CHEM
232 Syllabus, Spring 2009
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version, download syllabus on the File Sharing page.
1. Course Info, Registration &
Prerequisites
2. Instructor Contact Information
3. Office Hours
4. Required & Recommended
Resources
5. Website
6. Assessment
7. Course Curve
8. Disability Statement
9. Religious Holidays Statement
10. Course Policies
11. Academic Dishonesty
12. Chapaters Covered from
Organic Chemistry
by F. Carey
13. Tentative
Schedule
1.
Course Info, Registration &
Prerequisites
Title: Organic
Chemistry I
CRN: 28574
Credit: 4 hours
Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 a.m., 250 SES
Exams: Evenings, 6 p.m.; 250 SES; Schedule TBA
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2.
Instructor Contact Information
Dr. Chad L.
Landrie
Office Room: 2210A SEL
Office Phone: (312) 996-3178
Email:
clandr1@uic.edu
URL: www.chandlandrie.com
Students may
also contact me through a variety of instant messaging
clients, particularly during office hours. For a list of IM
clients in use, visit Chad Landrie's home page.
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3.
Office Hours
Regularly scheduled office
hours will be held Monday – Friday, 12 – 2 pm. Students who
cannot attend during this time may send me an email to
request an appointment. Although I will guarantee my
availability during the above hours, I am also usually
available at other times for walk-ins.
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4.
Required & Recommended Resources
All required resources are available for purchase at the
UIC bookstore. i>Clickers may also be purchased from
third parties, new or used, or borrowed from friends not
using the clicker during that particular semester.
1.
Required: Carey, F. Organic
Chemistry, 7th ed.; McGraw Hill: Boston, 2008.
2. Required: i>Clicker; MacMillan (www.iclicker.com);
ISBN: 0716779390.
3. Required: OWL registration code (online homework). Free
registration codes & information will be provided
during the first week of class.
4.Recommended: Molecular model
set.
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5. Website
The
URL for the course website is www.chadlandrie.com.
The site will be under continual construction this
semester. Some of the current content includes course
descriptions; instructor profiles; TA information; OWL
instructions; i>clicker instructions and statistics;
resources for the laboratory course (CHEM 233); lecture
notes; and shared files available for download including
rubrics, sample exams and manuals. A salient feature of the
website will hopefully be the blog, complete with comment
capability. While the blog will function primarily as an
announcement board, I also expect it to grow into a
platform for initiating interesting discussions in
chemistry.
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6. Assessment
The
course will be graded according to individual performance
on each of the following assessment items:
a.
OWL homework will be assigned for every chapter and must be
completed by the deadlines listed in this syllabus (Section
B.13). At the end of the semester, the accrued
number of OWL
points will be converted to a scale with a total of
100 course points
(10%). Quizzes and
exam questions will be based, in part, on OWL homework.
b. The i>clicker will be used in most of the lectures
this semester; it will not be used during discussion
sections. Generally, 2-5 questions will be asked during
each lecture to reinforce a concept just covered or to
determine if I have done a sufficient job of explaining a
topic. These questions will appear on the projector screen
as part of the lecture slides. One point will be awarded to
each student that answers the question; one additional
point will be given for the correct answer. The questions
may be reviewed later by downloading the lecture slides
from the course website or by viewing the i>clicker page
within the course website (tentative). At the end of the
semester, the accrued
number of
i>clicker points will be converted to a scale with a
total of 50 course points
(5%).
c. Most weeks, a quiz will be given during your discussion
section. A minimum of twelve quizzes, each worth 15 points
will be given; however, only the highest 10 scores will be
counted for a total of 150 points (15%). The quizzes will
test your mastery of topics presented in previous lectures,
assigned readings, OWL homework and i>clicker questions.
Since at least two of the lowest quiz scores will be
dropped, no makeup quizzes will be given for any student,
for any reason.
d. Three exams will be given, each worth 150 points for a
total of of 450 points (45%). The exams will cover material
presented during lecture as well as assigned readings.
Question formats will include drawing reactants or products
in reaction schemes; multiple choice; short answer; essay;
drawing reaction mechanisms.
e. The final exam is worth 250 points (25%) and is
comprehensiv. The format of the exam will be similar to the
three semester exams.
| Item | Points | No. | Total Points | ||
| OWL Homework | 100 | x | 1 | = | 100 |
| i>clicker | 50 | x | 1 | = | 50 |
| Quizzes | 15 | x | 10 | = | 150 |
| Exams | 150 | x | 3 | = | 450 |
| Final Exam | 250 | x | 1 | = | 250 |
| Course Total | 1000 |
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7.
Course Curve
This
course will be curved at the end of the semester based on
the total number of points earned. A curve simply implies
that the instructor will determine the minimum point values
required for each letter grade. The curve will be
determined at the end of the semester rather then setting
these limits a
priori.
Approximate curves will also be announced for each exam,
although the actual point value is entered into the grade
book not a letter grade. A curve does not imply that your
grade will be raised or lowered. These limits vary slightly
each semester since variations in exam difficulty, teaching
quality and grading styles cannot be avoided.
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8.
Diability Statement
Students with disabilities must
inform the instructor of the need for accommodations. Those
who require accommodations for access and participation in
this course must be registered with the Disability Resource
Center. Please contact ODS at 312-413-2183 (voice) or
312-413-0123 (TTY).
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9. Religious Holidays Statement
The
faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago shall make
every effort to avoid scheduling examinations or requiring
that student projects be turned in or completed on
religious holidays. Students who wish to observe their
religious holidays shall notify the faculty member, by the
tenth day of the term, of the date when they will be absent
unless the religious holiday is observed on or before the
tenth day. In such cases, the student shall notify the
faculty member at least five days in advance of the date
when he/she will be absent. The faculty member shall make
every reasonable effort to honor the request, not penalize
the student for missing the class, and if an examination or
project is due during the absence, give the student an exam
or assignment equivalent to the one completed by those
students in attendance. If the student feels aggrieved, he
or she may request remedy through the campus grievance
procedure.
–UIC Senate Policy on Religious Holidays (approved may 25,
1988)
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10. Course Policies
a.
academic dishonesty: All cases of academic dishonesty will
be brought before the University Judiciary Committee and
pursued to the fullest extent possible.
b. lecture attendance: You are expected to attend every
lecture. Your attendance is recorded each time you use the
i>clicker in class. There will not be opportunities
to makeup
i>clicker points
that are lost due to abscences.
c. discussion attendance: You are expected to attend every
discussion section. Quizzes will be given during this time
most weeks. You are not allowed, under any circumstances,
to attend a discussion section for which you are not
registered.
d. missed quizzes: Failure to take a quiz due to abscence
will result in a zero. Since a minimum of 12 quizzes will
be given during the semester–and only the top 10 scores
will be counted–no makeup quizzes will be given under any
circumstances.
e. missed exams: There are no provisions for making up a
missed exam without prior
approval by the
instructor.
f. incompletes: Incompletes will not be given for students
who have taken the final exam. Also, incompletes will only
be granted for students showing proof of extenuating
circumstances, such as extended illness. Incompletes will
not be given for students who are simply dissatisfied with
their progress in the course. When an incomplete is
assigned, the work already completed and its respective
scores will carry over to the next semester.
g. grading errors: Students are responsible for keeping all
graded exams and quizzes until final grades have been
entered. Students are also responsible for periodically
checking their point totals with the records of their TA’s
to ensure no mistakes have been made. No grades will be
changed after the completion of the course because of
grading, recording or adding errors.
h. exam/quiz errors: Students that suspect a grading or
adding error on any exam or quiz must bring the original to
my office for review within two weeks after the exam or
quiz was taken. No scores will be adjusted beyond this
deadline.
i. official scores: I maintain the official point total for
each student. TA’s are not permitted to change or adjust
scores after they have been recorded since this change will
not be reflected in the official record.
j. OWL homework: OWL assignments are always due on Sundays,
by 11:59 p.m. OWL assignments and their due dates can be
found in section B.13 on the following pages. Extensions to
these deadlines will only be granted when there are
extenuating circumstances that can be documented.
k.
i>clickers: Students are responsible for bringing
i>clickers to every class. No loaner i>clickers will
be made available. Points lost due to absence or forgotten
i>clicker scannot be made up. Registration must be
completed by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday of the first week of
class. See section D.2 for registration instructions.
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11. Academic Dishonesty
All
cases of academic dishonesty will be brought before the
University Judiciary Committee and pursued to the fullest
extent. For more information download the
Student
Disciplinary Policy, which can be found at the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA)
homepage (www.uic.edu/depts/ovcsa)
by following these links: Dean of
Students --> Our
Services --> Student
Judicial Affaris.
Guidelines
for Academic Integrity (www.uic.edu/depts/ovcsa;
accessed 1/2/2009).
As an
academic community, the University of Illinois at Chicago
is committed to providing an environment in which research,
learning, and scholarship can flourish and in which all
endeavors are guided by academic and professional
integrity. All members of the campus community -- students,
staff, faculty, administrators -- share the responsibility
of insuring that these standards are upheld so that such an
environment exists. Instances of academic misconduct by
students, and as defined herein, shall be handled pursuant
to the Student Disciplinary Policy.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
Cheating
Either intentionally using or attempting to use
unauthorized materials, information, people, or study aids
in any academic exercise, or extending to or receiving any
kind of unauthorized assistance on any examination or
assignment to, or, from another person.
Fabrication
Knowing or unauthorized falsification, reproduction, lack
of attribution, or invention of any information or citation
in an academic exercise.
Facilitating Academic
Dishonesty/Plagiarism
Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas
of another as one's own in any academic exercise.
Bribes, Favors,
Threats
Bribing or attempting to bribe, promising favors to or
making threats against, any person, with the intention of
affecting a record of a grade, grade, or evaluation of
academic performance. Any conspiracy with another person
who then takes or attempts to take action on behalf or at
the direction of the student.
Examination by
Proxy
Taking or attempting to take an exam for someone else other
than the student is a violation by both the student
enrolled in the course and the proxy or substitute.
Grade Tampering
Any unauthorized attempt to
change, actual change of, or alteration of grades or any
tampering with grades.
Non-Original Works
Submission or attempt to submit
any written work authored, in whole or part, by someone
other than the student.
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12. Chapters Covered from
Organic Chemistry
by F. Carey
Chapter 1: Structure Determines
Properties (8-57)
Chapter 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Introduction to
Hydrocarbons (58-101)
Chapter 3: Alkanes and
Cycloalkanes: Conformations and cis-trans Stereoisomers
(102-137)
Chapter 4: Alcohols and Alkyl Halides (138-181)
Chapter 13: Spectroscopy (516-577)
Chapter 5: Structure and Preparation of Alkenes:
Elimination Reactions (182-223)
Chapter 6: Addition Reactions of Alkenes (224-275)
Chapter 7: Stereochemistry (276-317)
Chapter 8: Nucleophilic Substitution (318-353)
Chapter 9: Alkynes (354-381)
Chapter 10: Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
(382-419)
Chapter 11: Arenes and Aromaticity (420-469)
Chapter 12: Reactions of
Arenes: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
(470-515)
13. Tentative Schedule
Visit
the Schedule page to view the complete course schedule
including lecture topics, holidays, OWL deadlines and
tentative exam dates.
The course schedule is only tentaive; it will no doubt
change as more or less time is required for each topic.
When scheduling changes, I will make an announcement in
lecture as well as post a new schedule on the course
website.
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