General Chemistry
Summer 2002

Description. This accelerated course is comparable to year-long general chemistry courses.  It is geared toward students preparing for subsequent work in organic or environmental chemistry and emphasis will be place on topics relevant to those areas.
 We will meet sixteen hours per week for lectures, labs and workshops. We will cover atomic theory, stoichiometry, gas laws, thermodynamics, kinetics and other general chemistry topics. We will also use two ChemConnection manuals: "What's in a Star?" and "Why does the ozone hole form."  These manuals provide context for some of the topics that you will be studying, such as kinetics, quantum theory and spectroscopy.
 

Textbooks.

For both sessions:
 Michael Munowitz "Principles of Chemistry" (2000) Norton; ISBN 0393972887

For first session only:
 Tricia Ferret and Sharon Anthony "Why does the ozone hole form?" John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471326364

For second session only:
  Kido et al. "What is in a star?" John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-471-37747-3


Weekly schedule.
 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Lecture - Lab I 1050  Lecture - Lab I 1050 Workshop - CAL
1:30 - 5:00 pm Lab - Lab II 1241

Syllabus.
 

Session 1 Session 2
Week 1: 6/24/02 Fundamental concepts, atoms and molecules, stoichiometry Week 1/6: 7/29/02 Eval week for those taking only first session
Acids and bases
Week 2: 7/1/02 Gases and kinetic theory Week 2/7: 8/5/02 Electrochemistry
Week 3: 7/8/02 Solutions, equilibrium and enthalpy Week 3/8: 8/12/02 What's in a star? and atomic theory
Week 4: 7/15/02 Entropy and free energy Week 4/9: 8/19/02 What's in a star? and atomic spectroscopy
Week 5: 7/22/02 Why does the Ozone Hole form? and kinetics Week 5/10: 8/26/02 Bonding and molecular spectroscopy
Eval Week: 9/3/02

Review Assignments. There will be at least one review assignment for each assigned chapter in your text. These will be collected. They are intended to provide you with an opportunity to reinforce the ideas and problem-solving skills that we worked on in class. Some questions on the quizzes will be taken from these assignments with only little alteration.  My solutions will be posted in our classroom, in the QRC and online the day that the assignments are due.

Exams.  There will be weekly quizzes given during the summer. All quizzes will cover material covered in class, on the review assignments and in the assigned readings. If you cannot take an exam due to an emergency, you must see Dr. Jameton before the test is given to arrange a make-up exam. Exact dates and times will be determined later and announced in class and posted at this site.