COURSE MARK
The Course Mark is made up as follows:
Class Mark 33% , Examination 67%
The Class Mark is in turn made up as follows:
2 x Class Tests 8% (average of 2 tests) , Laboratory Practicals 25%
IMPORTANT NOTICE
A sub-minimum of 40% for the Class Mark is a DP requirement.
Students who fail to obtain this sub-minimum will have their DPs refused, and will
NOT be allowed to sit the final examination.
9. CLASS TEST
DATES: TEST 1: 31 Aug 2010 , TEST 2: 12 Oct 2010
There are two formal tests covering the course content. Your lecturer will inform you in due course about the date, venue and study material for this test.
There will be NO supplementary or “make up” tests.
Students who miss the test without providing a medical certificate or otherwise satisfactory explanation will be given ZERO .
10. DULY PERFORMED (DP) CERTIFICATES AND ATTENDANCE
MATTERS
A DP certificate is granted to each student who has satisfactorily performed the class work for each semester and is an essential requirement for entering the relevant examination.
Chemistry is a practical science and knowledge of chemical laboratory techniques is
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one of the objectives of all chemistry courses. A DP certificate will not be awarded to any student who has not attended the required minimum number (80%) of laboratory sessions irrespective of the reasons for absences, or attained the Class
Mark sub-minimum as specified above.
Students unable to attend a laboratory class or test for medical or other unavoidable reasons must present their medical certificates or other supporting documentation to Mr
Sarup in the first year Chemistry Laboratory as soon as possible after returning to campus.
Such students may attend laboratory classes on another day, by arrangement with Mr
Sarup, and if space is available. Students who miss laboratory classes without sufficient reason will NOT be allowed to make them up.
Students who are absent from a laboratory session on a condoned holiday (e.g. a religious day) will not be penalised for missing that particular class, but should bear the DP requirements in mind, and are encouraged to make it up, by prior arrangement.
11. LABORATORY PRACTICAL EXEMPTIONS
Laboratory exemptions may be granted to those students who are repeating a module given by this School and who have attained a sufficiently high standard of work in previous years. Applications for these must be submitted on the prescribed form available from the Secretary, Science @ Howard, Level 3, Desmond Clarence Building as soon as possible after Registration.
Exemptions come into effect only for those students whose names appear on the exemption list on the School of Chemistry notice board in the main foyer of the Chemistry
Building. Students who apply for exemption after laboratory classes have already commenced must attend until exemption has been granted.
12. EXAMINATIONS
Rules and regulations covering examinations are set out in the Handbook of the Faculty of
Engineering, and students should familiarise themselves with these.
CHEM 171 students write a 3 HOUR examination in Nov/Dec.
13. PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is defined as the submission or presentation of work, in any form, which is not one’s own without acknowledgement of the source(s). It is an attempt to deceive the reader that the work or ideas presented are your own, whereas, in fact they are the words/ideas of others.
With regard to essays, reports and dissertations, a simple rule should be used when deciding if it is necessary to acknowledge sources. If you obtain information from an outside source, that source must be acknowledged. Another rule to follow is that any
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direct (verbatim) quotation must be placed in quotation marks and your wording should clearly indicate that the item is not your own work and the source immediately cited.
The mere inclusion of the source in a bibliography shall not be considered sufficient acknowledgement.
This applies to all work contributing to assessment, including laboratory reports and projects. All assessed work must be your own individual effort. Copying of laboratory reports, for example, is plagiarism.
You may share data, where appropriate, but the calculations, answers to assignment questions and the discussion of results must be your own work.
Work referred to from Internet sources must also be acknowledged as above, with the web address (URL) of the source included and the date it was accessed.
A.BISSESSUR
(CHEM171- Lecturer)
July 2010
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I, _________________________________________________________________
Student number, _____________________________________________________ acknowledge receipt and contents of a 6 page document entitled,
‘INFORMATION FOR FIRST-YEAR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’
2nd SEMESTER 2010-07-26
I accept to abide by the rules and conditions stipulated in this document.
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