CHM 1025 – Introductory Chemistry
Spring 2015
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Constantine Shuniak
Tarpon Springs Office 442-B 727-239-5070
Seminole Office TBD 727-239-5070
deno.shuniak@gmail.com;
shuniak.deno@spcollege.edu
For urgent matters, please call. I will try to answer your email as
soon as possible, however, email may take up to 48 hours for a
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CHM1025 is a presentation of modern chemistry concepts,
periodicity and atomic structure, states of matter, chemical
formulas and nomenclature, chemical reactions, chemical
calculations and solutions.
CHM 1025L
A non-programmable scientific calculator (TI-30, or similar)
Zumdahl & Decoste, Basic Chemistry, 8th edition
(ISBN: 978-1-285-19903-0 hard cover)
Natural Science
Dr. Meg Delgato, Academic Chair Tarpon Springs
Dr. Amanda Gilleland, Academic Chair Seminole
Dr. John Chapin, Dean
Tarpon LSC, FA 154 (# 712-5729) Check SPC Web for Times
Seminole, TLC 104 Commons, Check SPC Web for Times
Attendance
Attendance must be reported for the first two weeks of the semester. If you are not
attending this class during this time, you will be automatically dropped from the course.
After the second week of classes, attendance will no longer be recorded. If you miss a
lecture class, it is your responsibility to obtain the notes either online from MyCourses, or
from someone in class. If you miss a quiz or exam, you will receive a zero for that quiz
or exam grade. There are no make-up exams or quizzes given. At the 60% mark of
the semester, if you have missed three or more quizzes or exams, you will not be
considered to have been actively participating in the course, and thus will receive a “WF”
for the course. The college-wide attendance policy is included in the “Addendum to the
Syllabus”, which should be read at the following web address:
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm.
I may give unannounced, Pop, quizzes and take home problems for extra credit. If you
are not in class the day of the pop quiz, you will not have the opportunity to make it up.
Faculty members are unable to withdraw a student from their course. If a student wishes
to withdraw from this class before the final date set for withdraws, this student must
initiate a W themselves online. Failure to withdraw from a class before the set date,
10/23/14, will result in an “F” or “WF” for the course. If you withdraw from the lecture
class, you must also withdraw from the co requisite 1025 lab.
Course Goals and Objectives
CHM 1025 is intended to prepare you for CHM 2045 and will teach you how to solve
problems, describe matter, understand elements and their reactivity, perform chemical
calculations, and also understand solutions and gas laws. Class periods will consist of
demonstrations, discussions and problem solving. Please turn cellular telephones,
iPods and other electronic devices off prior to entering class! Using any electronic
device except a calculator will warrant a dismissal from class. I reserve the right to
assign seating at any time during regular class periods and/or testing periods.
Grading
Quizzes and all exams will be given in class and will be scheduled well ahead of time.
Everyone is expected to take a quiz/exam when scheduled. There will be no makeup
quizzes or exams. I will drop your one lowest quiz score, and your one lowest exam
grade (except the final). Your quiz grades (30 points each totaling 150 points), two best
exam grades (100 points each totaling 200 points) and one comprehensive final (worth
150 points) will be added and grades will be assigned using the following scale:
450 – 500 points
(90% and above)
A
400 – 449 points
(80%-89%)
B
350 – 399 points
(70%-79%)
C
300 – 349 points
(60%-69%)
D
<300 points
(Below 60%)
F
** Only if you have an A on all three in-class exams AND all 6 quizzes can you exempt
the final exam. This means that the dropped quiz and dropped exam grades must also be
an A.
Some quizzes and exams will have extra credit problems. The extra credit points will be
added to the quiz or exam points but the quiz or exam letter grade (A, B, etc.) will be
based on the original quiz or exam total possible points (quizzes 30 points, exams 100
points – an A on a quiz is 27 points min. An A on an exam is 90 points min.
Pop quizzes and extra credit work points earned will be added by me to your quiz and/or
exam scores to try to bring those scores up to an A where necessary. All points earned
will be in your course total.
Extra credit points earned on one exam or quiz will not be transferred to another quiz or
exam in order to bring up a quiz or exam grade to A.
You are responsible to check your grades every week. If a grade is not posted check with
me. This is especially important for lab reports. If your home computer is not compatible
with the SPC system (this is rare) the campus computers are available for your use. You
are responsible to complete your on line exams (for example pre-lab and lab reports) on
time.
I drop one exam, one quiz and two lab reports. This is to account for family problems,
car trouble, funerals, medical issues for you and your family, etc. Do not expect to take a
make up exam because you are going on vacation, got the flu, must attend a funeral, etc.
The reason I drop a grade is to provide for these problems.
Academic Honesty
If you are caught cheating on a quiz or exam, it will be an automatic zero for your grade.
Please refer to your Supplement to the Faculty, Staff and Student Handbook, page 15 (or
online at http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm) for a definition of
cheating. There is no tolerance for cheating and academic dishonesty. No cell phones,
iPods, or other electronic devices except a NON-GRAPHING calculator may be
used for any exam. Students caught looking at or using such devices during an
exam will be given a zero for their grade. Quizzes will be returned for you to keep.
Exams will be returned for in class review but must be returned to me at the end of
class. You may not write on your graded exam. Also, taking pictures of or copying
questions from any exam will also result in a zero for that exam grade.
Special Accommodations
If you wish to receive special accommodations as a student with a documented disability,
please make an appointment with the Learning Specialist on this campus. If you have a
documented hearing loss, please contact the Program for the Deaf at 791-2628 (V/TDD).
If you will need assistance during an emergency classroom evacuation, it is imperative
that you speak with you campus Learning Specialist immediately about arrangements for
your safety. Contact Barbara Thompson, the Support Specialist, at 712-5789.
Assignments
It is your assignment to read through the textbook and/or supplemental modules and to
perform as many homework problems and worksheets as you feel necessary to
understand the material. I recommend that you do all of these problems at the end of
each chapter that I have assigned (see class notes for a complete list of assigned HW), as
well as any worksheets and/or practice quizzes I have posted in MYCOURSES. I will
not collect homework for a grade or extra credit. My course notes are available to you
online in MyCourses.
Class Participation and Etiquette
If you use a laptop or any other electronic device during class, I expect that you use that
device for note-taking only; and please sit in the back row to prevent distracting others
from the lecture. I reserve the right to ask you to suspend using your computer or other
electronic device during class if I feel it is distracting others around you. Also, I will
provide time in class to work out example problems, either in a group or individually.
Please stay on task. If you cannot stay on task, I reserve the right to excuse you from the
classroom.
CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY: For information on campus safety and security
policies please contact 727-791-2560. For information on sexual offenders on your
campus please contact campus security or the associate provost office or for general
information go to the State of Florida website at
http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sopu/index.asp.
COURSE CALENDAR
(Subject to change)
**A complete list of assigned homework problems can be found in the class notes
available on MyCourses. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE DATES MAY CHANGE.
Date
Chapter(s)
January 13
1, 2, 3
January 15
1,2,3
January 20
1,2,3
January 22
January 27
January 30
February 3
February 5
February 10
1,2,3
4,5
4,5
4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
February 12
6,7,8
February 17
6,7,8
February 19
6,7,8
February 24
6,7,8
February 26
9,10
March 3
9,10
March 5
March 8 – 14
March 17
March 19
March 24
9,10
Spring Break
6,7,8,9,10
6,7,8,9,10
11,12,13
Last Day to Drop
with a “W”
11,12,13
11,12,13
11,12,13
15,16
March 25
March 26
March 31
April 2
April 7
Topic
Scientific Method, Measurement,
Density, Matter
Scientific Method, Measurement,
Density, Matter
Scientific Method, Measurement,
Density, Matter
QUIZ 1
Elements, Atoms, Ions, Nomenclature
Elements, Atoms, Ions, Nomenclature
QUIZ 2
Review for Exam 1
EXAM 1
Reactions, Aqueous Solutions,
Chemical Composition
Reactions, Aqueous Solutions,
Chemical Composition
Reactions, Aqueous Solutions,
Chemical Composition, Mole
QUIZ 3
Chemical Quantities, Mole ratios,
stoichiometry, limiting reactant, energy
Chemical Quantities, Mole ratios,
stoichiometry, limiting reactant, energy
QUIZ 4
Spring Break
Review for Exam 2
EXAM 2
Atomic Theory, Bonding, Gas Laws
Last Day to Drop with a “W”
Atomic Theory, Bonding, Gas Laws
Atomic Theory, Bonding, Gas Laws
QUIZ 5
Solubility, mass percent, molarity, acid
April 9
15,16
April 14
April 16
April 21
April 23
April 28
April 30
15,16
11,12,13,15,16
11,12,13,15,16
11,12,13,15,16
May 4 – 8 TBD
Comprehensive
Chapters 1-13, 15,
16
base reactions
Solubility, mass percent, molarity, acid
base reactions
QUIZ 6
Review for Exam 3
Review for Exam 3
EXAM 3
Review for Final Exam
Review for Final Exam
Final Exam Week – Final Exam
Schedule To Be Determined
Resources: Call me with any questions.
see: http://www.spcollege.edu/hec/hus/resources.htm