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Catalog Description:

 Pre-requisite: Math Level 2, Math 087, placement, or equivalent. This is a one semester course in the basic fundamentals of General Chemistry with a survey of Organic, Nuclear, and Bio Chemistry for students who plan to pursue a health-related profession* or who have an interest in chemistry. An emphasis is placed on the relationship between chemistry and life through issues and examples from the health, medical, and environmental fields. A two hour laboratory exercise each week is used to reinforce the lecture material. The course does not assume a prior knowledge of chemistry. Credit will not be given for both CHEM 120 and CHEM 161 (or equivalent).

 Instructor Info       John Muench John or Mr. Muench or Professor ICN 2020 Best method for contacting me is email [email protected]

Phone = (309) 268-8656.

Course Web Page: http://employee.heartland.edu/rmuench

     Textbook is by Timberlake  Note – 11 th to the 10 th edition is very similar edition.

Lab book is available in the bookstore Study guide is not for everyone, but has a lot of great supplemental problems.

Website for book is also a good alternative. Course ID = MUENCH120SP12 Scientific calculator and periodic table.

 Learn about chemistry from the perspective of the health sciences.

 Apply some basic problem-solving techniques.

 Key fundamental concepts (Chapters 1 – 9) are covered over the first 12 weeks.

 Survey of Organic and Biochemistry (Chapters 10 – 16) are covered in the final four weeks.

 Lectures – I try to present the material in a clear cut manner.

 Try to give at least one example problem for each type of problem in class.

 Worksheets contain the the bare minimum amount of homework needed to pass the course.

 Quizzes are meant to find out where students are at with the material.

 Exams present your opportunity to show what you know.

 There are also group quizzes and assignments that will be completed as in class exercises. I will assign groups.

 Memorization of formulas and constants are not necessary as I provide these to you on quizzes and exams.

 You will be allowed to use your notes for quizzes and prepare one page of notes for the exams.

 Combination of worksheets, quizzes, exams, and lab exercises.

 Worksheets and Quizzes are a total of 225 points. I’ll drop the lowest two quizzes.

 There are four exams worth 125 points apiece, but I drop the lowest score, so total exams are 375 points.

 The final exam is comprehensive and worth 200 points (and not OPTIONAL!)  Lab is worth 200 points.

    Total points are 1000.

Grades are based on a 90.00 – 80.00 – 70.00 – 65.00 scale.

However, your overall lecture average must be greater than or equal to 65% to obtain a D, 70% to obtain a C, 80% to obtain a B, or 90% to obtain an A. Also, successful completion of your lab work is also required.

Ex) A student’s lecture percentage is 78.5%, lab is 92.1%, and overall is 81.1%. This student would get a C based on the lecture percentage.

 An individual report will be emailed to your HCC email address after each exam.

 If you DO NOT wish to receive your grade this way, then please let me know ASAP so I can remove you from the mail merge.

 Due to FERPA rules, a additional layer of security may be required with any email correspondence regarding grades.

 Please use the following as “our” security code = “potassium bromide” if asked.

 Attendance – required in the lab. In lecture, I will be keep track…  Lack of attendance is the number one reason why students do poorly.

 Supplemental homework from the book, study guide, or website is strongly encouraged, but is not collected for credit.

 Worksheets and quizzes are assigned and collected. These are a show-your-work type of assignment and partial credit is given.  Note: Answers only will not be accepted!!!

 There is one worksheets per chapter and they are generally due in one week.  Worksheets can be turned in one class period later with no penalty.  Worksheets turned in two or more weeks late are generally not accepted for credit.

 Exceptions can be granted for more time to complete an assignment, but please talk to me.

 Exams are 32 questions, but in a multiple choice format.  No partial credit is given on exams.

 Exams are curved to reflect their difficulty.

 I’ll pass out a sample exam before each exam to give you a flavor of the types of questions I’ve asked in the past.

 There are NO make-ups on exams.

 A self-assessment will follow the first three exams.

 Final Exam is comprehensive and NOT optional.  The exam is 32 questions with eight questions from EACH exam.

 Will be allowed to use materials from the previous exams and the exams themselves.

 You must be present and participate to receive credit for the group exercises.

 Please practice good cell phone etiquette at all times during lectures.

     You are encouraged to work with and check answers with students from the course.

However, merely copying someone else’s worksheet is a violation of academic integrity. Penalties range from getting a zero on that assignment to receiving an “F” for the course.

Cheating on ANY exam will result in an automatic failure in the course.

Note: there will always be two forms on each exam to lower the temptation for cheating off of a neighbor!

      Successful Students are: Ones that accept PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Discover SELF MOTIVATION Master SELF MANAGEMENT Are SELF-AWARE of their goals And employ good study(

BDA

) habits        Struggling Students: See themselves as VICTIMS Have little MOTIVATION Have no clear-stated GOALS Are solitary, rarely request help, and may even reject help Lack a good SUPPORT system Have SELF-DOUBT about abilities

 Tutoring is available down in our library area.

 My office hours are posted including “virtual” hours.

 Web site contains all of the class resources.

 Special study session is from 2 – 3:20pm on Monday in the lab room (ICB 1401).

 Gives dates for all quizzes and exams.

 Some topics may be started sooner or later than dates anticipated.

 There will be other options for taking the Final Exam.

 Questions?