CH 106 COURSE SYLLABUS

On-Line Section
Fall 2008

Course Prerequisite:    Pass (grade C or better) CH 105

Lab Instructors: Dave Arter, Tom Barrett, Kerry Cotter, Sue Eggling, Eden Francis, Nick Hamel

Exams:  The midterm and final exams will be given at the Testing Center.  You are responsible for letting your instructor know what day you plan to take the exams.  The Testing Center schedule is available on-line at http://www.clackamas.edu/testing/

In the event of school closure, try to make up any lost lab time during the same week. Try to use Friday lab time for review and not be totally dependent on it for finishing the lab work for the lesson. In the event of extended closure, we will make adjustments. Similar cautions and adjustments may be needed for server down-time.

Course Description:

   Usually 5-credit chemistry courses generally include 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of seminar or recitation, and 3 hours of lab each week. This on-line section of CH 106 will cover the same content in a different format. Lab work will be done on campus in the Introductory Chemistry Lab (P-165) during the hours listed above. Allow about three hours per week for lab work. During that time you will also take a written quiz over the previous week’s lesson and after the first week, turn in the lab report for the week before. The presentation of content other than lab work will be on-line. 

   On-line students do lessons in the same weeks as the day students; lab experiments will be taken down at the end of each week due to the number of classes using the lab.  One of the pitfalls of an on-line class is that it is easy to fall behind.  You should pay careful attention to the schedule given in the previous section; each lesson corresponds to one week of the term.  Do not get in the habit of working on the lessons the week that you take the quiz for that lesson - you will be one week behind schedule that way, and find yourself in a real "time-crunch" during the last week of the term!

Eight lessons have a lab report to be turned in. (Most of those lab reports have a built-in problem set.) These should be turned in when you come to lab the next week.  Work not turned in will receive a zero.  Work will be counted late if not turned in during the week the quiz for that lesson is assigned.  Late work will not be accepted and will receive a zero.  (For example, you will have until the 2nd Friday of the term to turn in Lesson 1 lab reports and take that quiz.  If you do not turn in the lab report by the time lab closes that day, your report will be late and you earn a zero for it. One lesson (8) will have a mini-research paper in lieu of a lab report which will be due during the week of Dec. 1.  The last day to turn in homework or take quizzes will be Friday, June 5^th by 4 p.m.

You are required to E-mail your instructor at least once per week. This is intended to promote regular communication and make sure the instructor gets feedback from every student.  An E-mail link, as well as the instructor's E-mail address, are given at the bottom of almost every page in this web site.  Please include "CH 106 online" in the title of your email.

There will be one midterm exam and a Final exam.  The midterm will cover lessons 1 – 5.  The final exam will be comprehensive (lessons 1-10).

Course Materials:

The on-line material for the course is extensive and covers all of the objectives for the course.  The on-line material is available on the Internet.  The website address is http://dl.clackamas.edu/ch106-00/, you change the 00 to 01 for lesson 1, to 02 for lesson 2, etc.

The Workbook, “Workbook for CH 106”, is required and will be given to you in the lab, P-165.  It can be picked up when you come to do the first lab during the first week.  Make sure you leave your email address for the instructor. Objectives, assignments, instructions for the lab work, examples, and exercises are found in the Workbook.

Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry, by Hein, Best, Pattison, and Arena, Seventh Edition, Brooks/Cole is used as a supplementary source of information and is optional.  The workbook cites appropriate sections in the text. 

Videotapes formerly used in this course are available for you to check out to use at home, should you wish to do so.  Although they are not identical in content with the current lessons, they are very similar, and the format may be of value to you. These videos are also available as CD’s that can be run on a computer.  Transcripts of those video tapes are available to purchase in our bookstore.

Quizzes and exams do not require a calculator, so you are not allowed to have them during testing times.

Grading:

Your grade will be determined primarily by your quiz and exam scores. Other factors are also important and are listed below.

 Borderline grades (ex: 89-91%) will be determined at the instructor’s discretion. 

 Students may exercise the right to drop this class until the end of the 6^th week of the term without being held responsible for a grade. If a student stops attending class prior to the 6^th week, they will be given a “W” for the course unless they communicate to the instructor in writing that they wish for a letter grade.  After the 6^th week, if a student stops attending class they will be given a letter grade unless they ask for a “W”.  Students may ask for a “W” from the course (in writing) until the end of the 8^th week.  If a student has not asked for a “W” by the 8^th week, they will receive a letter grade for the course. 

 An “X” will only be given to a student actively participating in the class.  (For the on-line class, that means that students must at least continue to email the instructor with updates and questions about the reading assignments.)  Failure to participate will result in a “W”.

 An “I” will only be issued when all but one key component of the course is missing and the rest of the coursework has been completed satisfactorily (C or better average).  To receive an incomplete you MUST speak with the instructor and submit your request in writing. 

If a student has chosen the "Pass/No Pass" grading option, Clackamas Community College guidelines state that the student must earn a "C" or better to earn a "Pass".

The instructor reserves the right to make exceptions to the terms above on a case-by-case basis.

 Academic Dishonesty:  Academic dishonesty in any guise, including plagiarism, fabrication, and cheating, will not be tolerated.  All work submitted in this course must be your own and produced exclusively for this course.  The use of sources (ideas, quotations, paraphrases, etc.) must be properly acknowledged and documented.  You may work together on lab activities, but each person must turn in their own lab reports and/or problem sets; identical reports will have the final score evenly split between the authors.

Students with Disabilities:  If you have a documented disability which you feel may interfere with your successful performance in this class, please contact the instructor as soon as possible so that accommodations may be made.  

Some important guidelines for the laboratory:

·       No food or drink allowed in the “experiment area” (the tiled area) of the lab.  Drinks with lids are allowed in the carpeted areas of lab.

·       When working in the experiment area of lab, wear eye protection and closed-toe shoes.  Long hair should be tied back and long pants/skirts are recommended.

·       Computers are for chemistry work only.

·       Only students enrolled in a chemistry course are permitted in the lab.  Please do not bring your children with you to lab.

EF 3/30/09

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