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Course CHEM 1311: General Chemistry I

Professor Amandeep Sra Ph.D.

Term Spring 2016

Meetings Section 001: MWF 12:00 am12:50 am, SLC 1.102

Professors Contact Information

Office Phone 972-883-4818

Office Location SLC 3.513

Email Address [email protected]

Office HoursM 1:002:00 pm, T 4:00 pm5:00 pm, W 1:002:00 pm and F 1:002:00 pmPLEASE feel free to stop by when I am in my office

Other InformationBest way to contact me: email listed above or stop by my office; I dontread eLearningemail

General Course Information

Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, & other

restrictionsOne year of high school chemistry is assumed.

Course DescriptionIntroduction to elementary concepts of chemistry theory. The course emphasizes

molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions, and the mole concept and itsapplications.

LearningOutcomes

ObjectivesThis course is the first of a two-course sequence. The goal is to provide students witha working knowledge of the basic concepts of general chemistry needed for creativeproblem solving, as well as a background for advance chemistry and related sciencecourses, and for laboratory applications. The course focuses on the following: the

architecture of the atom; molecular structure and bonding; chemical reactions;thermochemistry; the mole concept and its applications; and the properties of solids,liquids and gases. Basic problem solving skills and critical thinking are alsoemphasized.

Expected Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this course, students will therefore:

1) be able to use basic concepts in quantum theory and chemical bonding theory bypredicting both the chemical properties (e.g. periodic trends, reactivities) and theelectronic and 3-dimensional structures of representative compounds

2) be able to interpret experimental data (in both tabular and graphical form) byappropriately setting up and solving scientific problems using dimensionalanalysis with proper attention to scientific units and significant figures

3) be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of energy in physical changesand chemical reactions by predicting the direction and magnitude of energychanges and by performing thermochemical calculations

4) be able to demonstrate an understanding of the properties of gases by applying thegas laws and kinetic molecular theory to processes involving gases

Required Texts &Materials

1. Textbook: Chemistry: Atoms First, 2nd Edition (Julia Burdge, Jason Overby); McGraw-Hill

2. Course materials located on class site at eLearning: http://elearning.utdallas.edu/3. ALEKS online assessment and learning system: http://www.aleks.com4. Calculator: TI-30X IIS (or TI-30X IIB) or TI-30Xa

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Schedule & Academic Calendar

Class Period Day Date Topic Chapter

1 Mon Jan 11 Introduction: Syllabus2 Wed Jan 13 Atoms and the Periodic Table:

atomic theory; structure of the atom; atomic number; mass number;2

3 Fri Jan 15Mon Jan 18 MLK Day (no classes)

4 Wed Jan 20 isotopes; average atomic mass; mole and molar mass 2 (cont.)5 Fri Jan 22 Quantum Theory and Electronic Structure of Atoms:

energy; light; atomic line spectra; Bohr model; quantum mechanics;quantum numbers; atomic orbitals; electron configurations; periodictable

36 Mon Jan 257 Wed Jan 278 Fri Jan 299 Mon Feb 1

Periodic Trends of the Elements:effective nuclear charge; periodic trendsatomic radius, ionizationenergy, electron affinity; electron configuration of ions; ionic radius

410 Wed Feb 3

11 Fri Feb 5

12 Mon Feb 8Tue Feb 9 Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4)

13 Wed Feb 10 Ionic and Covalent Compounds:Lewis dot symbols; ionic bonding; covalent bonding; molecular andstructural formulas; empirical formulas; nomenclature; molecular andformula masses; % composition; molar masses; determination ofempirical and molecular formulas

514 Fri Feb 1215 Mon Feb 15

16 Wed Feb 17

17 Fri Feb 19Representing Molecules:octet rule; electronegativity and polarity; Lewis structures and formal

charges; resonance; octet rule exceptions

618 Mon Feb 2219 Wed Feb 2420 Fri Feb 26

21 Mon Feb 29Molecular Geometry, IM Forces & Bonding Theories:

VSEPR theory7 (excluding

7.6)Tue Mar 1 Exam 2 (Chapters 5, 6, part 7)

22 Wed Mar 2molecular geometry and polarity; IM forces, valence bond theory;hybridization; sigma and pi bonding

7 (cont.)(excluding

7.6)23 Fri Mar 424 Mon Mar 725 Wed Mar 9 Chemical Reactions:

chemical equations; stoichiometry8

26 Fri Mar 11Mar 14-19 Spring Break

27 Mon Mar 21 Chemical Reactions:limiting reactants; percent yield

828 Wed Mar 2329 Fri Mar 25

Chemical Reactions in Aqueous Solutions:strong and weak electrolytes; precipitation reactions; acid-basereactions; oxidation-reduction reactions; pH; concentration units and

titrations

930 Mon Mar 2831 Wed Mar 30

32 Fri Apr 133 Mon Apr 4

Tue Apr 5 Exam 3 (Chapters 7, 8 & 9)

34 Wed Apr 6 Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions:energy/energy changes; thermodynamics; enthalpy; calorimetry;Hesss Law; standard enthalpies of formation;bond enthalpies; lattice energy

1035 Fri Apr 836 Mon Apr 1137 Wed Apr 1338 Fri Apr 15 Gases:

properties of gases; kinetic molecular theory; pressure; gas laws;ideal gas equation; real gases; Daltons law of partial pressures andmole fractions; reactions with gases

1139 Mon Apr 1840 Wed Apr 2041 Fri Apr 22

42 Mon Apr 25Physical Properties of Liquids and Solids:properties of liquids and solids;

12

Tue Apr 26 Exam 4 (Chapters 10, 11 and part 12)

43 Wed Apr 27 types of solids; phase changes; phase diagrams12 (cont.)

44 Fri Apr 29Mon May 2 Reading Day

Wed May 4 Cumulative Final Exam (11:00 to 1:45pm)

Exam Schedule: Tue Feb 9 Exam 1 7:00 to 8:15pmTue Mar 1 Exam 2 7:00 to 8:15pmTue Apr 5 Exam 3 7:00 to 8:15pmTue Apr 26 Exam 4 7:00 to 8:15pmWed May 4 Final Exam 11:00 to 1:45pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)

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Course Policies

Grading(credit)Criteria

Course Evaluation:(i) In-class assignments 5%(ii) ALEKS Assignments 15%(iii) Midterm Exams (4 x 15%) 60%(iv) Final Exam 20%

Our goal in this class is to help you develop an understanding (and appreciation) of howchemistry impacts your everyday lives. Our main focus will be on CONCEPTS and notjust FACTS, and our teaching and testing will reflect this. We have designed thiscourse to empower you to succeed in learning chemical concepts. We have a numberof resources that we are putting at your disposal to enable you to succeed. While students will differ in the type of resources they prefer to utilize, in our experience wehave identified a subset that are critical. Thus for those, we give credit in the class tostrongly encourage students to use them. Resources are described below and in thefollowing sections:

0. Homework assignments (end of chapter problems): a principle method for assessing whether you understand a concept and how to use it one of the most critical resources for preparing for exams assigned for each chapter from end-of-chapter exercises in your textbook

large number of problems selected to cover the majority of important concepts mixture of conceptual and quantitative problems these will not be collected or graded all homework assignments are posted on eLearning

1. In-class assignments: (will drop 2 lowest scores from this group) we will drop your 2 lowest scores; the others will be averaged together to give your in-classassignment average obvious message: attending class each and every day is arguably the MOST important thing asuccessful general chemistry student does no more than one in-class assignment a day these will be unannounced, and can occur anytime during any lecture there wi l l be no m akeup in-c lass assignments g iv en (you will receive a zero for any you miss)

2. ALEKS: helps a student gauge their fundamental knowledge and identify what theydont understand details for ALEKS provided in separate document each student will get a unique set of questions tailored by the system to suit the students preparation and understanding of the material ALEKS will constitute 15% of your course score, broken down as follows:

-- Pre-assignment Objective, 1%-- Completion Goals, 11 of 12 objectives (Objectives 112), 8%-- Overall course mastery191 topics mastery, 6%

3. Midterm exams (scantron-based multiple choice exams): each exam is 80 minutes long ALL 4 MIDTERM EXAMS MUST BE TAKEN, at the scheduled time and on the scheduled day There wi ll be no makeup exams g iven The lowest of the 4 exam scores w ill be automatically replaced by a higher final exam score. If youhave an acceptable, doc um ented reason for missing an exam (examples include: documentedillness, auto accident, participation in UTD-sponsored event, observance of religious holiday), you wbe allowed to replace the missed exam with your score on the final. Otherwise, you will receive a"zero" for that exam, that zero will not be replaced by the final, and will be included in the calculationof your final class grade You may arrive latefor an exam unt i l the t ime when the f i rs t stu dent f in ishes and leaves (only

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penalty being that you will have proportionally lesstime to finish the exam). After this grace periodyou will not be allowed to takethe exam and will receive a score of zero questions will focus on concepts and material covered in class, homework, prequizzes, in-classassignments and quizzes4. Final exam (scantron-based multiple choice exam): comprehensive exam the final exam is 2 hours and 45 minutes long The final exam must be taken and cannot be replaced by any other grade No makeup fin al wi l l be given. NOTE THE DAY AND TIME OF THE FINAL!

Make-upExams

There are no make-up exams(see above).

Extra Credit

There is no extra credit.

ClassAttendance

Regular and punctual class attendance is expected. Students who fail to attend classregularly are inviting scholastic difficulty. Absences may lower a students grade (see1. In-class Assignments: in the Course Evaluation section above) .

ALEKSdeadlines

ALEKS assignments are due on the date listed belowat the deadline time (11:59 pm),these assignments will closeyou will no longer be able to improve your grade.

Due Dates Objective

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1. Pre-Assignment Objective (36 topics)

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2. Chapter 2 - Objective 1 (8 topics)

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3. Chapter 3 - I - Objective 2 (7 topics)

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4. Chapter 3II -Objective 3 (11 topics)

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5. Chapter 4 -Objective 4 (15 topics)

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Exam/FinalExam Details

Students will be assigned to specific exam rooms based on their last name. Assignments will announced before the first midterm exam, and will be valid for the full semester.

you will need your valid UTD ID to take the exam; in the absence of this, a valid, current photo such as your drivers license can be used

during exams, students are not allowed to have the following items with them: food or drink, scratpaper (unless provided by the instructor), course materials, textbooks, notes (including formu

sheets), or electronic devices, including iPads, iPhones or any other type of smart phone cellular phone, iPods, MP3 players, earphones, radios, cameras, google glasses, multi-functiontimepieces, or computers.

when possible, students will sit in alternating seats, face forward at all times, and remove anyclothing which might conceal eye movements, reflect images of anothers work, or hide coursematerials for copying.

exam proctors will monitor any communication or signaling between students by talking, whisperinor making sounds, or by using your hands, feet, or other body movements, the test paper itself oryour writing implement.

Specific calculators (listed below) required for use on all exams (you will provide your owcalculator for exams).

TI-30X IIS (solar) or TI-30X IIB (battery) or TI-30XA- same calculator required for SAT and ACT exams- inexpensive sources ($10 to $20): Walmart, Amazon.com

Non-approved calcu la tors wi l l be conf isc ated b y the instructor . Use of a non-approvcalculator will be considered an act of scholastic dishonesty and will be dealt with appropriate(see Section Academic Integrity below).

ALL calculators will be checked before/during the exam. Non-approved calculatorswill be removed immediately from the student, to be returned at some point afterthe exam period (possibly in class)

If your calculator is removed, you will be required to finish the exam WITHOUT a

calculator (i.e., we do not have calculators to provide, and another student cannot provide youwith a calculator once the exam has started)

PeerInstructional

Support

(PLTLProgram)

Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a program designed to provide an active learningexperience in which students can gain the skills and confidence to be successfullearners in General Chemistry and other science courses. In weekly ninety-minutePLTL sessions, small groups of students will work together to solve problems writtenby the course professors. An undergraduate PLTL leader who has training in groupdynamics and mastery of course content will lead them. This is an optional componentto the course. However, if you choose to participate, you are required to stay in theprogram throughout the semesterthe integrity of the group depends on it.

It is critical to attend every sessionskipping a PLTL session limits the utility of thatsession for everybody else. We want people who sign up for the program to be fullycommitted to attending. You are allowed only 2 absences dur ing the wholesemester ; students in the PLTL program that miss mo re than 2 PLTL sessions

wi l l not be al lowed to d rop the i r lowest AL EKS object ive grade. Bottom l ine:

on ly s ign u p for PLTL i f yo u are commit ted to at tend ing every session.

To participate in a PLTL group, you will need to apply online. More details of thisprogram, and the enrollment procedure, will be announced in class. You can learnmore about PLTL at the following link for the Student Success Center:

http://www.utdallas.edu/studentsuccess/leader/pltl.html

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SupplementalInstruction

(SI) support

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is offered for this course. SI sessions are free group studopportunities, scheduled three times per week. Sessions are facilitated by an SI Leader, who harecently taken the course and received a high final grade. Attendance is voluntary. For informatioabout the days, times, and locations for SI sessions, refer www.utdallas.edu/studentsuccess/leaders/si.html.

OtherAssistance

We have many other forms of help available to you in this class:

Chemistry TA office hours (3rd

floor SLC, outside TA offices SLC 3.409)- hours will be set in near future and posted on elearning- available for walk-in assistance

Chemistry Tutors provided by Student Success Center- hours will be set in near future and posted online at Success Center website- available for walk-in assistance

In short: With an instructor, an army of Chemistry TAs, Chemistry Tutors, and PLTL, there should bNO STUDENT that cannot find help. Our goal is to put the resources in place to help every studethat wants to succeed in a position where they can do so!

RegradePolicy

Requests to have 1 or more questions of a quiz/in-class assignment/exam regraded have to be madwithin 1 week of receiving the graded assignment. The request should be in the form of an emfrom your UTD email account to the instructor; the subject line should read quiz X regrade, iclass assignment regradeor exam X regrade, where X is the assignment number; the body

the email should contain your full name, the problem number and an explanation of how thproblem was graded incorrectly

UT DallasSyllabus

Policies andProcedures

The information contained in the following link constitutes the Universitys policies and procedursegment of the course syllabus:

http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus-policies

Policies covered include: student conduct and discipline, academic integrity, copyright notice, emuse, student grievance procedures, and religious holy days. Some additional information regardinsome of these topics is included in related sections below.

AcademicIntegrity

The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Becausethe value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by thestudent for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individualhonor in his or her scholastic work.

Scholastic Dishonesty: Any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject todiscipline. Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion,submitting for credit any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to anotherperson, taking an examination for another person, or any act designed to give unfair advantage toa student or the attempt to commit such acts.

Email UseOur policy in this class is to no tcommunicate any details regarding your grade through email. We w

only discuss these details in person with a student.

TechnicalSupport

If you experience any problems with your UTD account, you may send an email to:[email protected] or call the UTD Computer Helpdesk at 972-883-2911.

Withdrawal

from Class

The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courseThese dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog. Administration proceduremust be followed. It is the student's responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from aclass. In other words, I cannot drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork

ensure that you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to attend the claonce you are enrolled.

Undergraduates last day to drop w i thout a W: Wednesday Jan 27Undergraduates last day to wi thdraw w i th WL: Monday, Mar 28

IncompleteGrades

As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at tsemesters end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete gramust be resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If trequired work to complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by thspecified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.
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Office ofStudent

AccessAbility(OSA)

It is the policy and practice of The University of Texas at Dallas to make reasonable accommodationfor students with properly documented disabilities. However, written notification from the Office ofStudent AccessAbility (OSA) is required. If you are eligible to receive an accommodation andwould like to request it for a course, please discuss it with an OSA staff member and allow at leasone week's advanced notice. Students who have questions about receiving accommodations, orthose who have, or think they may have, a disability (mobility, sensory, health, psychological,learning, etc.) are invited to contact the Office of Student AccessAbility for a confidentialdiscussion.

The primary functions of the Office of Student AccessAbility are to provide:1. academic accommodations for students with a documented permanent physical, mental or

sensory disability2. non-academic accommodations3. resource and referral information and advocacy support as necessary and appropriate.

OSA is located in the Student Services Building, suite 3.200. They can be reached by phone at (97883-2098, or by email [email protected].

These descr ip t ions and t imel ines are subject to ch ange at the discre t ion of th e Professor .
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