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CHEM 1332 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II

Prerequisites: Math 1310 + CHEM 1331 at UH or equivalent (If you have not completed prerequisites 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 1132 problem solving sections. Use VIP to add CHEM 1132. See Ms. Brown in 138F for information.
  • Review sessions and walk-in tutoring at Learning Support Services in Social Work building.
  • Review sessions offered by Dr. Bott on the Sunday and Wednesday afternoons of Test Weeks.

    Course Schedule

    WeekTopicWebCT Assignment
    Jan. 13Intermolecular ForcesNo HW
    Jan. 20Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
    Jan. 21Properties of MixturesCHAP12
    Jan. 27Properties of Mixtures (cont.), KineticsCHAP13
    Feb. 3Kinetics (cont.)CHAP16HW1
    Feb. 10Nuclear ReactionsCHAP16HW2
    ––– Exam I (covers Chpts 12, 13, 16, 24), Friday, Feb. 14, 5:30 pm –––
    Feb. 17EquilibriumCHAP17HW1
    Feb. 24Equilibrium (cont.), Acid-Base EquilibriaCHAP17HW2
    Mar. 3-8Spring BreakCHAP18HW1
    Mar. 10Acid-Base Equilibria (cont.)CHAP18HW2
    Mar. 17Ionic Equilibria in Aqueous SystemsCHAP19HW1
    ––– Exam II (covers Chpts. 17, 18, 19.1, 19.2), Friday, Mar. 21, 5:30 pm –––
    Mar. 24Ionic Equilibria in Aqueous Systems (cont.), ThermodynamicsCHAP19HW2
    Mar. 31ThermodynamicsCHAP20
    April 7ElectrochemistryCHAP21HW1
    April 14Electrochemistry (cont.)CHAP21HW2
    ––– Exam III (covers Chpts. 19.3, 20, 21), Friday, April 18, 5:30 pm –––
    April 21Coordination CompoundsCHAP23
    April 28Review (if time available)
     
    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.
  • All material required in 1331
  • Section 13.6
  • Section 21.5
  • Section 21.6
  • Section 24.4
  • Section 24.5 Topics to be Omitted: There will be no exam questions covering the following sections/topic: Sections 12.2, 12.4-12.7, the van't Hoff Equation (pp. 742-743), Section 18.8, 19.4, 19.5, 23.4, 23.5
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