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Dr. William J. Kelly
CPP 201C
774-3202
E-Mail: kellyw@swosu.edu
CPP 220 M, W, F 9:00-9:50 AM
"CHEMISTRY, MOLECULES, MATTER AND CHANGE, 3rd Edition" by Atkins and Jones, Freeman Publishers.
"STUDENTS SOLUTIONS MANUAL FOR ATKINS AND JONES'S CHEMISTRY: MOLECULES MATTER AND CHANGE, 3rd edition" by Charles Trapp, Freeman.
With the explosive growth of the world wide net we are rapidly moving into a true information age. Anyone without the requisite skills to access this information will be quickly left behind. If you have not yet done so, you should seriously consider buying a computer and modem. You should have a reasonably fast processor (at least a 486 for PC's and a 68040 for Mac's, although a Pentium or Power Mac is much better) and at least a 28.8 modem. These days a new computer capable of handling the internet can be had for $1,000, and a good used computer for about half that. Think of it as an investment in your future.
There is presently a vast amount of chemical information available over the net. I will provide links to some of this information. While much of this can be accessed directly by your web browser, much of the information requires specific browser plug-ins and/or specific stand alone helper applications. Click on this link for more information
You are expected to attend all lecture periods. I will worry if you are absent and would appreciate your letting me know ahead of time, if you must be absent. Attendance is your responsibility. The short tests constitute an attendance record. If you miss three lectures without permission, you are subject from being dropped from the course. You are responsible for the material covered in any lecture missed. You should get the assignments from someone in the class and copy their notes. If you have questions about the material covered, be sure to come by during office hours and discuss them with me.
We will attempt to cover all chapters from 1 through 9. Click on this link for the Class Schedule.
The key to success in a College Chemistry class is to keep up with the material and not fall so far behind that it becomes an almost insurmountable task to catch up. As a means to facilitate your keeping up with material, I will give 20 short multiple choice quizzes at the start of class. These quizzes will be over the assigned reading material and will not be announced. Only the top ten of the twenty ten-point quizzes given will be counted towards an hour-exam equivalent grade. They will not be curved and cannot be made up. Reading Assignment Quizzes will not be given on Fridays when we have a Problems Quiz.
Problems quizzes will be given over the assigned problems for each chapter. The lowest of the problems quiz grades will automatically be dropped and the percentage right on the remaining will count as an hour exam without further curving. Problems quizzes must be made up or they will be averaged as a '0'. On average, we will have a Problems Quiz on every other Friday. They will be announced several days beforehand.
There will be FOUR scheduled hour exams during the semester.
Each exam will be worth 100 points. These exams will be given at
5:30 PM on Tuesdays. At least one week warning will be given if these dates
are changed. Answer keys for these exams will be posted on the web as they
become available.
A comprehensive final exam worth 150 points will be held during
finals week on Friday, May 7th at 8:30 AM.
| EXAM 1 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 |
| EXAM 2 | TUESDAY, MARCH 7 |
| EXAM 3 | TUESDAY, MARCH 30 |
| EXAM 4 | FRIDAY, APRIL 20 |
| FINAL | MONDAY, MAY 7th |
Attendance at exams is mandatory. Make-up exams will be given
only under extenuating circumstances. You must have a really good reason
for the absence.
I consider the following grading scheme a contract and will not vary
from it. You may check with me as to your current grade at any time. It
is a good idea, however, to keep all graded material so you can keep up
with your own grade.
Final grades in the course will be based upon a possible point total of
850 points and upon the following schedule
| > 761POINTS | A |
| 676-760 POINTS | B |
| 587-675 POINTS | C |
| 497-586 POINTS | D |
| < 496 POINTS | F |
I will hand out detailedlecture notes for each chapter covered in the course. These notes are not meant to be a substitute for either attending lecture or reading the chapter in the text, but are provided as an additional study aid. Use them wisely!
I will hand out study guides for each chapter covered in the course. Although I expected students to be familiar with all topics covered in the lecture, lecture notes and chapter readings, these guides will illustrate the topics which I consider to be most important. I will also suggest certain problems in the text chapter for you to try. The solutions to these problems can be found in the optional Study Guide and Solutions Manual.
I suggest that you do all of the odd numbered problems in the standard exercises at the end of the chapters in the textbook. Detailed solutions to these problems are in the Solutions Manual described above. Do the problems first, then check your answer with the solutions manual. If you obtained the wrong answer, try to understand the correct solution from the manual. If you still don't understand how the correct answer was obtained, come by to see me during office hours, or some other mutually convient time.
The goal of this course is to help you learn organic chemistry, a subject
of fundamental importance to a wide range of fields. It is going to require
much work on your part but the following hints may be helpful.
1. Attend all lectures.
There is a vast amount of material to be covered and a limited time
to do it in. Missing even one lecture may put you irretrievably behind.
2. Read the text.
In my lectures I emphasize the things I think are important. Usually,
the text will cover these points in greater detail and/or in a slightly
different way.
3. Work the problems.
There are no shortcuts here; working the problems is the only way to
learn organic chemistry. The practice problems show you how to approach
the material. Full answers and explanations for the problems are given
in the Study Guide and Solutions Manual.
4. Ask questions.
Faculty are here to help you.
Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him/her from fully demonstrating his/her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.
No tobacco in any form all will be allowed in the classroom.
No food/drink will be allowed in the classroom.
Be forewarned that cheating on an exam or quiz will lead to a zero on that
exam or quiz and could lead to an F in the course.