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General Chemistry, Chm 205 Sections A & C
With Dr. Bruce Mattson
Spring Semester, 2013
Description:
Syllabus & Course Information
course website: http://mattson.creighton.edu/
Chm 205 is a continuation of Chm 203. Concepts and theories covered include
thermodynamics, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, and applications of equilibrium theory to acids
and bases, solubility, oxidation-reduction, coordination chemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
As a student of this course, you should:
• attend class every time
• as a simple courtesy to your fellow students and to me, arrive on time and avoid
leaving during class
• come to class prepared every time
• be attentive participants during lecture (do not sleep, whisper, daydream, or
study other subjects)
• ask questions when something is unclear
• take thorough and complete notes – write down key discussion points and not
just what I’ve written on the board
• record observations from classroom demonstrations
• study chemistry (do homework) daily
• come see me for help with the homework
• behave in a professional manner, as expected of a Creighton student
• believe in yourself and your ability
• turn your cell phone off and be fully engaged in the classroom activities
Why should you do these things?
• You will have a better chance of earning a good grade in the course.
• You will be fully engaged in classroom activities, maximizing learning.
• You will have a better chance of making a positive impression on me. Over the
next few semesters, you may think of me for a possible reference (for student
leadership programs, scholarships, pharmacy school application, etc.). You have
an opportunity this semester in lecture and lab to make a favorable impression.

1. Introduction.
This course is designed for students with a good background in chemistry and math.
This syllabus contains course information that will be of use throughout the semester. All of
the course policies are described herein. Please take a few minutes sometime before the
next class meeting to become familiar with its contents. If you have further questions
regarding the course organization and policies, please ask me. Chm 205 is taught in
multiple sections with a different chemistry professor wholly responsible for each section.
Although we may use a similar syllabus, our policies are often different. Only policies
described herein pertain to this class.
Chm 205 is a continuation of Chm 203 and builds on the skills learned in Chm 203. For
this reason, only students who earned a “C” or better in Chm 203 may continue with Chm
205. For most students, Chm 205 consists of topics that contain a significant amount of new
material over the high school treatment of the topic.
Stay on schedule! Catching up is difficult and never as effective as staying on top from
the start. The “A” and “B” students do their homework every day, typically working on
chemistry about two hours for every one hour lecture. Cramming simply does not work in a
science course.
As your chemistry professor, I wish you success in the course. I am here to help you
with your questions, problems or progress in the course.
2. Textbook and Materials.
All of these materials are required for the course:
1. Text: Chemistry, by McMurry and Fay, 6th Edition.
2. Simple scientific calculator
3. Large loose-leaf binder for notes, handouts, homework, etc. If you prefer to use a spiral
notebook, buy two of them – one for note-taking and one for homework problems. Keep
your materials organized! I will ask to see them from time to time.
3. Office, Phone, e-Mail.
My office is Hixson 262; e-Mail: brucemattson@creighton.edu. I check e-mail several times
a day, so that is the best way to contact me.
4. Attendance Policy.
I require attendance. I feel that I have information that will be useful and interesting I know
that attending my lectures will help you on the exams. Attendance points are awarded as
part of your daily folder score. Arrive to class on time, plan to dedicate the time period to
diligent work on chemistry, and do not leave during class. Sometimes it cannot be helped to
arrive late and sometimes it is necessary to get up and leave during class, but try to avoid
doing so. It is inconsiderate to others around you and is disruptive. I reserve the right to
take off 1 or 2 points from your folder score (See Item 8, below) if I feel you are not engaged
in the class work (this includes sleeping, looking at your cell phone, whispering to another
student, working on another class assignment, etc.)
5. Homework and Homework Quizzes.
Almost every day there will be homework problems to do. Working problems is the single
most important way to prepare for tests. Ask questions about these problems when you are
stuck. You should work problems on a daily basis and with a few friends as a "Study
Group." You are only responsible for the sections already covered in lecture (i.e., you never
need to work ahead in terms of the homework quiz.)
Homework will be assessed by homework quizzes given at 8:30 Tuesday mornings. You
can use your homework to answer the quiz. Most homework quizzes are worth 10.0 points

apiece, for a total of 100 points. Missed quizzes cannot be made up. Your lowest quiz
score, including a missed quiz, will be replaced with a score of 10.0 points.
What will be on the “homework quiz”? The quiz will generally ask about homework
problems from lecture material covered on the previous Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Consult the Chapter Reading Guide that you will receive for each chapter in order to
determine which problems are due throughout the previous week.
6. Office Hours.
Office hours are those hours during which I am in my office (HL-262) and available for
answering questions and discussing and studying chemistry. On my office door, I post a
weekly schedule. I have several office hours daily, Monday – Thursday. Check my door to
see if I am available. When my door is open, you are welcome to come in! If you prefer an
appointment, sign up on my door for a time slot.
7. Course Content.
A day-by-day syllabus (calendar) is included with this information.
8. In-class “folder” activities.
For a portion of each lecture, you will work in small group and usually work together on one
or more chemistry problems. These will be collected and will contribute to your grade.
Folder activities contribute 20 total points to your exam score. *
9. Learning Objectives.
You will be given learning objectives for each chapter.
10. Course website.
This course is supported by a website. The site includes the course syllabus, previous
year's exams, etc. Link to it from http://mattson.creighton.edu/
11. Unit Exams.
Exams usually cover two chapters. Taking the exam at the assigned time is expected. If
you cannot take the exam at the assigned time, you should have a pre-approved excuse
with appropriate paper documentation. Other excuses, regardless of how compelling, are
unexcused. The exams are based on the lecture material, assigned material from the text
and the homework problems. You will ONLY be allowed to use a non-programmable
calculator and pencils on the exams. Calculator slipcovers, cell phones, and backpacks are
not allowed. Each of the exams is worth 100 points: 20 points earned from in-class folder
activities and 80 points for the exam itself. Exams will be returned as soon as possible after
the exam date, usually by the next class meeting. If you are not present when the exams
are returned, you may pick it up during my office hours. Uncollected exams will be
destroyed after one week. Note: There are no retakes or make-up exams.
12. Re-grading policy.
A grade appeal for an exam must be made to me within three school days of the date on
which the exam is returned. I make photocopies of your exams and re-grading is done from
the photocopies.
13. Missed exams.
Avoid missing exams! There are two types of missed exams: excused and unexcused.
* In rare instances, such as a prolonged illness, the homework and folder activities sum to a small total
and may not help your exam grade. If this happens, you may request that I not use your folder/homework
points to determine your overall score. For example, if your homework/folder activities sum to 10 out of
20 (50%) and your exam score was 60 out of 80 points (75%), the homework/folder points do not help
you. If you make such a request, I would simply give you the 75% that you earned on the exam.
Generally, however, homework and folder activities help you.

o Excused exams include documented reasons for being absent, including being out of
town for sports participation, attending an important family function such as a wedding or
a funeral, court appearances, or being ill with a doctor’s excuse. You must provide me
with the documentation (such as a copy of the wedding invitation) in order for it to be
considered an excused absence. Missed exams with excused absences can be madeup
as soon as possible after the actual exam, but not after the exams are returned in
class. Excused absence exams that are not made up before the exams are returned in
class cannot be made up. The first time this happens, the final will be counted double;
after that, the exams will be given a grade of zero.
o Unexcused absences do not have “documentation” and include becoming sick the night
before the exam, accidentally sleeping through the exam, or feeling like you are not
ready for the exam. No more than one unexcused absence is allowed. There are no
make-up exams. Your score for the unexcused absence will be set to equal 10% lower
than the average score of your other three exams or 10% lower than your final exam
grade, whichever is lower. You definitely want to avoid this scenario! Subsequent
unexcused absences will result in grades of zero.
14. Tutorial Help.
Chemistry majors have been hired to serve as tutors. The tutor schedule will be posted at
the course website as soon as it is known. I recommend that you use my office hours as
your first choice, however.
15. Final Exam. The final exam is a comprehensive, multiple-choice exam that covers the entire
semester of Chm 205. The final exam will be given at 3:30 PM on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 in
Rigge 120. As with the other exams, you will be allowed to use a non-programmable
calculator on the final exam. Your percentage score on this exam will be determined by
converting your raw score to its corresponding national percentile and then averaging this
number with 100%. Thus, a score that ranks you at the 60 th national percentile will give you
and 80% for your grade on the final exam.
16. Email Grade Distribution.
You will receive your grades via email to your Creighton email account unless you notify me
that you do not wish to receive them. This is a popular feature among most students as it
allows you to check for mistakes that I may have made and to keep informed of your course
status.
17. Grading.
The course is worth 600 points in total. Please note that your grade in this course is wholly
determined by your exam grades. There is no other way to earn points, so be prepared for
each exam by attending class, doing your homework, and making sure you understand all
concepts. Course points are distributed as follows:
Exams 1 – 4: 400 points
Homework quizzes 100 points
Final Exam 100 points
Total 600 points
The grade you will be assigned can be determined as follows: A > 90.00%; B+ > 85.00%; B
> 80.00%; C+ > 75.00%; C > 70.00%; D > 85.00%. Note: These are absolute cut-offs. The
“curve” is never adjusted.
18. Appealing the final grade.
After I have determined your final grade, I do consider cases that are within 0.5% of the next
cut-off (3 points). IF you are that close to the next better grade AND your score on the final

exam is at least as good as the grade you desire, you will get the better grade. NO other
cases will be considered in fairness to the class as a whole. *
19. Cell phones and laptops.
Use of cell phones (calling, texting) during class is not allowed. Cell phones must be left in
backpacks, purse, etc. Laptops can be used for taking notes, but teachers are all aware
that students often abuse their use by checking e-mail, working on other assignments,
playing games or surfing the net during lecture. If I am suspicious of what you are doing, I
will start calling on you by name to answer questions. I will also speak to you about the
matter after class.
20. Dropping the course?
If you have a D or F grade on an exam, you may wonder about dropping the course. The
last day to drop the course with a W is Monday, March 25 th .
21. Academic Dishonesty.
The University has an established policy on academic dishonesty. The University defines
the term to include “representing the work of others to be one's own (cheating on an exam),
tampering with the experiments of others, defacing or tampering with library or student
materials or facilitating dishonesty on an exam.” The latter point is understood to include
situations where you notice cheating occurring but do not report it immediately. In General
Chemistry, the most blatant forms of academic dishonesty include: (a) copying the work of
others on exams, (b) sharing information with others about exams (both during the exam or
between class periods, (c) using notes when notes are not allowed (in calculator slip covers,
palms of hands, baseball caps, slips of paper tucked away, and so on), (d) making changes
on graded materials that have been returned to you, (e) working together on take-home
exam problems when that is expressly forbidden, (f) cell phone photographing or texting
exam information or answers, and so on.
in:
As a member of the Creighton community, promise yourself and Creighton to join others
committing ourselves to the pursuit of knowledge throughout our lives and to
developing the skills that we have been given.
acknowledging our obligation to respect all women and men and to use wisely
the resources of the world around us.
solemnly promising to uphold the highest moral and ethical standards and thus to
bring credit to the College by our life and our work.
Any act of academic dishonesty tarnishes and diminishes the worth of each of these
promises. Remember your promises. Keep your promises. Live up to your promises.
Extend these promises into lifelong promises to yourself and others. You will not be
disappointed.
In the event that you are accused of engaging in academic dishonesty, you will receive a
“0” for the homework, exam or quiz score. The incident will be reported in writing in
accordance with the protocol set forth by the College of Arts and Sciences. Details are
available at the CCAS website. Students accused of academic dishonesty have the right to
an appeal.
* Example 1: Suppose you have an average of 79.5 after the five exams (including the final) and your
score on the final was 82%. You will get a B for the final grade. Example 2: Suppose you have an
average of 89.4 after the five exams (including the final) and your score on the final was 89%. You will get
a B for the final grade. Example 3: Suppose you have an average of 69.3 after the five exams (including
the final). You will get a D for the final grade, regardless of what you got on the final.

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Daily Plan - Chm 205 Dr. Mattson
January, 2013
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7
14
20 21
Chapter 11
Solutions
27 28
Chapter 12
Kinetics
1
8
15
22
HMQ-1
(8:00 am)
29
HMQ-2
(8:00 am)
2
9
16
Chapter 11
Solutions
23
Chapter 11
Solutions
30
Chapter 12
Kinetics
3
10
4
11
17 18
Chapter 11
Solutions
24 25
Chapter 11
Solutions
31
February, 2013
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
3
10
17
4
Chapter 12
Kinetics
11
Chapter 13
Equilibria
18
Chapter 13
Equilibria
24 25
Chapter 14
Acids &
Bases
5
Exam 1
(7:30 am)
12
HMQ-3
(8:00 am)
19
HMQ-4
(8:00 am)
26
Exam 2
(7:30 am)
6
Chapter 12
Kinetics
13
Chapter 13
Equilibria
20 Chapter
14 Acids &
Bases
27
Chapter 14
Acids &
Bases
7
14
21
28
1
Chapter 12
Kinetics
8
Chapter 13
Equilibria
15
Chapter 13
Equilibria
22
Chapter 14
Acids &
Bases
5
12
19
26
2
9
16
23

March, 2013
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
3
10
Spring
Break
17
Spring
Break
24
4 no class
today
11
Spring
Break
18 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
25 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
5
No HMQ
12
Spring
Break
19
HMQ-5
(8:00 am)
26
Exam 3
(7:30 am)
6 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
13
Spring
Break
20 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
27 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
7
14
Spring
Break
21
April/May, 2013
1 Chapter 14
Acids &
Bases
8 Chapter 14
Acids &
Bases
15
Spring
Break
22 Chap 15
Aqueous
Equilibria
28 29
EASTER
BREAK
2
9
Spring
Break
16
Spring
Break
23
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Mar 31 1 2 3 Chap 16 4 5 Chap 16 6
EASTER HMQ-6 ThermoThermo-
BREAK (8:00 am) dynamicsdynamics
7 8 Chap 16 9 10 Chap 16 11 12 Chap 16 13
Thermo- HMQ-7 ThermoThermodynamics
(8:00 am) dynamicsdynamics
14 15 Ch 17 16 17 Ch 17 18 19 Ch 17 20
Electro- HMQ-8 ElectroElectrochemistry
(8:00 am) chemistrychemistry
21 22 Ch 17 23 24 25 26 27
Electrochemistry
Exam 4
(7:30 am)
Chapter 22
Nuclear
Chapter 22
Nuclear
28 29 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4
Chapter 23
Organic
HMQ-9/10, Chapter 23
20 pts (8:00 Organic
am)
Chapter 23
Organic
May 5 May 6 May 7
Final exam,
3:30 Rigge
120
30