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Required Writing Component:
Chemistry 6A is listed in Area B, Sub areas B1 and B3 of the G.E. Program. Area B, Sub area B3 requires that a writing component be included in the course. Hence, a writing component is included within the laboratory portion of Chemistry 6A. Specifically, the writing component is found in two areas of the laboratory experience.
First, before each laboratory is performed a laboratory purpose and procedure summary is to be submitted. The summary presents the general purpose of the laboratory experiment and highlights the steps you will perform in the laboratory. The summary is turned in at the beginning of the laboratory period to which the summary applies. Correct spelling and proper grammar are required in the summaries. The summary is to be your work and not that of a partner or a joint effort with other fellow students.
Second, each laboratory is completed by submitting a written laboratory report the week following the experiment. Several short answer questions and problems are posed in each laboratory description and must be answered in the report. A complete answer contains two elements; 1) the appropriate scientific explanation and 2) one or more grammatically correct sentences presenting the appropriate scientific explanation, rationale, or necessary information.

Advice for students regarding Introductory Chemistry Courses:
One analogy that works: constructing a building. The base of the building is very important and essential. Thus, you must understand and memorize the initial, and basic, rules and definitions. If the picture of the basic rules and facts in chemistry is not crystal clear in your mind, then you will not be able to use your knowledge in order to solve problems and answer questions. Therefore, understanding scientific concepts and fundamentals correctly, and memorizing their related definitions and simple rules, is only a bridge between you and your future goals. If you fall behind, it will be even more difficult to catch up and understand new concepts and materials. The basis of chemistry is a connecting chain - you will not figure out chemical bonding if you do not have an idea about atoms. Start right now and keep with the schedule. The only way to determine whether you truly understand subjects in chemistry is to do the problems.
Chemistry cannot be learned the night before an exam. Don't even try! You must practice every day: read, listen, practice problems, re-read, take notes, re-organize ideas, and ask questions.
Read the text BEFORE CLASS! This allows you to review material that you may already know. You will also have an idea regarding what material is to come. You will also know what information is in the book - and you won't have to write it all down in class. You may even be able to generate a few questions. And you can pay special attention to any unclear parts during lecture.

Classroom Etiquette: Any student who disrupts the class will be asked to leave. This is a college course and I expect you to behave with the maturity and respect that adults afford one another. No talking will be permitted unless it concerns class business. The use of cell phones, laptops and mp3 players in the classroom is strictly prohibited. Please be sure that your cell phone is turned off prior to class. Repeated disruptions will result in dismissal form the course. If you must leave lecture early, please notify your instructor prior to class. Also, repeated tardiness that disrupts the class will not be tolerated. Please also treat your laboratory instructors with the respect that you would give any professor. Remember, if you treat others with respect, then they in turn will treat you with respect.

Academic Honesty: (CHEATING)
Any cheating what so ever will be addressed with zero tolerance. Please refer to the university policy on such matters.
http://www.csus.edu/admbus/umanual/UMA00150.htm

Attendance (Lecture :) Although attendance in lecture is not mandatory, studies show that there is a very strong correlation between lecture attendance and grades. The chemistry department estimates that a student will score one letter grade lower for every 2 to 3 days of lecture missed. However, be forewarned that merely attending lecture and copying the instructor’s notes does not guarantee success! The lecture period is designed to emphasize that material which is most important. The lecture is presented to help facilitate the learning of the course material; it is your responsibility to master the necessary skills to solve the problems on exams and quizzes.

Exam Policy: There will be three 50 minute lecture exams given (one approximately every four weeks). The exams will be based on the text, HW, lecture and lab materials. All of the exams and quizzes are closed book. No late or make up exams shall be offered.

Final Exam Policy: The final exam will be comprehensive. All students must take the final in order to pass the course. No late or make up final exams shall be offered.

NO NOTE CARDS WILL BE ALLOWED. You will need to bring a calculator and pencil (which I prefer) to each exam. Scratch paper, basic equations, needed scientific constants and periodic tables will be provided. In this course, the information presented builds upon itself such that the material covered in one unit will be integrated into the material on the next and so on. Consequently, the questions on each exam will become successively more complex and involved. If you desire to earn a high mark in this course, you must keep up with the material as outlined in the lecture schedule. It is almost impossible to catch up once you get behind.

Practice Exams: I will not provide you with a “practice exam”. There are more than enough problems in your text to adequately prepare you for any exam. It is your responsibility to work through the homework and as many additional problems as it takes for you to understand the material presented in this class. There are also many additional resources available in the library and on the Internet.
For each exam you will be provided with a series of review problems one week before the exam.

No make-up exams will be offered. You are more than welcome to take an exam early if need be depending on the circumstances. Any missed exam due to a valid incident or documented sickness will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. You need to contact me as soon as possible regarding an exam absence. Without verification, you will receive a zero on the exam. Documentation includes: Signed letters from a physician on letterhead, police reports etc.…

Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered in the lecture class. The quiz will cover the previous week’s lecture material. You will have only 20 minutes to complete the quiz. If you miss a quiz you will receive a zero. There will be no make-up exams or quizzes given.

Approximate Lecture Schedule
Week of	Monday	Wednesday
08 /29	Intro. & Pretest, Chapter 1	Chapter 1 & 2
09/05	Labor Day (closed)	2
09/12	2 & 3	3 & 4 , Quiz # 1
09/19	4 & 5	5 & 6
09/26	6	6 & Quiz # 2
10/03	7	7
10/10	Exam # 1	7 & 8
10/17	8	9
10/24	9 & Quiz # 3	9 & 10
10/31	10	11
11/07	11	12 & Quiz # 4
11/14	12	12 & 13
11/21	13	Exam # 2
11/28	15	15
12/05	16	16 & Quiz #5
12/12	Final Exam is Monday 12/12/2016 (3:0 – 5:0 PM)

Grading: Lecture; 75% (5200.00pts) Two Exams (100pts each), your best four of five Quizzes (30pts each), and the CUMULATIVE Final Exam (200pts).
Lab; 25% (183.34pts) all lab totals will be scaled to this point value as a maximum for a perfect score.
Grades: 90% of the total high score=A range
78% of the total high score=B range
65% of the total high score=C range
55% of the total high score=D range

Homework Problems
These problems are from Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry by Hein, Pattison, and Arena. (11th Edition)
Chapter	Problems (Paired and Additional Exercises)
2	Odd numbered problems from #1 to #63
3	Even numbered problems from #2 to #36
4	Odd numbered problems
5	Even numbered problems
6	Even numbered problems
7	Odd numbered problems from #1 to #61
8	Odd numbered problems
9	Odd numbered problems
10	Odd numbered problems from #1 to # 59
11	Even numbered problems from #2 to #58
12	Starting at #3, every third problem (i.e. 3, 6, 9, 12………..)
13	Odd numbered problems to #56
14	Even numbered problems to #54
15	Odd numbered problems to #50
16	Every third problem (i.e. 3, 6, 9, 12………) to #60
17	Even numbered problems
These problems will be collected but not graded. I will record that you turned in the assigned problems. Summary answers are at the end of the textbook and detailed answers will be posted.

Adding Chem. 6A:
This course may be added only through the Laboratory as we are limited by locker space. You may be required to visit more than one lab section in hopes of finding an open slot. Each laboratory instructor will decide who and how many may be added. The instructor will sign add slips by the third meeting; all individuals adding must return the signed add-slip to the Chemistry Department office, SQU 506.

Laboratory Text: Introduction to GOB in the Laboratory by Hein, Peisen, and Ritchey (10th Edition)

Laboratory Schedule
Class #	Section	Comp.	Day	time
87989	13	Discussion	Thursday	5:30 – 6:20 PM
87990	14	Lab	Thursday	6:30 – 9:00 PM
Week Of:	Laboratory Assignment				Lab work
09/29	Check in – Introduction to the lab – Lab Safety				-
09/05	No Lab (Labor Day)				-
09/12	Expt. # 2: Measurements				Individual
09/19	Expt. # 3: Preparation of oxygen				Individual
09/26	Expt. # 4: Preparation of Hydrogen				Individual
10/03	Expt. # 7: Water in Hydrates				Individual
10/10	Expt. # 10: Composition of KClO3				Individual
10/17	LAB EXAM (200 pts) over the first 5 experiments				-
10/24	Expts. #11 & # 12: Single & Double replacements				Partners
10/31	Expt. 17: Lewis structure & Molecular models				Individual
11/07	Expts. : Gas Diffusion & Gas Law (on web…)				Partners
11/14	Expts. # 22 & # 23: Neutralization & Titration				Partners
11/21	No Lab (Thanksgiving)				-
11/28	Check Out & LAB EXAM (200 pts), over the second set of experiments				-
Notes
All lab experiments must be performed and write up. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade for the entire course. All experimental reports are due at the beginning of the following lab period. There is a 10% penalty for each late day. Reports more than 5 days late will receive a maximum 50% of the original 100 pts score. Prelab write-ups are due at the beginning of each week’s lab. Safety GOGGLES, lab coats must be worn at all times in the lab. Contact lenses are NOT allowed to be worn in the laboratory. Lab absence: Attendance in laboratory is mandatory. You must complete each lab activity and turn-in each laboratory write-up in order to pass the course. You are allowed one lab absence without documentation. After that, you need written verification to be excused from a missed lab. If you do miss lab, it must be made up within one week. You must attend a laboratory section other than your own (with the instructor’s permission). The instructor of the laboratory in which you make up your lab must sign your data sheet. *Any unexcused absences may not be made up. You will receive a zero for the missed experiment.*

PROCEDURE:
Important points to note during procedure:
1. Use only clean and dry equipment.
2. Read and record all temperatures to the nearest 0.1oC
Steps in experiment:
1. To the indicated position on the ring stand, clamp the 18 X 150 mm test tube.
2. Assemble the slotted cork and thermometer into the correct configuration in the test tube.
3. Obtain and pour 10.0 ml of glacial acetic acid into the ring stand mounted test tube and adjust the temperature of the acetic acid to approximately 25oC.
4. Position a 400 ml beaker that is filled with an ice-water mixture under the clamped test tube.
5. Record a temperature for the acetic acid that corresponds to a 0.0 minute reading and then lower the clamped test tube into the ice bath so that all of the acetic acid is below the surface of the ice water.
6. With constant stirring by motion of the thermometer, record the temperature of the acetic acid every 30 seconds. Stop stirring when crystals begin to form within the acetic acid.
7. Continue recording the temperature at 30 second intervals until a total of 15 minutes has elapsed. To maintain a constant ice bath temperature, the ice water is occasionally stirred.
8. Place the test tube, with the thermometer still within the acetic acid, in warm water to melt the frozen acetic acid. Keep this liquid for additional experiments.
9. Weigh 0.450 g of benzoic acid and place the benzoic acid into the acetic acid containing test tube from above. Stir the acetic acid-benzoic acid mixture until the benzoic acid dissolves.
10. Using a fresh ice bath, repeat steps four through 7 for the acetic acid-benzoic acid mixture.
Safety for this lab: ?