This is a sample syllabus; those for a specific semester may be modified slightly
CHEM 1331 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I
Prerequisites: Math 1310) + one year of high school chemistry or CHEM 1301 at UH. (If you have not completed prerequisits for this class, you may be dropped with no refund.)
Required Text: Silberberg, "Chemistry, Molecular Nature of Matter and Change," 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002
Required Calculator: Nonprogrammable scientific calculator, TI-30 or equivalent.
Web Support: Weekly homework assignments. Get your userID and password at www.uh.edu/webct/
Optional:
"Study Guide to Accompany Chemistry," 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002
“Solutions Manual to Accompany Chemistry”, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002
Help
CHEM 1131 problem solving sections. Use VIP to add CHEM 1131. See Ms. Brown in 138F for information.
Review sessions and walk-in tutoring at Learning Support Services in Social Work building.
| Week | Topic | WebCT Assignment |
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| (Chapter 1 is for self-study and is subject to testing) | |
| Jan. 13 | The Components of Matter | Diagnostic Test |
| Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
| Jan. 21 | The Components of Matter, cont’d., Stoichiometry | CHAP2HW1 |
| Jan. 27 | Stoichiometry, cont’d | CHAP2HW2 |
| Feb. 3 | The Major Classes of Chemical Reactions | CHAP3HW1 |
| Feb. 10 | Gases and the Kinetic Molecular Theory | CHAP3HW2 |
| ––– Exam I (covers Chpts 2, 3, 4), Friday, Feb. 14, 5:30 pm ––– |
| Feb. 17 | Gases and the Kinetic Molecular Theory, cont’d, Themochemistry | CHAP5HW1 |
| Feb. 24 | Thermochemistry | CHAP5/6HW |
| Mar. 3-8 | Spring Break |
| Mar. 10 | Quantum Theory and Atomic Structure | CHAP6HW2 |
| Mar. 17 | Electronic Configuration and Chemical Periodicity | CHAP7HW1 |
| ––– Exam II (covers Chpts. 5, 6, 7), Friday, Mar. 21, 5:30 pm ––– |
| Mar. 24 | Electronic Config. and Chemical Periodicity, cont’d., Models of Chemical Bonding | CHAP8HW1 |
| Mar. 31 | Models of Chemical Bonding, cont’d., The Shapes of Molecules | CHAP8/9HW |
| April 7 | The Shapes of Molecules, cont’d. | CHAP9HW2 |
| April 14 | Theories of Covalent Bonding | CHAP10HW1 |
| ––– Exam III (covers Chpts. 8, 9, 10), Friday, April 18, 5:30 pm ––– |
| April 21 | Phase Changes and Intermolecular Forces | CHAP11HW1 |
| April 28 | Intermolecular Forces, cont’d. (Omit section 12.7) | CHAP12HW1 |
| Final Examination (Comprehensive), 11 AM, Wednesday, April 30 |
Important Class Policies and Information. Read Carefully - These Policies Apply to You!
- Required Weekly Homework on webCT (www.uh.edu/webct/). Students missing or failing (<50%) more than three assignments CAN be dropped.
- Midterm tests are given on Friday evenings. No exams will be dropped. Grade scale is below. The final exam may be a standardized national test.
- Neither programmable calculators nor devices with alphanumeric capability are allowed in examinations.
- No pagers, telephones or communication devices of any type are permitted in examination rooms. Turn off your phone/pager in class!!
- Special Dates: Feb. 10 is last day to drop without receiving a grade. April 1 is last day to drop for any reason. April 28 is the last day of class.
- The final exam is at a special time, 11 AM, Wednesday, April 30
- Lecture attendance is required; students missing three or more lectures can be dropped.
- Examinations are multiple choice. Three midterm exams (20 questions each) count 60% of total grade.
- The final examination will contain 34 questions counting 34% of the total grade. Homework counts 6% of total grade.
- Grade scale%: A 90; A- 85-89; B+ 80-84; B 75-79; B- 70-74; C+ 65-69; C 60-64; C- 56-59; D+ 52-55; D 48-51; D- 46-47; F 45
- Students have two weeks after results are posted to resolve questions about scores. Please don’t ask for changes after that.
- There are no makeup exams. In case of a genuine, documentable medical or family emergency, permission may be given, at the instructor’s option, to use the score on the final exam to calculate the makeup score. Contact your instructor before the exam, or else please don't burden us with after-the-fact excuses for "no shows". No more than one exam can be "made up" during the semester.
- Get tutoring help early if you need it. Use Learning Support Services and instructor office hours.
- Exam Preparation: Chapter exercises marked in green have solutions in the Appendix E. Problems on topics to be omitted (below) need not be answered.
Students are responsible for knowing/reading the following material. Simple questions may appear on the exams.
Names and symbols of first 36 elements in periodic table.
Table 1.2 (p 18) SI Base Units
Table 1.3 (p 18) Common Decimal Prefixes Used with SI Units
Table 2.3 (p 65) Common Monatomic Ions
Table 2.4 (p 67) Metals that Form More than One Monatomic Ion
Table 2.5 (p 68) Common Polyatomic Ions
Table 2.6 (p 68) Numerical Prefixes for Hydrates and Binary Covalent Compounds
Table 4.1 (p 147) Solubility Rules for Ionic Compounds in Water
Table 4.2 (p 148) Common Acids and Bases
Table 4.3 (p 155) Rules for Assigning Oxidation Numbers
Topics to be Omitted: There will be no exam questions covering the following topics:
Calculations using van der Waals equation (p. 209-211)
Calculation of the DeBroglie wavelength (p.270) and Heisenberg uncertainties of velocity or position (p 273).
MO description of heteronuclear diatomics and polyatomics (p 403-405).
Calculation of atomic radius from unit cell information (p 434).
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