Angelina College
Science and Mathematics Division
CHEM 1307 Introductory Chemistry Il
Instructional Syllabus
BASIC COURSE INFORMATION
A.Course Description (as stated in the bulletin, including necessary pre-requisite courses, credit hours) CHEM 1307 - Introductory Chemistry ll. Three hours credit. A basic presentation of chemistry. Topic include: review of basic concepts; gas laws; acids, bases and salts; oxidation-reduction; introduction of nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry. Three lecture hours each week. This course is designed for non-science majors or as an introductory course for those students who have little or no background in chemistry
B.Intended Audience
This course is the second semester of the two-semester introductory chemistry course sequence, begun as CHEM 1305. It is designed for non-science majors or as an introductory course for those students who have little or no background in chemistry. Though not required, the course may be taken with the laboratory component CHEM 1107 for those needing a laboratory science.
C.Instructor: Walter McAlpin
Office:
Office Hours: As Given by Instructor Phone:
e-mail:
ll. INTENDED STUDENT OUTCOMES
A.Core Competencies — (Basic Intellectual Competencies)
1.Reading: Reading at the college level means the ability to analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials — books, articles, and documents. A core curriculum should offer students the opportunity to master both general methods of analyzing printed materials and specific methods for analyzing the subject matter of individual disciplines.
2.Writing: Competency in writing is the ability to produce clear, correct, and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion, and audience. Although correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation are each a sine qua non in any composition, they do not automatically ensure that the composition itself makes sense or that the writer has much of anything to say. Students need to be familiar with the writing process including how to discover a topic and how to develop and organize it, how to phrase it effectively for their audience. These abilities can be acquired only through practice and reflection.
3.Speaking: Competence in speaking is the ability to communicate orally in clear, coherent, and persuasive language appropriate to purpose, occasion, and audience. Developing this competency includes acquiring poise and developing control of the language through experience in making presentations to small groups, to large groups, and through the media.
4.Listening: Listening at the college level means the ability to analyze and interpret various forms of spoken communication.
5.Critical Thinking: Critical thinking embraces methods for applying both qualitative and quantitative skills analytically and creatively to subject matter in order to evaluate arguments and to construct alternative strategies. Problem solving is one of the applications of critical thinking used to address and identified task. 6. Computer Literacy: Computer literacy at the college level means the ability to use computer-based technology in communicating, solving problems, and acquiring information. Core-educated students should have an understanding of the limits, problems, and possibilities associated with the use of technology, and should have the tools necessary to evaluate and learn new technologies as they become available. (The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. ("Report ofSubcommittee on Core Curriculum", March 1, 1989).
B.Exemplary Objectives — (Found in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Document. Titled:
CORE CURRICULUM: ASSUMPTIONS AND DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS Dated: April 1998)
1.Understand and apply proper methods and approopriate technology to the study of natural science. 2. Recognize scientific and quantitative methods and the differences between these approaches and other methods of inquiry and to communicate findings, analyses, and interpretation both orally and in writing.
3.Identify and recognize the differences among competing scientific theories.
4.Demonstrate knowledge of the major issues and problems facing modern science, including issues that touch upon ethics, values, and public policies.
5.Demonstrate knowledge of the interdependence of science and technology and their influence on, and contribution to, modern culture.
C. Course Objectives for All sections
There are no other specific objectives particular to the course or instructor
D. Course Objectives as Determined by the Instructor — Varies with instructor
Ill. ASSESSMENT MEASURES OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
A.Assessments for the Core Intellectual Competencies —
1.Reading —
2.Writing —Specific assessments
3.Speaking —vary with individual instructors
4.Listening —
5.Critical Thinking —Refer to the instructional syllabus
6.Computer Literacy —
B.Assessments for the Exemplary Objectives— May vary with instructor if not stated here for all sections
1.Monitor the application of appropriate methods and technology in the study of natural science.
2.Monitor the employment of scientific and quantitative methods in the analysis and interpretation of data, both orally and in writing.
3.Verify an understanding of the rationale and limitations of competing scientific theories.
4.Recognize the ability to express knowledge of the major issues and problems facing modern science, including issues that involve ethics, values, and public policies.
5.Check the understanding concerning the knowledge of the interdependence of science and technology and their influence on, and contribution to, modern culture.
C.Assessments for Objectives for All Sections —
D.Assessments for the Course Objectives as Determined by the Instructor — Varies with instructor
IV. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES -
A.Methodologies Common to All Sections
This course will be taught using a combination of lectures and lecture exercises that complement and support lecture material. Audio-visual materials, chemical analogies, and chemical demonstrations will be employed to enhance lecture presentations.
B.Methodologies Determined by the Instructor —Varies with instructor
v. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES -
A.Required Textbooks, Materials and Equipment —
1. Text(s) and supplementary materials
Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation by Stephen S. Zumdahl (Houghton Mifflih), Sixth Edition
2.Specific equipment required of all students Calculators capable of scientific notation.
3.Additional text(s) and supplementary materials for the individual instructor - Varies with instructor
4.Specific equipment required by the individual instructor - Varies with instructor
B.Assignments
1.Specific assignments required for all students (term papers, homework, speeches, participation in community activities, etc.)
Varies with Instructor
2.Appropriate due dates, schedules, deadlines, etc. as determined by the individual instructor Varies with instructor
3.Additional specific assignments which may be required of students by the individual instructor students
(term papers, homework, speeches, participation in community activities, etc.) - Varies with instructor
C.Course Policies — (This course conforms to the policies of Angelina College as stated in the Angelina College Handbook.)
Academic Assistance — If you have a disability (as cited in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or Title Il of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) that may affect your participation in this class, you should see Karen Bowser, Room 208 of the Student Center. At a post-secondary institution, you must selfidentify as a person with a disability; Ms. Bowser will assist you with the necessary information to do so.
Attendance — Varies with instructor
Last day to drop the course with a grade of "W" is November 3, 2008.
Additional Policies Established by the Individual Instructor — Varies with instructor
VI. COURSE CONTENT -
A.Required Content/ Topics — (as required by the individual Instructor)
A separate list of specific assignments and topics to be covered is attached.
B.Additional Content
Writing assignments will consist of solutions to the homework problems assigned by the course instructor. The problems assigned will vary from one instructor to another and will be based on the needs of the individual classes. An instructor may require homework problems to be turned in if it is considered appropriate to do so. The instructor will inform each class concerning policy and procedures pertaining to late submission of assigned work.
Vil. EVALUATION AND GRADING
A.Grading Criteria (percents, extra credit, etc.)
Course average will be determined according to the following percentages:
Four Major tests at 25% each
B.Determination of Grade (assignment of letter grades) — Varies with instructor Grades for the course will be based upon the following guidelines:
CourseAverageGrade
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79c
60 - 69
Below 60
Vill. SYLLABUS MODIFICATION
The instructor may modify the provisions of the syllabus to meet individual class needs by informing the class in advance as to the changes being made.
Chemistry 1307
COURSECONTENT, SCHEDULE, ANDREADINGASSIGNMENTS
LessonDescription
1GASES; gas laws; (13. 1—13. 4)
2Ideal gas law; partial pressures; laws and kinetics( 13 . 5-
13 . 7 )
3Kinetic molecular theory; gas stoichiometry (13.8—13. 10)
4LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS; water (14.1-14. 3)
5Vapor pressure; types of solids (14 . 4—14 . 6)
6Exam #1 (Chapters 1314 )
7SOLUTIONS; solution composition; mass percent; mo larity
( 15 . 1-15 . 4 )
8Dilution; stoichiometry of solutions (15. 5—15. 6)
9Neutralization reactions; normality (15. 7—15. 8)
10ACIDS AND BASES; acid strength; water as acid and base
( 16 . 1-16 . 3)
11pH; buffered solutions (16. 4—16. 6)
12Exam #2 (Chapters 1516)
13EOUILIBRIUM; How reactions occur; reaction rates; dynamics ( 17 . 1-17 . 4 )
14The Equilibrium constant; Le Chateliers principle (17 . 5—17 . 7)
15Applications; solubility equilibrium (17 . 8—17 . 9)
16OXIDATION—REDUCTION; oxidation states; Reactions between nonmetals (18 . 1—18. 3)
17Half—reaction of balancing method; electrochemistry (18 . 4
18 . 5)
18Batteries; corrosion; electrolysis (18 . 6—18 . 8)
19Exam #3 (Chapters 1718 )
20RADIOACTIVITY AND NUCLEAR ENERY; decay; transformation; half— life (19.1-19.3)
21Dating; medical applications; nuclear fission; nuclear reactors; nuclear fusion; effects of radiation (19. 4—19. 10)
22ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; Carbon bonding; naming alkanes; petroleum; alkane reaction (20. 1—20. 6)
23Alkanes; alkynes; aromatics; functional groups; alcohols (20 . 7-20 . 12 )
Aldehydes; ketones; carboxylic acids; esters; polymers ( 19 . 13-19 . 16)
25Exam #4 (Chapters 19— 20)
26BIOCHEMISTRY; proteins (21. 1-21.4)
27Protein functions; enzymes; carbohydrates ( 21 . 5-21 . 7 )
28Nucleic acids; lipids (21. 8—21. 9)
29Finish Chapter 21
30FinalExam Chapter 21
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