Office Hours:  Dr. Logue will be available in his office on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by appointment. A help session will be given on Monday 4-5 pm in SCEH 324. 

Course Description: Fundamental concepts and principles of quantitative chemical analysis including quantitative chemical equilibrium calculations and error analysis applied to the evaluation of experimental measurements and data. 

Objectives: This course is a one-semester course intended to introduce students to analytical chemistry. This course will provide insight on (1) fundamental concepts and principles of quantitative chemical analysis, (2) error analysis and the evaluation of experimental measurements and data, and (3) quantitative calculations based on various chemical equilibria.  

Attendance: Attendance at lecture is expected, but not required. Adherence to all deadlines and attendance for exams and quizzes is required. Excused absences will be recognized for special medical problems, emergencies, and university-approved activities. A doctor’s note may be required for absences due to illness. Any work missed due to an excused absence must be completed within one week of the original due date. You are expected to arrange for excused absences prior to missing class.

Honesty: All work submitted must be your own work except in group work as specifically directed by the instructor. Anyone participating in an act of dishonesty will receive a grade of zero for that exercise. Blatant acts of dishonesty (including a second act) will result in a failing grade for the course and referral through appropriate university procedures for further disciplinary action. The types of aids available for exams (e.g. calculators) will be announced in class.

Exams: Two one-hour exams and a non-comprehensive final will be given as noted in the lecture schedule. In the case of an excused absence from one of the exams, a make-up exam will be given. 

Quizzes: Three thirty minute quizzes will be given as noted in the lecture schedule. The individual quiz with the lowest score will be dropped from a student’s overall grade. Therefore, only two quizzes will count toward the final grade in the course. In the case of an excused absence from one of the quizzes, a make-up quiz will be given. 

Homework: Homework will be given in class and due as indicated in the schedule below. Five homework assignments will be given. All homework assignments will be graded and none will be dropped. Homework can be handed in prior to class, so unless an excused absence is for the entire week, excused or unexcused absences will not be accepted.  

Written Assignments: One technical review article will be written on a specific laboratory technique or process used in CH332L. The list of topics is titration, gravimetry, voltammetry, sampling, or DSSCs. If you wish to write about a different subject, it must have prior approval from the instructor. This article will be written so it is suitable for publication in Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. Check the web site for the journal for example publications, a guide to authors, etc. The basic format of cover page, abstract, introduction, and theory (or mathematical background), is suggested for the first four sections, then it is up to the writer to best explain the technique and its uses. A references section is required. Also, the written assignment is due by the date given in the lecture schedule; late papers will be given a grade of zero. No extensions will be given, even for university excused absences.

Late assignments: All homework assignments and the written assignment are due at the beginning of class on the due date indicated in the class schedule. The beginning of class is defined as the first five minutes of the hour that the class is scheduled, according to the clock on the classroom computer (not a watch or the clock on the wall). Scores of late assignments will be adjusted accordingly: 1 min – 1 hr late = 1/2 of full grade; 1 hr – 5 pm the day the assignment is due = 1/4 of full grade; more than 1 day = 0 points. Therefore, an assignment handed in at 6 minutes past the hour will can receive a maximum of half the allotted points. The times are when the assignment is received, not when the assignment is dropped off (e.g., time continues to accrue if a student slides the assignment under the instructor’s door, until the time that the instructor picks up the assignment).

Grading: If you feel that an error has been made in grading, you should bring this to the attention of the instructor immediately. Under no circumstances will adjustments be made if a week or more has elapsed after the student has taken possession of the corrected assignment. Laboratory (CH332L) and lecture (CH332) are separate courses and grades are not combined. Even though this is the case, these two courses are very integrated and most of the topics discussed in lecture will be necessary to understand the laboratory and laboratory should reinforce many lecture concepts.

Disability:  If you are a person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this class, please inform me and make appropriate arrangements with the Office of Disability Services. The Office of Disability Services is located in 123 Wintrode Success Center (SWSC). To schedule an appointment, call 688-4504 and request to speak with the Coordinator of Disability Services.

Freedom in learning: Under Board of Regents and University policy student academic performance may be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Student who believe that an academic evaluation reflects prejudiced or capricious consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic standards should first contact the instructor of the course to initiate a review of the evaluation. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may contact the department head and/ or dean of the college which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation.

Lecture Grading:                Two 50-minute exams @ 150 pts each                   300
                                           Two quizzes @ 75 points each                              150
                                           Five homework assignments @ 20 points each       100
                                           One paper @ 100 points                                       100
                                           One non-comprehensive final @ 150 pts                 150
                                           Total Points                                                         800

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
CHEM 332 LECTURE, FALL 2008 

Office Hours: Dr. Logue will be available in his office on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by appointment. 

Course Description: This course teaches basic laboratory skills and practices in quantitative chemical analysis. Experiments are offered that apply the fundamental principles of quantitative analysis.   

Objectives: Students are expected to learn the skills of classical quantitative (volumetric and gravimetric) analysis techniques with an introduction to instrumental analysis through practical laboratory exercises. Students will, by successfully completing the required experiments, demonstrate their knowledge and apply the principles of quantitative chemical analysis discussed in CH332, including quantitative reactions, error analysis and the evaluation of experimental measurements and data, and quantitative calculations based on various chemical equilibria.  

Laboratory Instructor Contact Information and Study Aids: This information will be provided in the respective laboratory sections on the first day of class. The Department of Chemistry’s main office maintains a list of available tutors.

Lab Manual, Notebook, and Lab Reports: Students are required to obtain the laboratory manual for this course (see above). This manual contains detailed descriptions and instructions for the experiments to be performed in this course. In addition, a laboratory notebook is required for recording experimental data. See the laboratory manual on the type of notebook to purchase and use. A laboratory report will be submitted by each student for each laboratory. The format of the laboratory report is outlined in the laboratory manual. All laboratory reports will be “handed in” as Word documents electronically to the laboratory instructor. All graphs and data will be included in the laboratory report and are not to be handed in as separate attachments.

Attendance: Attendance at laboratory is mandatory.  Any unexcused absence will result in a zero grade for the missed experiment. Two unexcused absences from the laboratory will result in a failing grade for the course. If the student can provide documentation for a university excused absence or a doctor’s note in case of illness, they will be allowed to take a make-up lab. Excused absences must be reported to the laboratory instructor prior to the laboratory to be missed. If a make-up laboratory is allowed provisions must be made prior to the week of the laboratory to be missed. Make-up labs will only be granted for university excused absences and absences caused by extraordinary circumstances.

Quizzes: Nine pre-laboratory quizzes will be given as noted in the lab schedule. Calculators and periodic tables are the only aids available for the quizzes. Quizzes will cover all materials in the experiments including relevant principles or concepts from CH332 lectures and elements of the procedural portion of the laboratories. The laboratory is designed such that there is a quiz at the beginning of the experiment on the subject matter of that experiment. Be sure to consult your laboratory manual and laboratory syllabus to determine the quiz schedule and what will be covered on each quiz.

Preparation: This course is based on the understanding that students are familiar with common equipment in a general chemistry lab (e.g. beakers, flasks, balances, etc.). Prior to the first lab period, each student is required to read Chapter 2 in the CH332 textbook. Students must read the individual experiment in the laboratory manual, including the procedure, prior to the laboratory. Some laboratory experiments take the full amount of time allotted; therefore, students must come to the laboratory with an understanding of the experiment.

Late Laboratory Reports: All work must be turned in by the due date listed in the lab schedule at the beginning of the laboratory (meaning within the first five minutes after the laboratory is scheduled to begin according to the clock in the laboratory). Failure to turn in laboratory reports on time will result in point deductions. Points are lost on a schedule of 25% off (calculated from the total grade) for missing the deadline, and 25% more for every day late to include weekends (i.e., putting a lab report in a TA box on Friday after 5:00 pm will result in points lost for each day of the weekend and will be counted as handing in on Monday). For example, if a student hands in a lab report worth 50 points one minute past the time it is due, 12.5 points will be taken off automatically. If the student is 24 hours and 1 minute late, 25 points are subtracted from the total points available automatically. If the student is 72 hours and 1 minute late, the student will receive a zero for that laboratory.  

Laboratory Safety:  Goggles are required at all times.  At the beginning of the semester, the student will be informed of the various safety features of the laboratory by the laboratory instructor and will thereafter be responsible for this knowledge and the use of this equipment. Students cannot wear shorts or open toed sandals into the laboratory. Food and drink are not allowed in the laboratory at all. Any empty cups must be inside book bags if brought into the laboratory. The instructor of the laboratory section has the right and responsibility to remove you from the lab if you refuse to wear any of the laboratory safety items deemed necessary for your safety. Any unsafe acts carried out by a student that are deemed unsafe and detrimental to the safety of fellow students by the laboratory instructor will result in your removal from the lab and an automatic grade of zero for that laboratory. Repeated violations of safety will result in a failing grade for the entire laboratory course.

Honesty: All work submitted must be your own work except in group work as specifically directed by the instructor. Anyone participating in an act of dishonesty will receive a grade of zero for that exercise. Blatant acts of dishonesty (including a second act) will result in a failing grade for the course and referral through appropriate university procedures for further disciplinary action. 

Disability:  If you are a person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this class, please inform me and make appropriate arrangements with the Office of Disability Services. The Office o