INFORMATION
SHEET FOR
CHEMISTRY 1AA3
Jan. - Apr. 2001
Please use these sheets to answer most of your questions about
the organization of the course for the entire term. AFTER
CAREFULLY READING THEM, WE SUGGEST YOU KEEP THEM WITH YOUR NOTES
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Chemistry 1AA3 is an introductory chemistry course covering equilibrium, chemical kinetics, and organic chemistry.
SECTIONS
Chemistry 1AA3 is taught in two day-class sections and one evening section. Students may not transfer between sections, unless there is a genuine and serious timetable conflict. Such students should see the Instructional Assistant (BSB/128) during the first week of classes.
YEAR ONE INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF
YEAR ONE COORDINATOR - Dr. J. D. Laposa (ABB/153)
CHEM 1AA3 - SECTION 01 Dr. M. A. Brook (ABB/459)
- SECTION 02 Dr. B. E. McCarry (ABB/456)
- SECTION 03 - Dr. A. Perrott (ABB/150)
INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT - Dr. B. Russer (BSB/128) EXT. 22485
(Laboratories, Tutorials and Timetable Conflicts); email:
russerb@mcmaster.ca
YEAR ONE SECRETARY - Ms. Sheila Marston (BSB/129) EXT. 24795
LECTURE TIMES
CHEMISTRY 1AA3
SECTION 01 (Burke Science Auditorium) BSB/147
Mon 8:30, Wed 8:30, Fri 10:30 a.m.
SECTION 02 (Burke Science Auditorium) BSB/147
Tues 8:30, Thur 8:30, Fri 8:30 a.m.
SECTION 03 (Burke Science Auditorium) BSB/147
Wed 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
TUTORIALS
Tutorials (labelled TUT in your personal timetable) are held every other week on the same days as labs, but alternate with the labs. They are scheduled at 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. or 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. Tutorials begin for some students during the week of January 15, and for others during the week of January 22. Tutorials concentrate on the development of problem-solving skills. Tutorial attendance is mandatory. Students who are exempted from the labs are not exempted from attending tutorials. Attendance at tutorials will be counted in the determination of the course mark for Chemistry 1AA3. All tutorials must be attended in order to receive credit for the tutorials. You must attend tutorials on the assigned day and time with your assigned tutorial teaching assistant(TA).
LABORATORIES
Labs are held from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Thursday, in rooms 103, 104, 105, 106, and 124 of the Burke Science Building (BSB). Your personal timetable will indicate your assignment to a lab day and room, and either Lab Week O or Lab Week E. If you have not been assigned to a lab group, see the Instructional Assistant in BSB/128 as soon as possible. Your TA in the lab is different from your tutorial TA.
You must attend all labs on your assigned day and time in your assigned room.
3 hour laboratory periods begin at 2:30 p.m. during the week of January 15 for Lab Week O students; Lab Week E students have tutorials that week and start labs at 2:30 p.m. during the week of January 22. Consult page 2 of the Chemistry 1A03/1AA3 laboratory manual for the lab schedule.
Safety goggles must be worn at all times in the laboratory. You must have these goggles, available at the University bookstore, before your first scheduled lab.
All students repeating Chemistry 1AA3 who want to be exempted from the lab program must see the Instructional Assistant by Wed. January 10. In general, the criterion used for lab exemption is twofold: completion of all lab experiments with a minimum mark of 50% in each and every lab and an overall lab average of 70%.
REQUIRED BOOKS
1. The textbook for the course is Chemistry , 6th edition, by Chang. This must be purchased at the Bookstore during the first week of classes. The text is bundled with a Solutions Manual, a Study Guide, and several CDs.
2. Laboratory Notebooks and Laboratory Manuals are the same as for Chemistry 1A03 (September 2000). If needed, these must be purchased from the Year One Secretary (BSB/129) by January 12.
THODE LIBRARY
The Thode Science and Engineering Library (see attached map) circulation desk on the main floor contains reserve materials for Chemistry 1AA3. These include test and tutorial solutions, as well as tests from previous years.
A Chemistry tutor is available in the basement of the library for one to one and group assistance. Hours will be posted. Group study rooms are also located in the basement.
THE YEAR ONE SECRETARY
The secretary in BSB/129 keeps all records of your marks and can arrange an appointment with any of the course instructors if you are unable to get in touch with them.
WebCT
Chemistry 1AA3 will make extensive use of WebCT (short for Web Course Tools), an integrated set of tools for delivering course components over the Internet. For example, sample tests, previous year's tests, personalized quizzes, a public bulletin board, and a calendar of Chemistry 1AA3 events will be available.
Since WebCT courses are maintained in a secure environment on the Internet, only students registered in Chemistry 1AA3 have access to the materials. In order to login to WebCT you need:
1. the internet address : http://chemct.chemistry.mcmaster.ca:8900/
2. your user name : it is your McMaster MUSS account userid (if the Registrar has not informed the Year I secretary that you are enrolled in the course, we will not have your userid on our database)
3.your password : initially, it is your seven digit
McMaster student number; you are encouraged to change your
password after your initial login.
A sample walk-through the login procedure is found at http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/~dumontr/chem1a3/webct_startup.htm
It is strongly recommended that you read the walk-through before your WebCT login.
If you attempt to login to WebCT and find that you are not registered under the expected user name and password, please see Sheila Marston in BSB 129 as soon as possible. She will be able to get you registered in WebCT if you are registered for Chemistry 1AA3 and you can produce your student ID card. This may require that you obtain a MUSS email account if you do not already have one.
It is essential that you login to WebCT as soon as possible, since your personalized quizzes are located there.
WebCT can be accessed from your home or dormitory room, or from over 200 computers linked to the University's network; these are located in BSB 241/242/244/245, JHE 233A/234, ABB 166, HSC 2B24C, KTH B110/B121/B123. Their current hours of operation are posted outside each computer lab. You might wish to obtain a proxy server account for the computer clusters. (You will not need a proxy account to do the quizzes, but you may want to access outside chemistry links, in which case you will need one.) You can register for such an account online through MUGSI. If you do not have regular access to the internet and will not be on campus regularly, please contact your instructor immediately.
If you have any difficulties in the clusters, ask for help from a Student Consultant.
More information about WebCT quizzes can be found at
http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/~chem1a3/webquiz.htm
TUTORIAL AND TEST SOLUTIONS
The solutions to tutorials and tests will be placed in binders on reserve in the Thode Library at the Main Circulation Desk. These binders will be labelled as follows:
Solutions to Tutorials
Solutions to Tests
Sample Tests and Exams
Ask for the above resources in the Resource Centre or at the Circulation Desk of the Thode Library.
Solutions for tests and tutorials will also be posted on the bulletin boards in the Resource Centre and outside the secretary's office in BSB/129, or opposite the Chemistry Stores in Burke Science Building.
RETURN OF MARKED LABORATORY REPORTS AND TESTS
In your first laboratory period you will be assigned a slot number by your laboratory TA. In BSB/129 there are numbered boxes corresponding to your slot number. All of your marked lab reports and tests will be returned to you via the numbered boxes in BSB/129.
CALCULATORS
THE TERM TEST, MID-TERM TEST, AND THE FINAL EXAMINATION ALL REQUIRE A CALCULATOR. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE CALCULATOR IS THE CASIO FX 991. NO OTHER CALCULATOR IS PERMITTED.
QUIZZES, TESTS, AND EXAMINATIONS
There will be six personalized WebCT quizzes per term. Your answers for the quizzes are to be entered via WebCT. Schedules for the quizzes are to be found on the WebCT Calendar. Quizzes not submitted by the due dates will not be marked. Solutions to your quizzes will be available for you on WebCT shortly after the due dates.
There will be one term test held on
Friday, February 2, 2001 at 7:00 p.m.
There will be one midterm test held on
Friday, March 16, 2001 at 7:00 p.m.
The April Final examination (3 hours), scheduled by the Registrar's Office, will test all work studied in the winter term.
Students unable to submit quizzes, write tests or attend laboratories or tutorials due to illness should contact the Dean of Science (Studies), GS/116, the Arts and Sciences Programme Coordinator, Kathy Ryan, C/105, or the appropriate dean of your faculty. Once suitable medical certification has been received, a note to that effect will be sent to the Chemistry Instructional Assistant (BSB/128). As a result of this procedure, your missed assignment and/or test will not count against you. HOWEVER, ANY LAB MISSED DUE TO ILLNESS MUST BE COMPLETED. See the Instructional Assistant (BSB/128) as soon as possible. There are no make up quizzes or tests.
WORLD WIDE WEB
Some materials related to Chemistry 1AA3, including tutorial problems and solutions, will be posted on the World Wide Web. The address to which you should point your browser is: http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/~chem1aa3/ There is also a link to the tutorials from inside WebCT.
SENATE POLICY STATEMENTS
Attention is drawn to the Statement on Academic Ethics and the Senate Resolutions on Academic Dishonesty as found in the Senate Policy Statements distributed at registration and available in the Senate Office. Any student who infringes one of these resolutions will be treated according to the published policy.
DISCRIMINATION POLICY
McMaster University is concerned with ensuring an environment that is free of all adverse discrimination. If there is a problem that cannot be resolved by discussion among the persons concerned, individuals are reminded that they should contact their Department Chair, the Sexual Harassment Office or the Human Rights Consultant, as soon as possible.
CALCULATION OF FINAL MARK FOR THE COURSE
In order to qualify for credit in Chemistry 1AA3 you must attend and submit (within the allotted time) written reports for all labs. The final mark for all students not exempted from the labs will be computed in the following manner:
Final Exam 45%
Mid-Term Test 20%
Term Test 15%
Tutorials 2%
Quizzes 6%
Labs 12%
Total 100%
COURSE CONTENT
Ch. 14 Chemical Equilibrium
Ch. 15 Acids and Bases
Ch. 16 (Sections 1-5) Acid-Base Equilibria
Ch. 13 Chemical Kinetics
Mac. Notes : Organic Chemistry
NOTE: For more detail about the course content, consult the textbook.
OFFICE HOURS
The Chemistry 1AA3 instructors' office hours will be posted at