General Chemistry I - Laboratory supplement
Summer Semester - 2008
General Chemistry I
Instructor: Dr. James B. Condon
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COURSE TITLE: General Chemistry I - Laboratory - This is a supplement to reemphasize some important points presented in the lecture syllabus relavent to the laboratory. See lecture syllabus for other details (textbooks, etc.)
TEXTS: General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, 10th Edition,
by Condon, Roane State Foundation.
OTHER: Texas Instruments TI-35 calculator, equivalent
or better.
CREDIT: 0 semester hours
COURSE REQUIREMENTS listed for the laboratory:
Read all the assigned topics listed in the outline schedule. Use the glossary of the textbook to determine the locations of the topics under discussion. Perform all assigned laboratory exercises and turn in completed laboratory reports and tests as assigned. Laboratory reports and test must be handed in at the end of the assigned laboratory period except as instructed by the instructor. No credit is given for late laboratories. One must both attend the laboratory session and hand in the written material to obtain a grade for a laboratory session.
LABORATORY:
Students are responsible for their own laboratory exercise. There are two types of laboratories. These are referred to as "exercises" and "laboratories". The description and rules for each are as follows:
Exercises: Exercises consist of performing some written exercises, typically calculations, in the laboratory manual. After the student completes the exercises in the manual, a quiz is presented to the student for completion. During the completion of the exercises in the manual, student may and are encouraged to collaborate. For the quiz, however, the student must complete this alone with the aid of any written material deemed useful.
Laboratories: Laboratories are hands-on experimentation in the laboratory. Each student must perform the laboratory alone, except for those laboratories where equipment supply is restricted. All reports, etc., must be individual work and no group effort or copying of any kind is allowed. If an unknown is involved, each student will have a unique unknown with a unique unknown number. All laboratory reports are individual efforts and duplicates or copies will not be given credit, nor may the student re-do a duplicate or copy. Consultation between students during the laboratory is allowed and encouraged , so long as data is not exchanged or copied.
CHALLENGE TESTING:
Challenge testing must be performed on two tests, one for the lecture materials and another for the laboratory material. In place of the laboratory test, the student may select to complete the laboratory work. The lecture test must be passed with a grade of B or greater. Passing the lecture session examination is a prerequisite for the laboratory examination. The laboratory examination will be comprehensive over all the materials covered during the normal semester and a demonstration of laboratory skills. To qualify for the challenge test, a student must sign up for the course and attend at least the first session. The challenge test must be taken before the last day of classes for the semester for which the student has registered for the course.
CHEATING POLICY:
The consequences for a student caught cheating are totally at the discretion of the instructor. The consequences are completely arbitrary and uniform enforcement or uniform consequences are not required nor promised . Consequences may include a recommendation of expulsion to the dean.
Documented excuses for obtaining a makeup test, lecture or laboratory
Makeup laboratories may be possible for instances where a proper excuse is presented. Due to the nature of laboratory work, however, the makeup laboratory assignment may not necessarily be the same as the normally scheduled assignment. If an absence is anticipated, make arrangements with the instructor as early as possible. It may be possible to attend another section.
Section I - Excuses after-the-fact:
The following are the only acceptable after-the-fact excuses
for obtaining a makeup test and laboratory assignments.
1) A written excuse from a licensed physician. The
excuse must state that the student missed the test due to a medical emergency
that the physician states was important enough that it needed immediate
attention or that the student was to ill to function in a normal fashion.
2) A written excuse from an undertaker stating
that the student had family responsibilities related to the death of a
close relative.
3) A written excuse from the Dean of Students, the Associate Dean
for Math-Science, the Academic Dean (or Vice-President) or the College
President stating the reason for the absence and that the Dean (or other)
judges that the student had an uncontrollable circumstance made it impossible
to attend the date of the test.
4) Court proceedings that had not been scheduled more than a week
in advance. The student must take the
make-up test no later than 24 hours after the end of the date of return.
The student must be ready to do the laboratory assignment within 24 hours.
The arrangements for makeup laboratories are at the discretion of the laboratory
instructor.
Section II - Prearranged excuses:
The following are excuses that may be given for a make-up
test if presented before the date of test. Normally the test will
be taken in advance of the scheduled time. The arrangements for makeup
laboratories are at the discretion of the laboratory instructor and should
be prearranged.
1) Official school functions, for example: Roane State Singers, Basketball
team etc., which involve out-of-area travel. A faculty letter is required
for this excuse.
2) Court proceedings that had been scheduled more than a week in
advance. A court or lawyer document of scheduled appearance is required
for this excuse.
3) Jury duty - this requires a discussion with the instructor and
documentation of jury duty requirements. In both cases the excuse should
state: the date of the absence, the date of return,
the name of the person issuing the excuse (printed) and should be signed and dated.
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