CHEM 205H INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I (HONORS) SPRING, 2003 INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Richard Baldwin (Chemistry Building, Room 207, 852-5892) Office Hours: Monday, 2-3pm and Tuesday, 11am-12pm E-mail Address: rick.baldwin@louisville.edu TEACHING ASSISTANT: Mehjabin Kathiwala (Chem Building, Room 244, 852-5973) TEXT: “An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis” (available from Chem Department Stockroom – LL38) COURSE SCHEDULE: Lecture – Monday, 1pm, Room B16, Chem Building Labs – Wed, 1-4pm, Room 116, Chem Building (Section A) Thurs, 1-4pm, Room 116, Chem Building (Section B) Monday, 2-5pm, Room 116, Chem building (Section C) EXAM SCHEDULE: Exam 1 – Monday, 2/10 Exam 2 – Monday, 3/10 Exam 3 – Monday, 4/7 LAST DATE TO WITHDRAW: Monday, March 3 GRADING SCHEME: Item Lecture Exam 1-Week Expts. 3-Week Expts. Number 3 3 3 Points Each 100 100 200 Grand Total Total Points 300 300 600 1200
Final letter grades will be based on the point totals shown below. No +/- grades will be assigned. Letter Grade A B C D F Total Points 1080-1200 (90-100%) 960-1079 (80-90%) 840-959 (70-80%) 720-839 (60-70%) < 720 (<60%)
MAKE-UP POLICY/CHEATING: 1. No experiments or exams will be dropped. 2. Make-up of missed experiments will be allowed only with the formal approval of the senior instructor. Because laboratory reagents and equipment change each week, labs that are missed or do not receive a satisfactory score usually CANNOT be repeated. 3. In accordance with College and University policies, Cheating will not be tolerated. The first occurrence of any form of cheating will result in a zero grade for the exam or experiment involved. The second instance will result in a grade of F for the course. LAB SCHEDULE: Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Date 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/25 4/1 4/8 4/15 4/22 Experiment Check-in Density of Water/Statistical Treatment of Data (Text, pg. 43) Acid-Base Titration – KHP (Text, pg. 81) Phosphoric Acid in Colas – (Text, pg. 85) Second Chance/Repeat Week Acid-Base Titrations/pH Meters (Hand-out) “ “ Visible Spectroscopy (Hand-out) SPRING BREAK – NO LAB (SORRY!!) “ “ Individual Project “ “