Instructor:    

     Robley J. Light:    Office: 204 DLC   
                         Telephone: 644-3844
                         email: rlight@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Class Hours:

     1:25-2:15, MWF, 214 Hoffman Teaching Laboratory

Office Hours:

          12:15-1:15 Mondays and Wednesdays
           2:30-3:30 Mondays and Wednesdays  
          (or by appointment)

Help Sessions:

     Wednesdays prior to Hour Tests 1 and 2, 5:30-7:00 pm, 218 HTL
     Thursday prior to Hour Test 3, 5:15-6:45 pm, 218 HTL

Text:

     Chemistry, The Central Science  6th Edition, by T. L. Brown,
     H. E. LeMay, Jr., and B. E. Bursten; Prentice-Hall, 1994.

Lab Meetings:

     The laboratory (CHM 1046L) is a corequisite and is separate
     from the lecture in grading and organization.  You are
     expected to register for both unless you have already passed
     the laboratory.  YOU MUST ATTEND THE FIRST LABORATORY MEETING.
     You could lose your place if you don't.  Your laboratory meets
     twice a week.

Calculator:

     A calculator capable of the operations 10x, ex, log x, and
     ln x is required.  (You will be doing a number of calculations
     involving logarithms this term, so you should review their
     use).

Prerequisite:

     Completion of CHM 1045 with a C or better grade.  It is
     assumed you have a reasonable commmand of the first 11
     chapters of the text except for Chapter 4.

Audience:

     This course is the second term of two-semester general
     chemistry course intended for science majors who will take
     further chemistry courses.  It will count for liberal studies
     credit, but non-science majors desiring a single terminal
     course in chemistry should consider CHM 1020 instead.  CHM
     1030 is an alternative shorter general chemistry course
     leading to CHM 2200C, a one-semester organic chemistry course
     intended for some majors such as nutrition and food science. Exams:

     There will be three hour tests and a final exam.  Note their
     scheduled dates now, and plan your calendar accordingly.  

               Hour Test 1    Friday, September 20
               Hour Test 2    Friday, October 18
               Hour Test 3    Friday, November 15
               Final Exam     Monday, December 9, 10:00-12:00 am

     Make-up exams will be available only in case of a legitimately
     excused absence (sickness, death in family, university
     business, etc.).  In all cases but extreme emergencies, you
     must notify me of the absence before the exam.  

Group Quizzes:

     A take home quiz will be handed out on Fridays (on Wednesday
     before Homecoming weekend), to be completed by a group of 3-5
     students working together and handed in at the beginning of
     class on the following Monday.  (The quizzes preceeding Labor
     Day and Veteran's Day will be due by noon Tuesday in 208 HTL). 

 Grading:

     The course grade will be calculated on the basis of 660
     points, distributed as follows:

          Three hour exams, 100 each         300 points
          Eight of ten quizzes, 20 each      160 points
          Final Exam*                        200 points
                                         ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
                              Total          660 points

               * The final exam grade may substitute for a low test
               grade.    

          The course average is based on Total/6.6

Grading Scale:
               A    90-100
               B    80-89.9
               C    70-79.9
               D    60-69.9
               F    0-59.9

          (The above scale represents the minimum grade to expect. 
          It may become necessary to modify the grade cut-off
          points downward depending on test difficulty, class
          performance, etc.  However, I will not know for sure how
          much adjustment might be made until all grades are in) 

Electronic  Mail:

     You will each be given an account on a campus computer which
     can be used for electronic mail and for exploring the
     Internet.  I will use electronic mail to make class
     announcements, reading and problem assignments, etc.  You can
     use electronic mail to ask me questions about the material,
     indicate which things need more explanation in class, etc. 
     This opportunity is not meant to replace office hours, but to
     complement them.  A newsgroup bulletin board will be created
     to which I will post answers to questions I feel are relevant
     for all the class, and I am developing a class web home page
     as a repository of relevant class information.  The web home
     page also contains old tests and quizzes from last terms
     class.

     You can also communicate with each other, schedule group
     meetings, etc. through your email accounts.

     I may, on occasion, submit a question to the class by email
     and award extra credit to whomever can answer it correctly
     within a specified time period, not more than 24 hours.

Study Groups:

     You are to organize yourselves into groups of three to five
     individuals.  Try to group with individuals in the same
     laboratory section and with similar enough schedules that you
     will have several blocks of time each week to get together
     outside of class.  Sit together in class , as there will be
     some classroom activities you will be called on to work
     together.  You will work together on the quizzes and submit
     one quiz for the group.  You should also meet together at
     least once or twice a week to work problem sets and prepare
     for tests.

Study Hints:

     Prepare for class.  Read the book before material is to be
     covered in class, and come prepared with questions on things
     you don't understand.  A large portion of the course involves
     solving various problems, even more so in CHM 1046 than in CHM
     1045.  In addition to the old tests and quizzes on the web,
     some suggested practice problems are listed in the course
     outline, and you should try working as many of these problems
     as you can on your own or with others.  A solutions manual is
     available, and while it may tell you if your answer is right,
     do not depend on it for the rote method of solving the
     problem.  (Apparently there are two types of solutions manuals
     available at the bookstore, one with solutions to all
     problems, one with solutions to only part of them).  Usually
     there is more than one way to set up and solve chemistry
     problems, especially complex ones, and understanding what you
     are doing and why is preferred to memorizing steps.  Some
     memorization will be necessary, however, such as solubilities,
     and you should undertake these tasks as they come up, not the
     night before a test.  Take good class notes, revise them after
     class to see if there are points you don't understand, and
     develop a content outline from the notes to serve as a study
     guide for each exam.  When you have trouble working a problem,
     after it is explained try working another similar one from
     those at the end of the chapter.  Try making up your own
     substitute problem to solve.

Homework:

     Besides reading the chapters ahead, and organizing and
     completing your notes after each lecture, you should practice
     working some of the representative problems at the end of the
     chapters.  A good strategy would be to get together in your
     study groups to work problems.  Following is a suggested list
     of problems to focus on, but if you have difficulty with a
     particular type of problem, you should choose additional ones
     to work.  As you encounter difficulties, you should seek help
     during office hours, from the help desk, from your recitation
     instructor, or by email.  

     Chapter             Suggested Problems

        4           4.15-4.50
        20          20.1-20.8
        13          13.1-13.30, 13.36-13.60
        15          15.5-15.24, 15.31-15.34
        16          16.5-16.8, 16.11-16.16, 16.19-16.28
                    16.31-16.34, 16.39-16.48, 16.55-16.62
                    16.65-16.6816,73-16,74
        17          17.3-17.26, 17.29-17.38, 17.43-17.50
        14          14.1-14.18, 14.21, 14.23, 14.29-14.32
                    14.43-14.46
        19          19.1-19.16, 19.19-19.26, 19.29-19.30
                    19.33-19.36
        20          20.9-20.23, 20.27-20.36
        26          26.3-26.12, 26.27-26.40

American Disabilities Act

          Students with disabilities needing academic
     accommodations should:  1) register with and provide
     documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center
     (SDRC);  2) bring a letter to the instructor from SDRC
     indicating you need academic accommodations.  This should be
     done within the first week of class.

Academic Honor Code

          Students are reminded of the Academic Honor System of the
     Florida State University.  Collaboration is permitted and
     encouraged on the take-home quizzes, but signing one's name to
     the group effort without having participated in it would be
     considered a violation of the honor code.  Receiving or giving
     unauthorized help on the hour tests is a violation.