Chemistry 152                                    Principles of Chemistry II                 Spring 2006

 

Description:    Gases, liquids, and solids; kinetics; chemical equilibria; acid-base equilibria; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; nuclear chemistry.

 

Instructor        James F. Harrison

                        Office: 37 Chemistry

                        harrison@chemistry.msu.edu

 

Course Secretary       Mrs. Janet Haun

                                    Room 8 Chemistry

                                    haun@chemistry.msu.edu

                                    Phone 355-9715 x 356

 

Lectures         Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12:40 - 1:30 pm, 138 Chemistry

 

Recitations     Fifty minutes per week. Schedule follows.

 

Section

Day

Time

Room

Teaching Assistant

1

M

3:00-3:50

336

Yingrui Dai

2

M

4:10-5:00

220

Yingrui Dai

3

Tu

1:50-2:40

323

Fang Sheng

4

Tu

3:00-3:50

323

Fang Sheng

5

Tu

10:20-11:10

136

Fang Sheng

6

W

10:20-11:10

220

Fang Sheng

 

 

Teaching Assistants   Yingrui Dai

                                    daiyingr@msu.edu

                                    Phone 355-9715 x230

 

                                    Fang Sheng

                                    shengfan@msu.edu

                                    Phone 355-9715 x251

                                   

                                    Jess Gunn

                                    gunnjes1@msu.edu

                                    Phone 355-9715 x315

 

Office Hours  

 

J. Harrison        Room 37, Chemistry, Mondays & Wednesdays 2-4 pm, or by appointment

 

The Teaching Assistants will hold office hours in the Help Room, located on the first floor of the Chemistry building.

 

Dai Yingrui       Mondays 10:00 -12:00

Fang Sheng      Tuesdays  4:00 - 6:00; Wednesdays 11:30-12:30 & 1:30-2:30

Jess Gunn         Thursdays 9:00 -11:00

 

Text    Chemistry: The Central Science, Tenth Edition

            Brown, LeMay, & Bursten

 

Optional Supplements            Students Guide for Chemistry: The Central Science (Hill)

                                                Solutions to Exercises for Chemistry: The central Science

 

Examinations              There will be 4 hourly examinations scheduled during class times on the following days: Friday, February 3, Wednesday, March 1, Wednesday, April 3, and Wednesday, April 26. Please plan to be in class on these days, or you will receive a zero for that exam.

 

Quizzes           Quizzes will be given during recitation during the following weeks:

 

Quiz

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Week of

1/23

1/30

2/6

2/13

2/20

3/20

3/27

4/10

4/17

 

The quizzes will be short and should take no more than 15 minutes. Of the 9 quizzes the top 6 scores will count towards your final grade.

 

Homework Assignments        Homework problems will be assigned but not collected. Solving the assigned end of the chapter problems is essential for understanding the course material. In addition to these problems and assigned reading there will be approximately 10 CAPA assignments of which the top 6 scores will count towards your final grade. A CAPA period will be open for a week and will begin at 5pm on Thursdays. The first assignment will be posted on Thursday, January 19.

 

Final Examination      The final exam will be held on Wednesday, May 3 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in room 138 Chemistry. It will be inclusive.

Students are reminded of the Final Examination Policy outlined under General Information, Policies, Procedures and Regulations in Academic Programs 2005–2007:

A student absent from a final examination without a satisfactory explanation will receive a grade of 0.0 on the numerical system.  Students unable to take a final examination because of illness or other reason over which they have no control should notify the associate deans of their colleges immediately.

 

 

Grading           Your grade will be computed based on the following point distribution:

 

Hourly Exam I                                      125 points

Hourly Exam II                         125 points

Hourly Exam III                                    125 points

Hourly Exam IV                                   125 points

Quizzes                        (6@25)            150 points

CAPA                          (6@25)            150 points

Final Exam                                           200 points

Total                                                    1000 points

 

The approximate grade cutoffs are likely to be:

 

Points

1000-800

799-750

749-700

699-650

649-600

599-550

549-500

Grade

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0