Syllabus Fall 2005

MO 381-7 tu/thu 9:00am – 10:15am

Dr. Bernhard Laurich

phone 974-7452 (during office hours only, no messages)

974-7422 (for messages)

office hours: PB1-9 mo/we 9:00am – 9:50am

thu 10:30am – 12noon and tba.

Develop a profound enjoyment of learning about the functioning of the material world.

Think creatively and critically about complex concepts and issues of our environment and our self.

Apply knowledge of chemistry to future endeavors in education and work.

Communicate with others about the material world.

Participate in cultural, economic and political processes in the community.

Basic knowledge of atoms, electrical charge, electron structure, chemical bonds and the classification and properties of elements and compounds and the kinetics and the classification of chemical reactions. Understanding how compounds are formed and how chemical reactions happen and how they are measured. Ability to describe chemical compounds and chemical reactions, to predict chemical reactions, and to perform quantitative calculations.

Grades:

homework 15%

1^st assignment 2%

2^nd assignment 5%

final assignment 13%

take-home quizzes 5%

pop-quizzes 15%

final exam, cumulative 45% A 90%, B 80%, C 70%, D 60%

Required material:

Steven Zumdahl, Houghton Mifflin Co., 4th ed. 2000

Folder for notes, homework, quizzes, and assignments.

Calculator (scientific notation is useful)

--- Chemistry 151 is a College level course. Successful completion requires regular attendance, including taking notes.

--- For every hour in class, approximately two hours study at home will be required.

--- Come to the office hours when - or better before - you run into problems.

--- Quizzes will not be announced. Be there. No make-up quizzes. Exceptions only if absence is justified, and notification has been sent.

--- The grades are based on performance. Note that the final exam is cumulative, and not multiple choice, and yields 45% of the grade.

1. Introduction into Chemistry

Matter, Energy, Mixtures, Chemical Change

2. Elements, the Basics

Atoms, Electrical Charges, Rutherford Experiment, Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Periodic Table

Assignment 1

3. Names Formulas for Compounds, Equations for chemical Reactions, Balancing Equations

4. Introduction into Chemical reactions

Aqueous solutions, Reaction in Water

Precipitation, Formation of a Solid, Salts

Acids and Bases, Neutralization Reactions

Oxidation and Reduction

5. Measurements

Mole, Molar Mass, Molar Volume, Stoichiometry in Reactions

6. Atoms - a Closer Look

Electrons, Energy Levels, Electron Structure

Periodic table - a Different View

7. Chemical Bonds

Electronegativity, Ionic bonds, Covalent Bonds, Lewis structure

8. Gases, Liquids, and Solids

Ideal Gases, Kinetic Theory

Assignment 2

9. Solutions

Molarity

10. Acids, Bases - A Closer Look

Neutralization, pH Scale, Buffered solutions

11. Chemical Equilibrium

Le Chatelier's principle

12. Redox - A Closer Look

Oxidation states, Electrochemistry

13. Organic Chemistry

Hydrocarbons, Alcohols and Esters, Polymers

time permitting: 14. Biochemistry and 15. Nuclear Chemistry

Final Assignment

Review

Final Exam MO 381-7 Thursday 12/15/2005 7:30am – 9:30am