2045C Syllabus

Course: General Chemistry I
Reference Number: 306812/306813
Credits: 4
Semester: Fall 2009
Professor: Dr. Edwin Thall
Office/Phone: C-110/646-2082
Office Hours: M-F 7:00A-7:50, MW 9:30A-10:20,  T 9:30A-11:30,  W 12:30P-1:30
Web Site: http://web.fccj.edu/~ethall
Email: ethall@fscj.edu

Course Description:
Designed primarily for majors in science, engineering, pre-medicine, or pharmacy.
This course is designed to introduce students to modern chemical concepts including
atomic structure and periodicity, chemical bonding, states of matter, gas laws, and solution.

Text:  Brady & Senese, Chemistry: Matter and Its Changes, fifth edition, (2009).
Supplement: Thall, 2045C Lab Manual & Handouts

Suggested Text Problems:
Chapter 1     36-45,56-63
Chapter 2     11-13,33-36,50-54,57-65,70-74,76-79,90-101,104-105,128,129
Chapter 3     37-44,47-52,55-58,76-78,80-86,89,93-96,101-104,107-112,117-120123,125,126
EXAM #1  Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4     49-66,71-74,79-90,97-102,111,113
Chapter 5     25-30,33-38,43,44,47,48
Chapter 6     41,42,45-52,55,57-60,62-64,68-74,76
EXAM #2 Chapters 4-6
Chapter 7     31-36,91-136,141,145-149
Chapter 8     17-22,28-32,48—50,55-64,74-105
EXAM #3  Chapters 7/8
Chapter 9     50-83
Chapter 10   35-46,49-76
EXAM #4  Chapters 9/10
Final Exam 25% from each exam

Laboratory
Error Analysis, Density, TI83 Graphing, Salt Determination, Reactions/Solubility, BaCl2 Hydrate,
Fe/CuSO 4, NaHCO3/NaCl Mixture,CuSO 4.5H2O/CuSO4 Mixture, Standardize HCl Solution,
Na2CO3/NaCl Mixture, Atomic Spectra, Heat of Fusion, Specific Heat, Heat  of Reaction,
Spectrophotometry, Solubility Versus Temperature, Molecular Geometry, Pressure Versus Volume,
Absolute Zero, Ideal Gas Constant, Molar Mass Determination.

Course Evaluation:
A: 90+     B: 80-89     C: 70-79     D: 60-69     F: below 60
60% Exams (lowest score 1/7, other scores 2/7 each)
20% Final
20% Labs (includes 5% notebook)
If permission granted, makeup exams worth 90%

Florida House Bill 1545:
If first two attempts at credit course unsuccessful (audit,IW,AW, W count as attempts), you
will be charged out-of-state tuition (four times the cost of regular tuition) for third attempt.
Drops during first week do not count as attempts.