Instructor:         Dr. Robert Hancock
Office:               DO-234
Office Hours:     TBA
Office Phone:    962-3025
Lecture(s):         T,R at 8:00 am in DO-202
Lab:                   Consult your schedule for your lab meeting time and location
Web Address:    http://www.uncw.edu/chem/courses/hancock/chm101

Course Description:
CHM-101 (4 cr. hr.) is the first semester of a two-semester sequence that introduces a number of topics that are fundamental to the fields of inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. These topics include chemical nomenclature, the periodic table, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, atomic and molecular structure, and chemical bonding. 

Along with the lecture, there is a laboratory that meets for three hours each week. The laboratory provides hands-on experience with chemical concepts and teaches important laboratory techniques as well as safety procedures used by chemists. It provides you the opportunity to work as part of a team to solve chemical problems that require direct observation, data collection, and analysis.

While there are no university prerequisites for CHM-101, we assume that you have good algebra skills and have had a chemistry course in high school. CHM-101 is a prerequisite for CHM-102.

Attendance:
Attendance will be taken regularly in lecture. It is expected that you will attend all lectures, take all exams, and complete all other assignments. Students who miss lecture should consult with other class members to obtain notes and review any material posted on the Web. Attendance at the 80% level or above will be considered in determining your final grade if you are on the borderline between two grade categories.

You must attend your scheduled lab each week. If you miss a lab, you will receive a score of 0 for that day. There are no make-up labs. At the end of the semester, your lowest lab grade will be dropped. Students who miss more than four laboratory sessions will receive a grade of "F" for CHM-101.  No one will be admitted to lab after the first 10 minutes or without a lab manual or safety glasses.  If you arrive more than 10 minutes late, or you do not have both your lab manual and safety glasses, you will be counted absent for that day.

Grading Policy:
Your grade in this course is based on your performance on the following items:
Hourly exams (there will be three of them): 50%
Final exam: 20%
Laboratory work (including two lab practical exams): 15%
Quizzes (four quizzes given in lab or lecture): 15%
Mastering Chemistry (online homework, see below)

There are no make-up labs or make-up quizzes. Your lowest lab score (not including the lab practical exams) and your lowest quiz score will be dropped. At the end of the semester, if your Mastering Chemistry score is higher than your lowest score on the three remaining quizzes, your Mastering Chemistry score will be substituted for your lowest quiz score. At the instructor's discretion, additional graded material may be assigned during the semester.

Performance on exams and quizzes is measured through the use of T-scores which are based on the mean and standard deviation for each exam and, in the case of quizzes, on the sum of your raw quiz scores.  T-scores are computed according to the formula shown below.

Labs are graded on a percentage basis.  At the end of the semester, your overall lab average will be converted to a T-score equivalent based on the following table.        

The final exam will be cumulative, consisting of four 18-question sections. Questions from the material covered after Exam 3 (questions 55-72) will count as 1/2 the final exam grade. Questions from the material covered in previous exams will count for the remainder of the final exam grade. The first three 18-question sections will represent material covered on the previous hourly exams (questions 1 -18, Exam 1; questions 19-36, Exam 2; questions 37-54, Exam 3). If your T-scores for any of these sections are higher than the T-scores you earned on the corresponding hourly exams during the semester, your previous T-scores will be replaced with the higher ones. (We refer to this as exam replacement.) This gives you the opportunity to improve any low scores you made on any of the three hourly exams. However, exam replacement is only allowed if your overall T-score for the final exam is 42 or greater. If one or two hourly exams are missed during the semester, the T-score earned on the corresponding section of the final exam will be used for that grade.  You must inform your instructor by e-mail if you will have to miss a test.

Your final letter grade in this course will be assigned on the following basis:

Textbook and Other Materials:
The textbook for this course is Chemistry: The Central Science, 11th Edition by Brown, LeMay, Bursten, and Murphy (Prentice-Hall, 2009). This same textbook is used in both CHM-101 and CHM-102. If you purchase a new textbook, it should come bundled with an access code for Mastering Chemistry, the online homework system used in this course. If you purchase a used textbook, you will need to buy the MasteringChemistry access code separately. The laboratory manual for this course is "Chemistry 101/102 Laboratory Manual" by Kieber, Kieber, and Ward, 4th Ed. (Kendall/Hunt, 2009). You must buy your own approved safety glasses. You will not be admitted to lab without your lab manual and safety glasses. 

You will need to purchase a student response card (“clicker”) manufactured by Turning Technologies (Model RCRF-02). This is available through the bookstore or online at https://store.turningtechnologies.com/index.cfm (the School Code for UNCW is RPPT). The response card will be used for taking attendance and other in-class activities. If you have already purchased a Turning Technologies response card in another class, it can also be used in this class. Finally, you will need to have a scientific calculator for use in class, lab, and for exams and quizzes. Your calculator must be capable of performing calculations with exponential numbers as well as with logarithms. You will not be allowed to use a cell phone as a calculator on exams and quizzes. To summarize, the materials required for this course are: textbook, lab manual, online homework, safety glasses, student response card, and scientific calculator.

Chapter Sections Covered:
Chapter 1: all; Chapter 2: 2.1-2.8 (omit subsection on naming acids); Chapter 3: all (omit subsection on combustion analysis); Chapter 4: 4.1-4.3, 4.5, 4.6 (omit subsection on titrations in section 4.6); Chapter 5: 5.1-5.7 (omit section on bomb calorimetry in section 5.5); Chapter 19: 19.1-19.6; Chapter 6: all (plus information on the electron configurations of ions); Chapter 7: all; Chapter 8: all (omit subsection on dipole moment in section 8.5 and subsection on formal charge in section 8.6); Chapter 9: 9.1-9.2.  Additional material may be covered at the instructor's discretion and will be announced in class.  Check the course Web site on a regular basis for changes in coverage, meeting times, and locations.

Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Devices:
Laptop or tablet computers may be used for taking notes in class as long as their use does not become distracting to other students. However, they must not be used for non-class related activities (Web surfing, email, etc.) while the class is in session. Cell phone use is not permitted during class. Turn your cell phone off before class starts.

The UNCW Honor Code:
All members of the UNCW community are expected to follow the academic Honor Code. Please read the UNCW Honor Code carefully and ask questions if there is anything in the Code you do not understand. Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated in this class. The complete UNCW Honor Code can be found at: http://www.uncw.edu/odos/index.htm.

Services for Students with Disabilities:
Students with diagnosed disabilities should contact the Office of Disability Services (962-7555). Please give me a copy of the letter you receive from ODS detailing class accommodations you may need. If you require accommodation for testing-taking, please have the referral letter to me at least three days before the exam.

Extra Help Available for CHM-101:
The University Learning Center (ULC) operates the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program on campus. The ULC hires undergraduate students who have successfully completed CHM-101 and CHM-102 to conduct group review sessions for students in CHM-101. There are several SI sessions held each week. For an up-to-date schedule of SI sessions for CHM-101, please visit:
http://www.uncw.edu/ulc/SI_Sessions.htm.

In addition to weekly SI sessions, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry maintains a list of students who are willing to provide individual tutoring for students enrolled in CHM-101. Please contact the department’s administrative assistant in DO-253 for information about chemistry tutors. If you need a little help with your math skills, the following website provides review lessons for most of the major math operations used in CHM-101: http://www.ChemReview.Net.