WELCOME TO CHEMISTRY 1201- Section 1 –Spring 2013
Dr. Kresimir Rupnik, Ph. D
Chemistry Department, 201A Choppin Hall .Phone: 205-1353
rupnik@intelliom.com or chrupn@lsu.edu 07:30AM - 08:50AM Tu, Th in Room 103, Williams
IMPORTANT WEB PAGE: Moodle (connected to website), lecture notes and lecture supplements,
assignments, practice tests and updates.
OFFICE HOURS: M-Th from 9:00-10:30AM. IMPORTANT: Check by phone if I am in a lab.. If I am not in a
class, at a meeting or a function, I am available in the office or in one of research laboratories where you can reach
me by calling my cell phone. Bring your work with you! Review sessions will be scheduled at the beginning of
semester (see website).
TEXT: required, "CHEMISTRY, THE CENTRAL SCIENCE",12th. Ed, Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Pearson
Prentice Hall, , check bookstore r web.. You may use earlier edition, but check the Masteringchemistry access.
ASSIGNED MATERIAL: The lecture material covers the book chapters 1,2,3,4,5(part),6,7,8,9,10,11,(13).
You are responsible for all material covered. Lecture notes and supplements will be also available on my
website. Students are expected to attend all scheduled lecture periods, take notes and follow lectures and other
class activities. Reading pre-assigned material and solving pre-assigned problems before class is required.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course in an introduction to modern chemistry. It is intended to meet
requirements for science majors. The emphasis in my lectures and class activities is on modern scientific methods
and concepts as well as on the hands on experience/skills that should provide you with needed tools in your future
professional work and studies. It is a General Education course in the Natural Sciences area, physical science
subdivision. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic theories of chemistry and its underlying principles.
Using this knowledge, students will demonstrate deductive and inductive reasoning to explore and explain scientific
principles.
A 100 – 90 %
C 79 – 70
F Below 60
LETTER GRADES:
B 89 – 80
D 69 - 60
(Exams and Final exam may be curved.)
EVALUATION: Note:
you must work on your HW and class activities . By submitting your HW
and class activity as well as exams you take the responsibility that all the related work was done
by you.
Web
Homework on Mastering chemistry must be turned in on time for credit,
5% web
assignments ,
including those on the pre-assigned reading material. There will be
HW
other
also random quizzes or writing assignments on the pre-assigned
(MC)
assignments,
material and lectured material. You must read the assigned material
10%
pre- & in-class.
before the lecture. See instructions for Mastering chemistry on
masteringchemistry.com. Tutorials and Extra Problems: Through the quizzes &
NOTE: submit
Mastering Chemistry code you can access tutorial problems that give you
homework
activity in
hints when you need help. Also there is a Study Area to practice
days before
class
deadline!
problems and take practice quizzes. 2 Bonus HW at the semester end.
EXAMS:
(TBS)
Four (4) one class period exams are scheduled. The time of the exam can
be different than the class period . Bring a calculator, student ID, pencils,
and a large scantron sheet (each ~ $.25). Material on exams will come
more or less directly from the homework, lectures and suggested
exercises, but is not the same set of questions. Note that material
accumulates during semester, so exam 4 has questions related to previous
exams. If one exam is missed due to a University allowed absence and
documentation is submitted to me, the prorated final exam grade will be
substituted for the missing exam. Pre-exams are for bonus points, required
minimum % correct answers.
Pre-exams:
(TBS)
No more than
2 prior to
each exam
FINAL:
Comprehensive. Group. All sections. Two hours. Check the University
policy and the rules for exams and final. You must be ready for the
final! Bring the calculator with calculus operations.
50%
Exams in
class
Web or in
class. No
more than
5% bonus
35%
in class
STUDYING, EXERCISES/PROBLEMS, REVIEWS and HELP SESSIONS: Expect to spend at least one
hour/day in efficient studying. Working in groups 1-6 is encouraged. You should read book chapters and
material on web in advance to better understand the lectures and again with your lecture notes and solved
examples. I assume that after that you will work most of the exercises from the book/homework. Material on
exams will come more or less directly from these exercises and lectured material. You can also receive
assistance from Chemistry tutors, however, if you read the pre-assigned material , work with other students
and practice problems in advance you should be able to study material and prepare well for exams.
ENJOY THE CLASS! ATTEND THE CLASS !
Previous syllabus: CHEM 1201 Group Syllabus
Spring 2010