CHEMISTRY
1032 Section 1-4
Survey of General
Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences
Fall 2011
Instructor: Dr. Stephanie R. Dillon Office: 324B DLC; Phone: 644-0166;
E-mail: sdillon@chem.fsu.edu
Office hours: MW, 3:00PM- 4:00PM and by appointment
Description and Pre-Requisites:
This lecture-based course is the first course in general chemistry for students in nursing, nutrition and fitness, and other areas requiring a short course leading to CHM 2200. Students taking CHM 1032 after taking CHM 1020 may register for reduced credit; see Policy on Reduced Credit.
Lecture: Tuesday & Thursday , 9:30AM - 10:45AM, 255FLH
Recitations :
For one hour per week you will meet with a teaching assistant in recitation. Recitations allow you more time to ask questions and clarify material that was presented in lecture. Quizzes may also be given during recitations. Attendance is mandatory. All recitations for this class are on Thursday afternoons:
Section 1 - Thursday 3:00 - 3:50 Room 213 HTL
Section 2 - Thursday 3:00 - 3:50 Room 219 HTL
Section 3 - Thursday 4:00 - 4:50 Room 213 HTL
Section 4 - Thursday 4:00 - 4:50 Room 219 HTL
Course Materials: 1. Required Text - (ISBN 032163360) Fundamentals of General, Organic & Biological Chemistry John McMurry, David S. Ballantine, Carl A. Hoeger and Virginia E. Peterson 2010 6TH Edition
2. Required - Mastering Chemistry Code (#MCDILLON90831)
3. Required - You need a
NON-PROGRAMMABLE scientific calculator that will perform exponential calculations in addition to
standard mathematical calculations. You
are expected to know how to use it and bring it to every class meeting.
The Objective of this course is for students in nursing, nutrition and fitness, and other allied health areas to become familiar with the general concepts of chemistry. Stress will be placed on those concepts in chemistry that most strongly relate to processes in health related sciences such as drug dosage, fluid dynamics and pressure, radioactivity, etc.
Class attendance is crucial to be successful in this course. I really want you to be here. Chemistry is cumulative; it builds on what has come earlier in the course. If you are absent, you will miss important new material, examples, assignments, quizzes, or even tests.
Cell Phones: All cell phones are to be turned off at all times during the lecture period. Students whose cell phones ring during a lecture will be asked to leave. Please be considerate of both your fellow students and your instructor.
Homework: Associated with each lecture will be a homework set due within a short window of time (~48 hours). Each chapter's set of homeworks will be worth 10 points each. The homework sets are available on Mastering Chemistry. You will need to purchase a code to access the site. This code will come with your textbook if you purchase it new. If not, the code can be purchased directly from the Mastering Chemistry Website (http://www.chem.fsu.edu) Please
understand that doing these exercises is essential to learning the course
material. You do not know if you have mastered a topic until you can solve
exercises about it on your own.
Quizzes and Examinations: There will be a total of ~15 quizzes given during the span of the course, they may or may not be announced. Only the best 10 of your quizzes will be counted towards your grade. There will be a total of 4 exams and a final each worth 100 points (See schedule for dates). You will be allowed to drop your lowest exam during the term (including the final). This means if you can maintain a good grade through the course, you will be able to "drop" the final as a reward. Because the material covered later in this course builds upon material covered earlier, the hour examinations are cumulative in their coverage of the material. However, each hour examination will primarily focus on the material covered since the previous exam unless otherwise noted in lectures. There will be no make-up quizzes or make-up hour examinations. A quiz or exam missed for any reason will count as one of the low scores to be dropped (see below).
Grades: The course grade will be
based on the percentage of 1000 points earned according to the following
distribution:
A = 90 - 100% of the
points; B=80 -89%; C = 70 - 79 %; D = 60 - 69%; F =less than 60%. (This scale
represents the minimum grade to expect.)
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Homework (Mastering Chemistry Code MCDILLON90831) 11 Chapters @ 10 each
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110 points
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Quizzes, best 10 @ 15
each
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150 points
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Exams, best 4 of 5 @ 100 each
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400 points
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Total Possible Points |
660 Points
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See Academic Honor Policy for more details.
Important Campus Resources
Dirac Science Library: The library is located
directly across from the Dittmer laboratory of Chemistry and directly in front
of Fisher Lecture Hall. It provides a rich source of instructional materials,
including books, journals, reference texts, and online databases.
Students must have a campus ID card to check out materials. Students can
access the online databases from off-campus. Bring a current student ID
card to get the passwords and authorization numbers. Further information
can be found at http://www.fsu.edu/~library/
Computing Services: All current FSU students have
free acns accounts and free email accounts at the campus. Directions for
logging into your acns account and for registering for your free email account
can be found at http://fsuid.fsu.edu/ .
If you have any problems with your account or forget your password, call the
Help Desk at 644-8502.
ChemSketch from ASD Software can be downloaded for free. Click here to go to the
download site. Tutorials can help you learn to use this
program. Click
here to go to the tutorial site.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should:
(1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center; and
(2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class.
This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request.
For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the: Student
Disability Resource Center .
97 Woodward Avenue, South.
Florida State University.
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167.
(850) 644-9566 (voice).
(850) 644-8504 (TDD) sdrc@admin.fsu.edu .
Need Help with your lab or homework? Visit the
Chemistry Help Room. The help room is located in Room 321 DLC and is open
daily from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For a schedule of when your T.A. is available
Click here. We also have a list of private tutors available in 320 DLC .
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