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Chemistry 110 Course Information
Instructor Cary Willard Room 314 619-644-7427 cary.willard@gcccd.edu
Text The Extrordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things, 4th edition, Carl. H. Snyder 2003
Science News 5 week subscription
Web Materials http://www.grossmont.edu/cwillard
Course Overview This is a three unit general education non-lab chemistry course. It is intended for non-science majors and there are no course prerequisites. This course is not designed to make you into a chemist nor to prepare you for any other course in chemistry. If you are planning further work in chemistry or if you have already completed a previous course in this area, then this course is most likely not appropriate for you.
Objectives The overall objectives of this course are: 1. To develop a basic understanding of what science is and to practice some scientific thinking, 2. To learn some of the basis concepts of the science of chemistry, 3. To see how chemistry relates to many areas of life in an industrialized society and 4. To understand the importance of chemistry for some of the political and ethical problems of our time. The focus will be qualitative and will involve calculations on your part beyond ordinary arithmetic. Prerequisites Although the course has no formal prerequisites, it is required that you be able to use and comprehend both oral and written English well enough to understand the lectures, the textbook and the exams. It is required that you be able to use written English well enough to write several short experimental reports and to write a term paper. If English is not your native language, it may be possible for you to use a dictionary and/or to be allotted more time for taking exams. If you think that you may need this provision you should discuss your need with the instructor early on in the course. Assignments Your performance in the class will be evaluated according to your successful completion of the following assignments. •Exams •Labs, Assignments and Quizzes •Paper/Project •Reading Responses The lecture schedule shows the times allotted to the various topics, the corresponding chapters in the textbook and the dates for the quizzes and exams. You are expected to keep current in your study of this material. The class periods will be used for lectures, videos, demonstrations, discussions, and your final presentation. Your regular attendance is expected and you may be dropped for excessive absences. Excessive absence is defined as missing more than three hours during the semester. Do not, however, rely on this method to drop the course. If you must drop, use an official drop slip. Exams It is essential that you be present for the examinations at their scheduled time. The dates for the exams are shown on the lecture schedule. Sometimes these times are changed but if that is to occur you will be given at least a one week notice. If for some good reason it is not possible for you to take the exam at the scheduled time, you should discuss the situation with your instructor and make arrangements for a makeup exam in advance of your absence. A message may be left in the instructor’s voice mail or via mail at the address on the front of this document. The examinations will consist of a section of multiple choice questions and other questions for which you will be request to supply written answers. The written answers may vary in length from one word to a short one page essay. Answers that are one or more sentences in length should be legible and done in good English! Labs, Assignments, and Quizzes During the course of the semester you will be assigned both in class and home experiments. Each experiment will require a short write-up and be due 1 week after it is assigned. Credit will not be given for experiments submitted past the due date unless the instructor announces an extension in class. Computer quizzes must be completed for each chapter as we complete it. You must print out your completed quizzes and turn them in the week after we finish each chapter. Any assigned problems from the book must also be turned in with the completed computer quizzes. No late assignments will be accepted. Short quizzes may be given in class on a weekly basis. These quizzes will cover the recent lecture material as well as required reading. Paper/Project During the last two weeks of class you will present a final project to your classmates. This project will be on a topic of your choice that has been approved by your instructor. More information on this assignment will be distributed mid way through the semester. Reading Responses During the second half of the semester you will subscribe to Science News. This is a weekly news magazine of science. Randomly, and without warning you may be asked to outline the cover article in class. This would only take a few minutes and only serves to make sure that you have done the reading. The readings will also be part of the computer quizzes.
Grading Weighting Grade Scale
Academic Integrity Policy The faculty and the college feel that integrity and honesty are essential to the academic process and that it is necessary that the written material submitted by each student in a class (i.e.,. exams, laboratory reports, etc.) reflect his or her own work for that class. Submitting work as one's own which has been done either all or in part by another is defined as cheating. Students found cheating may receive a grade of zero on the work involved and/or a grade of “F” in the course. “Cheating” includes but is not necessarily limited to, the possession or use of unauthorized materials, copying from another person's quiz or exam or allowing another person to copy one's examination material, copying another person's laboratory data and turning it in as one's own or allowing another person to copy one's data. We hope that each student will support this policy and realize the importance of honesty and integrity in his or her academic effort Additional Information
Academic Integrity Policy
Please note that cheating and plagiarism (using as one’s own ideas, writings or materials of someone else without acknowledgement or permission) can result in any one of a variety of sanctions. Such penalties may range from an adjusted grade on the particular exam, paper, project, or assignment to a failing grade in the course. The instructor may also summarily suspend the student fro the class meeting when the infraction occurs, as well as the following class meeting. For further clarification and information on these issues, please consult with your instructor or contact the office of the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact Disabled Student Services & Programs (SDP&S) early in the semester so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. Students may contact DSP&S in person in room 11o or by phone at (619) 644-7112 (7119 is TTY for deaf).
Supervised Tutoring Referral
Students are referred to enroll in the following supervised tutoring courses if the service indicated will assist them in achieving or reinforcing the learning objectives of this course:
o IDS 198, Supervised Tutoring to receive tutoring in general computer applications in the Tech Mall o English 198W, Supervised Tutoring for assistance in the English Writing Center (Room 70-119); and/or o IDS 198T, Supervised Tutoring to receive one-to-one tutoring in academic subjects in the Tutoring Center (Room 70-229, 619-644-7387).
To add any of these courses, students may obtain Add Codes at the Information/Registration Desk in the Tech Mall.
All Supervised Tutoring courses are non-credit/non-fee. However, when a student registers for a supervised tutoring course, and has no other classes, the student will be charged the usual health fee.
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