Chemistry 4000 - Chemical Seminar (1 credit hour lecture)
Semester: Spring 2001
Semester Dates: January 10 (Wednesday) - May 11 (Friday)
Instructor - Dr. F. J. Matthews
Office - 116A McCord
Office phone - 221-7622
Chemistry office phone - 221-7626
Office hours - office hours or see office door
E-mail address - matthewsf@apsu.edu
Co-Instructors - Drs. Duello, Luz, Robertson, Walker
Course Description:
Review of major areas of chemistry, visiting
chemists' presentations, research students' presentations, career
counseling, and interviewing for employment.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
Class Time: 12:00-12:50 am MF - 101 McCord
Class will also meet on some Wednesdays; this will occur during those weeks on which
there is a Monday or Friday holiday and when Departmental seminars are held
on Wednesday.
Lecture Materials:
Lecture materials will be provided by the various faculty members who will
be contributing to the course. These may include handouts as well as oral
and written materials provided during lectures.
Objectives:
(1) To provide students with reviews in the various areas of
chemistry,
(2) To stimulate students' understandings of these various areas of
chemistry, and
(3) To provide an opportunity for chemistry majors to pursue future
work in the sciences with an improved understanding of chemistry.
Topics to be Covered:
The various specialty areas of chemistry will be reviewed, including general
chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic
chemistry, physical chemistry, and chemical spectroscopy. In addition,
students will be introduced to resume writing and searching the chemical
literature. Students are also expected to attend Departmental seminars
during the noon hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays throughout the
semester. Additional items may be included as deemed appropriate by the
chemistry faculty. See the tentative course outline
for weekly reviews and other subjects to be covered.
Out of Class Work:
Students will find it necessary to review materials provided by faculty
reviews to improve performance on the standardized tests that will be
administered at the completion of the review in each specialty area of
chemistry and the cumulative test given at the end of the semester. In
addition, students may be required to submit assignments following review
sessions, resume writing, searching of the chemical literature, or
Departmental seminars.
Testing:
Standardized tests will be administered following the completion of the
review in each specialty area of chemistry, and a cumulative test will be
given at the end of the semester. In addition, some faculty may give
practice standardized tests.
Grading Scales:
Grades will be based predominately upon a student's scores on the various
individual standardized tests to be administered following the review of
each specialty area of chemistry and the cumulative test given at the end of
the semester, although the student's performance in other areas of the
course will also be included. Assignments submitted by students will be
included in the final course grade.
Numerical Average
10% each (General, Analytical, Bio, Inorganic, Organic, Physical Chemistry
reviews) = 60%
10% each (spectroscopy, resume writings, and chemical literature) = 30%
10% departmental seminars
10% cumulative test
60% + 30% + 10% + 10% = 110% / 110 pts = 100%
Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A>95.00, B>88.00, C>82.00,
D>75.00, F<75.00
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and seated for all Chemistry 4000 classes
by 12:00 am each Monday (, Wednesday,) and Friday. Students may accumulate up to three (3)
absences with no effect on their grade; however, additional absences will
result in a loss of one (1) point from the student's final grade, that is, one (1)
point per additional absence. Class roll will be taken at the beginning of
each class and students are expected to stay for the entire class period.
Holidays/No Classes:
MLK Holiday - Monday, January 15 (class will meet on Wednesday, January 17)
Presidents Day - Monday, February 19 (class will meet on Wednesday, February
21)
Spring Break - Monday-Friday, March 12-16
Good Friday - Friday, April 13 (class will meet on Wednesday, April 11)
Other University Dates:
Automatic W Deadline - Tuesday, February 20
Mid-Term - Thursday, March 1
Last Day to Drop a Course before Mandatory Grade of F - Thursday,
April 5
Classroom Behavior:
The classroom is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected
that students will be quite, attentive, and courteous. Classes are less than
an hour in length, therefore no food or drink is allowed in class. Sleeping
will not be tolerated, and discussions between students should be taken outside
of the lecture classroom. Questions, responses, and discussions should be
directed to the instructor, not classmates. Pagers, cell phones, or other
electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.
Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students must obtain Dr. Matthews's signature before dropping
or withdrawing from CHEM 4000.
Automatic W Deadline - Tuesday, February 20
Last Day to Drop a Course before Mandatory Grade of F - Thursday, April 5
Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women
equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of
the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development
of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal
capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will
develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity
and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education
and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise
of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should
develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical
analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession,
undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the
University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin
Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions
and to an orderly educational sequence.