Period: MW: 10:35 – 11:50 AM
Room: 335
Credit: 3
Office hours: MW 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
TH 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM No School on Friday
Office: Room 314.1 RGC
Phone # (512) 223-3122
Homework:
Recommended homework will be assigned for each chapter, but not graded. It is
very important that student complete all homework assignments because some of
them may be used for exam questions. The remainder of the exam questions will
be taken from outside works and lecture materials including lecture notes.
Students are encouraged to bring those assignments they are unable to solve so
that they can be discussed in class. Not all homework assignments will be
solved in class. Only those problems students are unable to solve will be
solved in class. Students must show evidence that they try to solve the
problems and fail before the problems can be discussed in class. This is to
ensure that students did their homework assignments first before bringing them
up for class discussion.
Grading scale for the course is: A = 90 – 100 %; B = 80 – 89 %; C = 70 – 79 %;
D = 60 – 69 %; F = 0 – 59 %.
Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class session and a student coming in after 10 mins. of the scheduled class start time will be considered absent.
Class attendance is compulsory and any student missing more
than three classes within a regular long semester (two classes for summer) will
be dropped. It is the responsibility for the student to drop the class and not
the instructor. Instructor will issue and “F” grade if the student did not drop
the class by him/herself. The
student can appeal to the Dean to be re-instated. Students missing a class with valid excuse will not be
subject to this dropping clause. It is evidence that when student attend all
classes, the chances of him/her doing well in the course in greatly increased.
Final Grade: The quizzes will worth 20 pts each and the midterm and final exams will worth 30 pts each. All the exams will total 100 pts. It is important to note that the lecture will count 75 % of the final course grade and the Lab will count 25 % of the final course grade. Because of these, it is important to attend all labs, write all the lab reports and turn them in.
Make-up
Grades: During the end of the semester, students normally approach
their instructors and start to inquire what they can do to improve their grades
or make-up their grades. The only way to make up a grade is to start reading
and working hard from the start of the semester (from day one). No grade
make-up is possible in this class. A good student works very hard every day and
do not wait to start studying a day before each exam. A basketball player
practices every day and become seasoned and do not wait to practice a day
before important games. Study shows that a student should spend at least 2
hours for every hour spent in each class period to completely assimilate the
material covered during the class period. Study hard and good luck.
Course Schedule:
Chapter 8: Reactions of Alkenes: Sections 6, 7, 9, 13
Chapter 17: Reactions of Aromatic Compounds, Section 15.
Chapter 10: Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols, Section 2 - 12
Chapter 11: Reactions of Alcohols, Sections 1 – 14
Chapter 14: Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides
Exam 1Quiz from Chapter 8, 17, 10, 11, 14
Chapter 18: Ketones and Aldehydes, Sections 1 – 14
Chapter 19: Amines Sections 2 - 25
Mid Term Exam: Comprehensive Chapters 8,17,10,11,14,18,19
Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids: Sections 4 -15
Chapter 21: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Sections 2 - 16
Chapter 22: Alpha1 Substitutions and Condensations of Enols and Enolate Ions Sections 2 –19
Chapter 23: Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids: Sections 2 - 23
Exam II: Chapters 20, 21, 22, 23
Chapter 24: Amino Acids, Proteins and Peptides Sections, 2 – 14
Chapter 25: Lipids: Sections 2 - 8.
Chapter 26: Synthetic Polymers.
Final
Exams: Comprehensive chapters 20 – 26.