CHEMUN1604_001_2018_3 - 2ND TERM GEN CHEM (INTENSIVE)

Chemistry UN1604                                                                      August 28, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
INSTRUCTORS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND GETTING HELP
COURSE SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES
GRADING
ETHICAL CONDUCT POLICIES
TEXTBOOK AND CLASS SUPPLIES
STUDY TIPS

 

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Chemistry UN1604 “Intensive General Chemistry” is a one-semester, introductory, general chemistry course that is an expedited replacement for the full-year, Chemistry UN1403 and UN1404 sequence and therefore allows efficient satisfaction of requirements for premedical students and many science or engineering majors. Students wishing to take UN1604 should have strong high school preparation in chemistry as demonstrated through the successful completion of an advanced placement (AP) high school chemistry course or its equivalent. Moreover, students wishing to take UN1604 must take the Chemistry Placement Examination on Monday, August 27, at 3pm-5pm, in 309 Havemeyer Hall. To adequately prepare for this placement examination, students are advised to refer to the syllabus for the course in Columbia University’s Courseworks site (https://courseworks.columbia.edu/welcome/), where we describe the specific topics and textbook chapters that should be studied in advance as well as details on how to contact us for clarifications or help preparing.  Your score on the placement examination will determine whether you will be invited to register for UN1604.  Please note that, during the term, we will assume knowledge of the specific introductory topics covered by the placement examination and your score on the placement examination will contribute to your final grade in CHEM UN1604 as the equivalent of one in-course examination. Please also note that students must additionally sign up for a recitation section (Chemistry UN1606) and should be aware that the laboratory course (Chemistry UN1500 or UN1507) is also a separate class.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
Semester: Fall 2018
Instructors: Professors Ann McDermott and Ruben Gonzalez
Course Schedule: Tu and Th, 11:40 AM-12:55 PM, 209 Havemeyer Hall
Teaching Assistants: Ellie Bennett and Rachel Avard
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:10 - 2 pm and Thursday 10:45 - 11:30, in the 7^th-floor student lounge of Havemeyer Hall

 

Description: This course presents an introduction to chemical bonding, and the thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions, with examples from modern chemistry problems in medicine and environmental sciences. This is an accelerated replacement for the two-term introductory chemistry sequence, Chemistry UN1403 and UN1404, and satisfies requirements for the Chemistry major, the Biology major, Pre-Health programs, and Engineering. There is a strong emphasis on quantitatively working out problems in chemistry, including problems in medical and environmental science contexts. We will use, and strongly advise you to obtain, the textbook Chemical Principles, 8^thEdition, by Zumdahl and DeCoste—see additional information below.

The course will include the following segments:

Section 1 of the course will cover chemical equilibria and thermodynamics. This segment follows Chapters 9 and 10 of the text and additional portions or examples from other chapters including Chapter 5.6 - 5.9.

Section 2 of the course will cover chemical bonding. This segment follows Chapters 13 and 14 of the text and additional portions or examples from other chapters including Chapter 12.

Section 3 of the course will cover chemical kinetics. This segment follows Chapter 15 and additional portions or examples from other chapters including Chapter 21, as well as reading from the primary literature.

 

PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites: You must sign up for a recitation section (Chemistry UN1606) to obtain a grade in the class. This course assumes a mastery of the topics covered in Chapters 1-8 and 12 of Chemical Principles, 8^thEdition, by Zumdahl and DeCoste before the term begins. Students wishing to take Chemistry UN1606 must also take a Placement Exam (Monday, August 27, at 3-5 PM in 309 Havemeyer Hall) and are strongly advised to review Chapters 1-8 and 12 of Chemical Principles, 8^thEdition, by Zumdahl and DeCoste before the exam, including: the periodic table, isotopes, balancing reactions, equilibrium constant calculations, acid-base reactions and pH calculations with buffers, the ideal gas law, and the orbitals of hydrogen. Your score on the Placement Exam will determine whether you will be invited to register for Chemistry UN1606 and a grade for a “Midterm Exam-equivalent” in the course will be based on your score on the Placement Exam.In addition, we will assume knowledge of pre-calculus (high-school algebra) and introductory, college-level calculus, as well as familiarity with high-school physics and biology.

INSTRUCTORS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND GETTING HELP
Instructors: Professor Ann McDermott and Ruben Gonzalez. Ann McDermott is the Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry, and leads a research program focusing on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic studies of novel protein structure and function. Ruben Gonzalez is a leading expert in the development and use of single-molecule optical kinetic methods to study biological systems, with emphases on the mechanism of protein synthesis by the ribosome, the folding and dynamics of RNA, and the function of molecular machines.

Instructor Office Hours: The instructors will hold office hours in the 7^th-floor Student Lounge in Havemeyer Hall on Tuesdays from1:10 to 2 pm , and Thursdays from10:45 - 11:30.

Teaching Assistants: Ellie Bennet, and Rachel Avard, outstanding instructors in the Ph. D. program of the chemistry department.

Teaching Assistant Office Hours: Teaching assistants will hold office hours in the 7^th-floor Student Lounge in Havemeyer Hall and days and times are TBA.

Peer-Led Learning Center: The department maintains a peer-led learning center that provides extra help to students in Chemistry UN1604 and other Chemistry Department courses. The learning center is located in the 7^th-floor Student Lounge in Havemeyer Hall and days and times are TBA. More information can be found at https://chem.columbia.edu/academics/undergraduate/ getting-help/peer-led-learning-center/.

Private Tutors: The department maintains an online list of private tutors who have been approved to tutor students in the courses given by the Chemistry Department. This list of tutors can be found at https://chem.columbia.edu/academics/undergraduate/getting-help/private-tutors/.

Recitation Scheduling, Office of Disability Services, and/or Add/Drop Questions: Please refer to Ms. Socorro (Socky) Lugo or Ms. Daisy Melendez in the Chemistry Department’s Undergraduate Program Office in 340 Havemeyer Hall.

 

COURSE SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES  Please check here, and check your emails, for updates to the course schedule throughout the term.
Course Schedule: Tu and Th, 11:40 AM-12:55 PM
Important Dates: University Calendar
Tuesday, September 4: First day of classes
Friday, September 14: End of change of program period
Tuesday, October 9: Last day to drop classes CC, B, GS
Monday, November 5-Tuesday November 6: Academic holiday
Thursday, November 15: Last day to drop classes SEAS. Last day to change to P/F
Wednesday, November 21-Friday, November 23: Academic holiday
Monday, December 10: Last day of classes
Tuesday, December 11-Thursday, December 13: Study days. Please be aware that this class will have meetings on this Tuesday and Thursday
Friday, December 14-Friday, December 21: Final exam week. Please be aware that we will not know the date of our exam until late in the term. You are therefore advised not to leave town for winter break until the end of final exam week (at least until we learn the date of our final exam from the Registrar).

Important Dates:  Course Exam Dates
Monday, August 27: Placement Exam (3-5 PM, 309 Havemeyer Hall)
Thursday, October 4: Midterm Exam 1 (11:40 AM-12:55 PM, in class)
Thursday, November 1: Midterm Exam 2 (11:40 AM-12:55 PM, in class) 
Thursday, December 6: Midterm Exam 3 (11:40 AM-12:55 PM, in class) 
TBA: Final Exam (see above)
Weekly: Quizzes in Recitation, Chemistry UN1606. You must register separately for Recitation.  The first recitation meeting is during the second week of classes, and the first quiz is during the third week of classes.

Important Dates: Course Schedule(Tu and Th,11:40 AM-12:55 PM, Room TBA)

Monday, August 27: Placement Exam(3-5 PM, 309 Havemeyer Hall)
Week 1 (Tu 9/4, Th 9/6): Introduction to the Course; Energy and Thermochemistry (Ch 9 and 5.6-5.9)
Week 2 (Tu 9/11, Th 9/13): Spontaneity and Entropy (Ch 9 and 10)
Week 3 (Tu 9/18, Th 9/20): Free Energy in Chemistry (Ch 10)
Week 4 (Tu 9/25, Th 9/27): Free Energy in Chemistry (Ch 10);  Discussion of Special Term Projects (drawing on portions of the text and the primary literature, see below);
Week 5 (Tu 10/2, Th 10/4): Free Energy in Chemistry (Ch 10); Th Midterm Exam 1; 
Week 6 (Tu 10/9, Th 10/11): Light and Matter:  Duality and Uncertainty (Ch 12)
Week 7 (Tu 10/16, Th10/18): Orbitals (Ch 12)
Week 8 (Tu 10/23, Th 10/25): Aufbau  Periodicity and Bonding (Ch 12-13)
Week 9 (Tu 10/30, Th 11/1): Th Midterm Exam 2; 
Week 10 (Th 11/8): Tu Holiday; Bonding and Spectroscopy (Ch 14)
Week 11 (Tu 11/13, Th 11/15): Kinetics (Ch 15)
Week 12 (Tu 11/20):  Kinetics in Biology (including selections from Ch 21)  TBA; Th Holiday
Week 13 (Tu 11/27, Th 11/29): Kinetics Topics from the Primary Literature TBA
Week 14 (Tu 12/4, Th 12/6): Tu Review; Th Midterm Exam 3
Week 15 (Tu 12/11, Th 12/13): Study week. Presentations and Review Sessions TBA
Week 15 (F 12/14-F 12/21): Final Exam(Day, Time, and Location TBA)

 

GRADING
Grading Assignments and Exams:Homework assignments are typically selected from the end of each textbook chapter. Homework is self-graded, does not have to be handed in and does not count towards grade. You are encouraged to work together on homework. Selected homework problems will be presented by students in class.

There will be three, in-class, multiple-choice, midterm exams with 20-25 questions each, and a duration of 60 minutes. The final exam will have 40-50 multiple-choice questions and you will have 140 minutes.

The final exam is scheduled by Columbia University’s registrar and will take place sometime during final exam week from Friday, December 15-Friday, December 22. You are therefore advised not to buy airplane tickets or otherwise plan to leave town for winter break until we learn the day of the final exam from the registrar.

The placement exam, three midterm exams, and final exam together will make up 75% of your grade. The final exam counts as two midterm exams. We will drop the lowest of either your placement exam, one of your midterm exams, or half (1/2) of your final exam. If you miss an exam, for any reason, that exam will be the one that is dropped. There will be no makeup exams.Formula/Equation sheets will be provided for each exam and are posted on the CourseWorks website in advance of each exam. During an exam, these sheets can be very valuable (but of course only if you know what formulas/equations they contain and how to use them). Note that only the Texas Instruments TI-30XS MultiView calculator is allowed for quizzes and exams.

Quizzes will make up 15% of your grade. We plan to have several (probably 7), in-class quizzes during the term given during your recitation sections, and a few take-home quizzes. The first quiz will be given in Week 3 (i.e., no quizzes will be given during the first two weeks of the term). We will drop the lowest of your quizzes. If you miss a quiz for any reason, that quiz will be the one that is dropped. There are no make-up quizzes.

Homework presentation during class or recitation will make up 5% of your grade.

A term paper and submitted research is 5% of the grade. Students will write a short (<5 page) paper  exploring an aspect of the chemistry of lead in connection with human uses, toxicology, and monitoring lead in our environment.  Students will carry out in class experiments to detect lead in our immediate environment, and are encouraged to include in their paper proposals for additional experiments. 

Discretionary bonus points are offered at the judgement of the instructors, including for outstanding questions or class participation.

No letter grades will be given until after the final exam.

 

ETHICAL CONDUCT POLICIES
Course Policies on Ethical Conduct: We will hold you to the highest ethical standards in terms of professional behavior during class, and ethical standards in academic work.Students are expected to act in accordance with the Faculty Statement on Academic (http://www.college. columbia.edu/academics/integrity-statement) and Honor Code(http://www.college.columbia.edu/ ccschonorcode) established by the students of Columbia College and the School of General Studies (for more information, please refer to the Columbia University Undergraduate Guide to Academic Integrity (http://www.college.columbia.edu/academics/academicintegrity)).

It is your responsibility to ensure your work maintains the standards expected and, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your work, you should speak with your TA. Because any academic integrity violation undermines our intellectual community, students found to have cheated, plagiarized, or committed any other act of academic dishonesty (including, but not limited to, copying answers from another student on graded, non-collaborative work such as quizzes or exams or being in possession of forbidden material during an exam) can expect to fail the class and may be referred to the Dean and subjected to the Student Conduct Discipline process.

We will follow the university’s policies on discrimination and harassment (http://www.essential-policies.columbia.edu/policies-and-procedures-discrimination-and-harassment) and expect all of  you  to work with us to maintain a professional and mutually respectful atmosphere in our classroom.

 

TEXTBOOK AND CLASS SUPPLIES
Textbooks and Other Class Supplies:The recommended textbook for Chemistry UN1606 is Chemical Principles, 8^thEdition, written by Steven S. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste. Students are strongly encouraged to also possess: (i) access to the Online Web-Based Learning version 2 (OWLv2) homework and tutorial software system; (ii) the app "Poll Everywhere" on an appropriate device that you can bring to class, which will serve as a student-response system for in class discussions ; (iii) a Texas Instruments TI-30XS MultiView calculator, the only calculator that is permitted for use in quizzes and exams; and (iv) the student solutions manuals to the problems in the textbook. More details pertaining to these supplies are described below:

Textbook
Title: Chemical Principles, 8^th Edition
Authors: Steven S. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher (Year): Cengage (2016)
ISBN#: 9781305581982

The textbook is available bundled with: (i) the Online Web-Based Learning version 2 (OWLv2) homework and tutorial software, 4 terms (24 months); (ii) Essential Algebra for Chemistry Students, 2nd Edition; and (iii) Survival Guide for General Chemistry with Math Review and Proficiency Questions: How to Get an A
Available on the Cengage site: www.cengagebrain.com/course/2715563
ISBN: 9780357099667
Price: $120.00

OWLv2
The Online Web-Based Learning version 2 (OWLv2) homework and tutorial system is encouraged. Thus, if you purchase the textbook from another source, it is encouraged that you buy a separate access code for OWL from Cengage. The two options on the Cengage site (www.cengagebrain.com/course/2715563) are ISBN 9781305864214 (6 months for $78.75) or ISBN 9781305864184 (24 months for $90.00).You are required to use your UNI when registering for OWL.

Electronic Student-Response System
We will be using the Poll Everywhere electronic student response system. This system allows you to respond to instructor-developed polls using a smartphone, tablet, or laptop (please let us know as soon as possible if you will not be able to access a smartphone, tablet, or laptop during class). In order to use Poll Everywhere in Intensive General Chemistry, you will need to create a Poll Everywhere account and register it with the User/Presenter "Columbia University". You can do both of these things by clicking on the following link: www.polleverywhere.com/register?p=46j92-1f5v&pg=KlRIkg&u=mKhprhCt. If you already have a Poll Everywhere account, then this link will allow you to log in to Poll Everywhere and will then take you to the page where you can register with "Columbia University". If you do not already have a Poll Everywhere account, then this link will allow you to first create a Poll Everywhere account and will then take you to the page where you can register with "Columbia University". One of the questions that is posed when you register with "Columbia Univeristy" is "How should you be identified by Columbia University's account?". Please make sure to enter your UNI, rather than your email address, in response to this question. Please note that the default response to this question is your email address, you will therefore need to manually delete your email address and enter your UNI in it's place. It is important that your response to this question is your UNI, as this is the only way that we will be able to identify your responses to our polls.

Calculator
The only calculator that is permitted for use in exams or recitation quizzes is a Texas Instruments TI-30XS MultiView calculator, available at the bookstore.

 

STUDY TIPS
Study Tips: Many of you have excellent study habits; nevertheless, here are some suggestions:

(a) Prepare for class in terms of any assignments, for example do the assigned reading and problems on time, and download the lecture slides before class.

(b) Come to class (we will try to make it interesting).

(c) Annotate the slides and take Cornell-style notes during class as you listen to the short lecture and do the group work. (You will need to be awake to do this.)

(d) Do the assigned homework problems, whether or not you’re asked to present them in class. If you’re stuck, get help! Some ways to get help include: (1) Re-read the text and your class notes, and look at the worked example problems in the text. (2) Work with other students. (3) Bring questions on the problems to office hours or the help room. (4) If you think that the problem needs to be discussed during class, post it to the class blog (on Piazza on CourseWorks) along with a short question or tip or correction for possible discretionary bonus points. 

(e) When presenting problems in class, try to be succinct with what you say, and be open about your questions. There are no bad or dumb questions in class! Often the simplest or most naïve question is the best and most insightful question. If your discussion of what makes the problem confusing or difficult is helpful or enlightening, you may get discretionary bonus points!

(f) Follow the derivations from class or the book. Ask good questions about them and try to memorize them.

(g) Do the practice exams about four days before the exam to identify the challenge areas where you need more study. If possible, also review and redo the homework problems again shortly before the exam using no props such as the text, the solutions, or your own notes to help. Use the Formula/Equaiton sheets as a reference when you are doing the problems, since these sheets will be available to you during exams!

(h) Come for exams as relaxed as possible, well rested, on time and optimistic.

(i) If at all possible, try to enjoy the course!