COURSE SYLLABUS FOR

Accelerated Chemistry 2 Laboratory

 

Instructor: Dr. Hynes                                                                                                         Office: Room 307

Office Hours: M    T      W  Th   F     or by appointment                                                Phone: 318-357-3174 Ext. 158, chynes@lsmsa.edu

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Laboratory Text:  LSMSA Laboratory Manual

 

Attendance: Class attendance is mandatory. All absences will be dealt with according to the Student & Academic Handbook. Take note that an absence in laboratory is treated like a lecture absence. Students with an exemplary attendance record may be eligible for a bonus at the end of the semester. Three cumulative unexcused tardies during any one semester will result in 2% being deducted from the student’s overall average for that semester.

 

Assignments: Laboratory Reports and a Semester Final Exam. All assignments will be graded according to four criteria: 1) completeness, 2) correctness, 3) neatness and 4) timeliness. Late assignments will be penalized 15% the 1st day,  25% the 2nd day and not accepted after that. At the instructor’s discretion, a student may be asked to redo an assignment. It is MANDATORY to show all work on each assignment to obtain full credit. It is also recommended that the student save all graded assignments to substantiate any claims of grading errors.

Makeup: An assignment missed due to an excused absence may be made up. Those that are due to unexcused absences may not be made up. It is the responsibility of the student to determine what assignment(s) was missed and to complete it within 2 class periods. The instructor reserves the right to assign an alternate form of makeup work.

 

Grading scale:                     100 - 90%               A                             Calculation of Lab Grade: 80% of Lab Report Average + 20% of Lab Final Practical Exam

                                                  89 - 80%               B

                                                  79 - 70%               C

                                                  69 - below            D

 

A STUDENT MUST PASS BOTH THE LECTURE AND LABORATORY COMPONENT INDEPENDENTLY TO EARN A PASSING GRADE FOR THE YEAR LONG COURSE.

 

Laboratory Reports: Laboratory reports must be neatly typed or hand written. Molecular structures may be hand drawn. Each laboratory report is due the next lab period after the experiment was completed. The components of the laboratory report are listed below. A separate page does not have to be used for each item, several items may be combined onto one page.

 

                1) Cover sheet: contains your name, partner's name, experiment name, and date when the experiment was performed

                2) Answers to Pre-Laboratory questions showing all calculations.

                3) A purpose: 1 to 2 sentences clearly defining what the student is to attempting to accomplish.

                4) A balanced chemical reaction (if appropriate) with the names of the compounds in the reaction.

                5) Procedure: very brief, no more than 1 paragraph. Specific details do not have to be given.

                6) Data section: any piece of recorded information. Tabulate if not already done so on the laboratory handout.

                7) Calculations: shown for all computations.

                8) Results: quantitative or qualitative results (calculations). Tabulate if appropriate.

                9) Conclusions: Were you successful? Why or why not? Comparison to accepted results, %error.

                     Suggestions for improvements in your technique or laboratory procedure. Sources of errors.

            10) Answers to Post-Laboratory questions.