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Brief Organic Lecture Syllabus - CHEM 3500

·         Chemistry 3500 - Brief Organic Chemistry (3 credit hours lecture + 1 hour lab)
Semester: Fall 2005
Dates: August 29 (Monday) - December 15 (Thursday)

·         Instructor - Dr. F. J. Matthews
Office - SSC D304
Office phone - 221-7622
Chemistry office phone - 221-7626
Office hours - office hours or see office door
E-mail address - matthewsf@apsu.edu  

·         Course Description:
CHEM 3500 (lecture) and CHEM 3501 (lab) represent a single course and must be taken concurrently. A course grade, determined using 75% lecture grade and 25% lab grade, will be assigned at the end of the semester. Students who choose to repeat brief organic lecture or lab will be required to repeat both as they represent corequisites.

·         Lecture Course Description:
A brief survey of organic functional groups, reactions, mechanisms, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy.

·         Prerequisite: CH1020 or CH1120
Co-requisite: CH3501

·         Lecture Time: 9:05-10:00 am MWF - SSC E305

·         Lecture Texts:
McMurry, John "Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry", 5th edition; Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.: Belmont CA, 2003.
McMurry, Susan "Study Guide and Solutions Manual for McMurry's Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry", 5th edition; Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.: Belmont CA, 2003.

·         Other Required Materials:
Students need to purchase a hole punch (or three-hole punch) for lab assignments to be turned into the instructor for grading. In addition, students may choose to purchase a set of molecular models from the bookstore. These are invaluable for studying stereochemistry (Chapters 2 and 6).

·         Objectives:
(1) To briefly introduce the student to organic chemistry, including nomenclature, reactions, mechanisms, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy.
(2) To provide the student with a foundation in organic chemistry such that the student may pursue other areas of science.

·         Topics to be Covered:
McMurry's "Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry" will be covered during lecture. Organic spectroscopy (chapter 13) will be covered in both lecture and lab time slots.

·         Out of Class Work:
Students are expected to read the text prior to class. All preparations, reactions, and mechanisms should be thoroughly studied and understood (self-prepared reaction/mechanism flash cards are extremely useful). Homework assignments will be made throughout the semester. These assignments are made for the student's benefit and indicate the type of material to be expected on the hour exams. See Lecture-Text Problems.

·         Testing:
Four one-hour exams and a two hour final exam, all of which will be cumulative, are tentatively scheduled as follows:

First Exam - September 23 - Friday
Second Exam - October 14 - Friday
Third Exam - November 9 - Wednesday
Fourth Exam - December 7 - Wednesday
Final Exam - December 12 - Monday - 8:00-10:00 am

There will be no make-up exams for unexcused absences; a grade of zero will be recorded for that test. Make-up exams will only be considered for excused absences*, however, the instructor must be notified of the proposed absence before the scheduled examination. The make-up exam must be completed on the first day the student returns to class. *Excused absences are at the instructor's discretion. Students may be required to submit proof of their excuse before a make-up exam will be administered.

A student may exempt the final examination if their four tests average a value greater than or equal to 95.00. 

·         Grading Scales:

Lecture Grade
One-hour exams (80%) + Final exam (20%) = Lecture average (100%)

Course Grade
Lecture grade (75%) + Lab grade (25%) = Course average (100%)

Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A>90.00,  B>80.00,  C>70.00,  D>60.00,  F<60.00

·         Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and seated for all Chemistry 3500 classes by 9:05 am each day. A student who accumulates more than three (3) unexcused absences will have their lecture grade decreased as follows:
4 to 5 unexcused absences = 1 letter grade decrease in lecture grade
6 to 7 unexcused absences = 2 letter grades decrease in lecture grade
8 to 9 unexcused absences = 3 letter grades decrease in lecture grade
>10 unexcused absences = 4 letter grades decrease in lecture grade
Excessive excused absences will not be acceptable.

·         Classroom Behavior:
The classroom is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected that students will be quiet, attentive, and courteous. Classes are less than an hour in length, therefore no food or drink is allowed in class. Sleeping will not be tolerated and discussions between students should be taken outside of the lecture classroom. Questions, responses, and discussions should be directed to the instructor, not classmates. Pagers, cell phones, or other electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.

·         Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students who choose to withdraw from organic lecture must also withdraw from organic lab. Students must obtain the instructor's signature to withdraw from CHEM 3500/3501 after the "APSU Automatic W Deadline" date.

October 10 - Monday - APSU Automatic W Deadline
October 21 - Friday - Dr. Matthews' Automatic W Deadline
November 10 - Thursday - APSU/Dr. Matthews' Last Day to Drop a Course

·         Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession, undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions and to an orderly educational sequence.

·         Minor Policy:
According to APSU policy #3:032, minors (defined as those under the age of 18) are not allowed in classrooms. While recognizing that extenuating circumstances occur and make it difficult for some students to attend without bringing children with them on occasion, University policy will be enforced and thus any request for a child to attend lecture or lab classes will be denied. In addition, be aware that minors are not allowed in academic labs, computer labs, science labs, or the library. Further, children cannot be left in halls outside classrooms. Please be aware that the policy on unattended minors is for the purpose of ensuring that our classrooms are conducive to learning and for the safety and protection of minors. For additional information on minors on campus, contact the Office of Student Affairs in the Morgan University Center.