Prof. Michael T. Pope
636 Reiss
687-6253
popem@gunet.georgetown.edu
Prof. Diana C. Glick
602F Reiss
687-5961
glickdc@gusun.georgetown.edu
Prof. Hossein Razavi
razavih@gusun.georgetown.edu
Textbook: Brown, LeMay, Bursten, "Chemistry, The Central Science", 7th ed., Prentice Hall 1997
Laboratory Manual: Nelson, Kemp, "Laboratory Experiments",Prentice Hall 1997
CD Rom: (Optional) "Interactive Chemistry Journey"
Two Lectures, two Recitations, and one 3-hr Laboratory per week.
Course Homepage
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/popem/chem3home.htm
This contains (so far)
Successful completion of a General Chemistry course
requires only that you study regularly, and can recognize when you have
fully understood a particular topic. As in all science courses, material
presented later in the course can only be understood in terms of earlier
material. To this extent all General Chemistry Examinations are cumulative.
All of us, lecturers and Recitation/laboratory instructors, are her to
help you learn the material in an ordered fashion, but your success
ultimately depends on you.
The main rule is: prepare for each lecture by reading
the assigned sections of the text, and prepare for each lab by reading
the experiment/hand-out and completing the study questions assigned.
Lectures and Recitations
The lectures will emphasize the important or more difficult topics, and will introduce some material not covered in the text. I shall assume that you have read the assigned parts of the text before you come to class, and will not necessarily spend time in lecture covering material that is quite straightforward. Questions of a general nature during lecture are encouraged, but, given the large size of the class, specific detailed questions are best handled by e-mail, in office hours, or in Recitation.
The Recitations will be used for reinforcement and drill on specific tasks related to the course: problem-solving, nomenclature, formulas, equation-writing and -balancing, etc.
About once a week a short (20-min) Quiz will
be given during recitation. The timing and topics of the quizzes will be
pre-announced. The recitation instructors may also use some time to discuss
forthcoming laboratory experiments.
Homework Assignments
These are given on the lecture schedule. They are
for your guidance and will not be collected or graded (although some may
be included in the Hour Exams). Answers and solutions are available in
the back of the text and in a Solution Book on reserve in the Blommer Library.
Laboratory
For your first laboratory you should come prepared to purchase a Breakage Card ($30 cash or check) which is used to obtain locks and Safety Goggles, and to pay for anything you may break during the year. You will be able to redeem what is left on your breakage card when you check out of the Laboratory.
The 3-hr laboratory periods (new this year) should provide sufficient time to complete the experiment(s) assigned and to write up (and calculate) the results and answer the post-lab exercises during the laboratory period.
Examinations and Grades
There will be three "Hour" Exams
(from 8:30 to 10:05 am) on September 28, October 26, and November 23;
a 2-hr Final (December 14), and Recitation-administered quizzes
given approximately once a week. We shall try to construct (and grade)
exams and quizzes so that you can estimate your progress on the following
scale:
90's A, A-
80's B+, B, B-
70's C+, C, C-
60's D+, D
<60 F
The course grade will be based on the average of
the three hour exam grades (E), the Final (F, weighted 150%), the laboratory
grade (L), and the quiz average (Q), i.e.
Final Grade = (3E + 1.5F + L +Q)/6.5
If you miss an examination due to an unscheduled
emergency, no Make-up examination will be given, and the Final examination
grade will be weighted 250% towards your final grade.