CHEMISTRY 101 GENERAL INFORMATION

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CHEMISTRY 101GENERAL INFORMATION

• A. Lecture-Discussions
• The lectures and discussions provide an
  opportunity for you to tie together the various
  aspects of the course. As you complete your
  assignments, it is a good idea to mark down
  concepts and ideas that you don't understand and
  write down questions that you can bring up in
  class or during office hours. Attendance is
  extremely important. You are expected to attend
  class every day it is scheduled. You may lose
  points on certain assignments if you do not
  attend class.

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• B. Problem Sets
• These will not be collected because they are
  best used as diagnostic aids for you to find out
  what you do know and what you don't. Experience
  has shown that if you complete them regularly you
  will perform well on and exams.
• C. Quizzes
• The quizzes are a chance for you to show how
  well you are doing. You will be able to see how
  well you can perform in a testing situation away
  from your notes and CD-ROM. A quiz and a key as
  well as a practice quiz and a key will be
  provided to you on the CD-ROM package. These
  quizzes are designed to be self-tests to help you
  prepare for the graded exams. Quiz grades will
  not be counted on your overall grade! A Quiz
  Log is provided.

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• D. Labs
• You will be required to complete laboratory
  exercises.
• E. Exams
• Exams this semester will be worth 50 of the
  course grade. They will be given in the classroom
  during class time. Questions will be based on
  lectures, problem sets, CD-ROM interactive
  material, practice quizzes and quizzes. Bring a
  calculator and pencil to all exams unless you are
  told otherwise. A Student Tracking Conference
  section is provided.
• F. Final Exam
• The Final Exam will be comprehensive! It will
  cover everything we do during the semester. The
  Final Exam counts 20 of the course grade and
  CANNOT be dropped. You must take the Final Exam
  in order to complete the course and receive
  credit.

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• G. Grade Dropping
• One exam may be dropped on a CASE BY CASE basis.
  This policy is not designed to raise anyone's
  overall average exam score! It is designed for
  people who encounter unavoidable circumstances
  sometime during the semester (funeral, wedding,
  accident, car trouble, domestic problem or any
  other type of unavoidable emergency). You will
  not BE ALLOWED TO MAKE-UP AN EXAM so please do
  not come to us and ask if you can make-up an
  exam. That will immediately tell us you did not
  read this explicit detailed explanation. The
  policy is not designed for anyone who "just
  doesn't feel like they are ready to take an
  exam." Interactive Video Labs and CD-ROM
  assignments may also be dropped on a CASE BY CASE
  basis. In order to drop an assignment, the
  student, professor and chair must sign a grade
  drop document which verifies the nature of the
  situation. Drop grades do not count for or
  against you.

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• H. Summary of Course Grade
• Grade Percentages
• Labs 15 A 89.5 - 100
• Project 5 B 79.5 - 89.5
• Quizzes 10 C 69.5 - 79.5
• Exams 50 D 59.5 - 69.5
• Final Exam 20 F lt 59.5
• I. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP
• EXAMS or FINAL EXAM!

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• J. Peer Tutors
• Advanced chemistry students are available at
  selected times in the Peer Tutoring Lounge, D132
  and in the Learning Lab, D133.
• K. Scientific Calculators
• You are on your honor not to store content
  material on programmable calculators.
• L. Withdrawals
• Students are responsible for withdrawing from a
  course if they wish to no longer continue.
  WARNING - Your professor may withdraw you if you
  have an excessive number of absences. But do not
  plan on having a professor withdrawal if you want
  to drop the course. You are ultimately
  responsible for your own withdrawal.

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• M. Students with Disabilities
• If you feel you have a disability for which you
  may need an academic accommodation (including
  special testing, auxiliary aids, nontraditional
  instructional formats), please inform your
  instructor as soon as possible and/or contact one
  of the following people for assistance
• Learning Disabilities Evelyn Brown Room R239,
  351-2587
• Other Disabilities - Norm Lambert Room A256,
  351-2620