CHM1020C: Chemistry for Liberal Studies

Schedule Fall 2016
Week
Dates

Lecture
Experiment
Assignments Due
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1
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
9/2
1st Day Attendance Check in
Login to Blackboard
Purchase access code .

2

9/5

Labor Day Holiday
9/6
9/7
9/8
9/9

Lecture 1: Introduction to Forensic Academy

  • Chemistry and Crime- A Brief History
  • The Language of Chemistry
  • The Scientific Method
  • Types of Evidence
Introduction to Second Life
  • Complete Orientation

3
9/12
9/13
9/14
9/15
9/16

Lecture 2: Gathering Evidence

  • Physical Evidence Collection: Mass, Weight and Units
  • Analysis: Unit Conversions
  • Experimental Results: Statistics of Evidentiary Information

Episode 1: Introduction to the Facility and Rules

  • Lab Safety
  • Lecture Quiz 1
  • Post-Lab Exercise I (in Blackboard)

4
9/19
9/20
9/21
9/22
9/23

Lecture 3: Chemical Basics

  • Atomic Structure
  • Isotopes
  • Atomic Mass
  • Electronic Structure
  • Using Light to Investigate
  • Spectroscopy

Episode 2: Tools of the Trade

  • Lab Equipment
  • Introduction to Measurement
  • Lecture Quiz 2
  • Post-Lab Exercise 2

5
9/26
9/27
9/28
9/29
9/30

Lecture 4: Chemical Structure

  • Lewis Structures
  • Chemical Shapes
  • Polarity
  • Solubility
  • Acids and Bases
  • pH

Study for Exam
  • Lecture Quiz 3
  • Take Exam 1 at University Testing Center

6
10/3
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7

Lecture 5: Chemical Evidence – Solutions

  • Water
  • Chemical Reactions
  • The Mathematics of Chemical Reactions
  • Luminol and other Forensic Chemicals

Episode 3: We Have a Crime Scene

  • Murder Site
  • Collection Techniques
  • Proper Storage of Evidence
  • Lecture Quiz 4
  • Post-Lab Exercise 3

7
10/10
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14

Lecture 6: Chemical Evidence – Drugs

  • Types of Drugs
  • Structures and Functions
  • Chemistry and the Law

Episode 4: Lab Rat

  • Go to Autopsy
  • Preparation of Samples
  • Mass Spectroscopy
  • Analysis of Content
  • Lecture Quiz 5
  • Post-Lab Exercise 4

8
10/17
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/21

Lecture 7: Arson and the Chemistry of Fire

  • Combustion
  • Evidence of Arson
  • Flammable Liquids, Why?
  • Explosive Chemistry

Episode 5: Driving Lessons?

  • Processing the Car for Evidence
  • Analysis using Luminol
  • Analysis using Ninhydrin
  • Lecture Quiz 6
  • Post-Lab Exercise 5
  • Take Exam 2 at University Testing Center

9
10/24
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/28

Lecture 8: Time of Death

  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Death and Temperature
  • Death and Preservatives
  • The Evidence of Death

Episode 6: Toxicology is In

  • Fluids Analysis
  • Liquid-liquid Extraction
  • Chromatography – LC/MS
  • Reinsch Screen
  • Lecture Quiz 7
  • Post-Lab Exercise 6

 

10
10/31
11/1
11/2
11/3
11/4

Lecture 9: Weapons and Chemistry

  • The Gun
  • The Knife
  • The Bat
  • The ligature

 

Episode 7: Combustion and the Forensics of Fire

  • CO-Oximeter
  • CO- Diffusion Cell
  • CO- UV-Vis Spectrometer
  • IR

 
  • Lecture Quiz 8
  • Post-Lab Exercise 7

11
11/7
11/8
11/9
11/10
11/11
Veteran's Day Holiday
No Labs
Nothing Due

12
11/14
11/15
11/16
11/17
11/18

Lecture 10: The Biochemistry of Poisons

  • Neurotoxins
  • Cytotoxins
  • Cardiotoxins
  • Heavy Metals

Study for Exam
  • Lecture Quiz 9
  • Take Exam 3 at University Testing Center

13
11/21
11/22

11/23
11/24
11/25
Thanksgiving Holiday
No Labs
Nothing Due

14
11/28
11/29
11/30
12/1
12/2

Lecture 11: Identifying the Suspect: Part I

  • The Chemistry of Fingerprints
  • The Chemistry of Hair
  • Fiber Analysis

Episode 8: We Have a Suspect

  • DNA Analysis Prep Samples
  • PCR
  • STR Analysis
  • CODIS
  • Lecture Quiz 10
  • Post-Lab Exercise 8

15
12/5
12/6
12/7
12/8
12/9

Lecture 12: Identifying the Suspect: Part II

  • Blood Analysis
  • DNA Structure and Function
  • DNA Fingerprints
  • Genetic Matches

Episode 9: How Did She Die?

  • Time of Death
  • Method of Death
  • Putting the Killer at the Scene(s)
  • Reporting the Findings
  • Lecture Quiz 11 & 12
  • Post-Lab Exercise 9

16
12/12
12/3
12/14
12/15
12/16
Final Exam Week
No Labs
 Take Final Exam at University Testing Center