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Santa Monica College Physical Science Department Chemistry 10 (Introductory General Chemistry), 5 units Summer 2008 Instructor: Lida Latifzadeh Masoudipour, Ph.D. Lecture: M: 8:00 AM – 1:05 PM, SCI, Room#153 Tu: 8:00 AM – 10:05 AM, SCI., Room#301 W: 8:00 AM – 1:05 PM, SCI., Room#153 Th: 8:00 AM – 10:05 AM, SCI., Room#301 Laboratory: Tu, Th: 10:20 AM – 1:05 PM, SCI., Room#301 Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: masoudipour_lida@smc.edu Voice-mail: 310-434-8931 Web address: http://homepage.smc.edu/masoudipour_lida/chem.10_copy(1)course.htm
Other resources: http://homepage.smc.edu/masoudipour%5Flida/chem10_copy(1)/researchlinks.htm Telephone: 310-434-4788; Messages can be left with Ingrid in the Department of Physical Sciences. Textbook: Introductory Chemistry by Zumdahl & DeCoste Lab. Manual: The lab. manual can be obtained from the following Web. address: http://www.smc.edu/physicalsciences/Chemistry/lab/Chem10/default.htm It is highly recommended that you try the problems first on your own. There is no substitute to problem solving. It is also in your own self-interest to solve as many problems to understand clearly the topics presented in the lecture. Summary of Course Content and Student Take Aways: This course is a foundational experience in chemistry. Subject matter includes all relevant areas such as: chemical principles, atoms, molecules, ions, stoichiometry, chemical reaction types and reactivity, gases, atomic structure and periodicity as well as chemical kinetics, to name a few. Students will be able to provide a solution to a complex word problem, which involves balancing single or double replacement reactions using inorganic and/or organic nomenclature. Students who successfully complete this course will be well prepared for Chemistry 11 or equivalent courses. Attendance: Regular attendance in this class is essential. In case of absence you will be responsible for any announcements pertaining to the class, handout passed, changes in schedule etc. You are responsible for officially dropping the class when you stop attending 4 lecture hours without any notification. This course is a combination of lab. and lecture and your attendance in both the lab. and lecture is mandatory. If you stop attending the lab. but participate the lecture you will fail the course. Withdrawal Policy: The official withdrawal policy of Santa Monica College will be adhered for this course. It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from this course on time. The instructor is not responsible to withdraw a student from this course, otherwise based on attendance or participation. You can visit this web site: http://www.smc.edu/apps/pub.asp?Q=1380&T=Dates%20and%20Deadlines&B=3 to check the important dates and deadlines at Santa Monica College. Cheating: A student found cheating in exam, disciplinary action will be taken. Under any circumstances there will be no exceptions to this rule. Lab. Reports: Lab. reports are due to the next lab. meeting. You are required to arrive the lab. on time. The following chart presents number of points marked down for your lab. report upon arriving lab. late: Number of minutes late lab. arrival number of points marked down 15 1.0 30 2.0 45 3.0 60 no lab. You are required to get my signature on your data sheet after finishing your experiment and before you leave the lab. Under any circumstances, the lab. report without my signature will not be graded. The written lab. reports will take 80% of your lab. grade and the rest 20% is contributed to your performance in the lab. evaluated by the instructor. Grading Policy: Your course grade will be determined by your performance in 4 Mid-term exams, 5 Quizzes, Lab. grade and final exam. There will be no make-up quiz or mid-term exam under any circumstances. An incomplete grade for the final will be given only if you present a valid document and you must provide a reasonable excuse for missing the final exam. If you miss one quiz or one mid-term exam for a valid reason (providing a valid documentation), the weighting of the remaining quizzes or exams will be increased proportionately. If you miss more than one quiz or mid-term exam, except for one, the rest of the missed quizzes or mid-term exams will have zero grades. Failure taking the final exam will result in receiving grade of F in this course.
Course Grade Distribution: Mid-term exams, 4 exams each 100 points: 30% x average of 4 midterm exams : 30 x (400/4) = 3000 points + Quizzes, 5 quizzes each 10 points: 20% x average of 5 quizzes : 20 x (50/5) = 200 points + Final Exam, Standardized Department Final Exam ( 1 hour): 100 points : 35% x final exam score: 35 x 100 =3500 points + Lab.: 12% average of Lab. Reports + 3% Lab. Evaluation : 160 points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite score : 6860 points Extra Credit: 10 points for attendance Grade Assignments: 90-100% = A, 80-89% B, 79-65%= C, 50-64% = F, less than 50%: F A = Excellent, B = Above average, C = Average, D = Passing and F = Failure To ensure efficacy of grading, the following Grade Distribution Policy has been adopted:
Chem. 10 Summer 2008 Instructor: Lida Latifzadeh Masoudipour, Ph.D. Textbook: Introductory Chemistry by Zumdahl & DeCoste Lecture Schedule:
Chemistry 10 Lab. Schedule Summer 2008 Instructor: Lida Latifzadeh Masoudipour, Ph.D. The labs. are met on Tu. and Th. 10:20 AM – 1:05 PM, SCI., Room#301 Lab. Manual: http://www.smc.edu/physicalsciences/Chemistry/lab/Chem10/default.htm
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