Inorganic
Chemistry
COURSE NUMBER: CHEM 4033
CREDIT HOURS: 3
INSTRUCTOR: DR. JOSEPH BRADSHAW
Class Schedule:
TBA
1. NECESSARY MATERIALS:
Text Books:
(A) Inorganic Chemistry, J. R. Bowser. This is available in the bookstore.
Other required materials:
(B) Calculator: This should have square root, exponent (EE), log, antilog or inverse log, 10x and yx functions.
(C) Other materials will be used for this course and will be available in the science library for your use.
2. INSTRUCTOR'S OFFICE:
My office is located in Room 215 of Jones Science. My schedule will be posted on the door outside of the office. You are welcome in my office at any time; I have an open door policy. If you cannot come to my office during the scheduled office hours, please see me to schedule an appointment, and I will be happy to arrange one. My telephone extension is 5218.
3. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed as an introduction to the field of inorganic chemistry.
The course consists of 3 hours of lecture per week. Of course, more time will be required outside of the lecture period. During the lecture periods, the instructor will present the material to be covered. Classes are small enough to allow for discussion and questions. Students will be given a reading assignment and/or problem sets to be completed for the next class period. It is important to remember that the classroom is the place to initiate questions about the material being covered. There is no such thing as a dumb question. When one student asks a question, the entire class benefits. If a question is not answered to your satisfaction or if the answer involves to much detail (time), please feel free to pursue the question outside of class.
IMPORTANT-- If you are having problems with the course it is your responsibility to keep the instructor informed.
4. GRADING:
Your final grade will be determined from the following percentages:
1. Exams - including a Comprehensive Final 80%
2. Assigned Homework 10%
3. Individual Presentation 10%
The exams will be designed to be "take home" generally with a time limit. They will require you to use several different resources "including your own logic" to answer the questions.
I have a much different view of this "upper level" class, as far as presentation style and demand from the students than in the freshman level class. I believe that you should have the dedication to do well on your own by studying very hard. The grading scale will be standard.
5. ABSENCE POLICY:
You are expected to attend classes. Failure to do so will lead to a low grade. The exams will be given out only once and accepted on time. If you miss an exam you will be given a grade of zero and this will more than likely result in your failing the course.
Homework will not be accepted late. A grade of zero will be given for that homework grade--no exceptions.
6. INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION:
You will be required to do a one hour lecture over one of the many specific "broad" areas of inorganic chemistry. You should prepare diligently for this by gathering as much current literature on this subject and completely understand the subject area for your presentation. You should be able to answer general questions over this material as well.
If you need help in selecting a topic, I would be happy to suggest some for you.
The topic must be cleared by the instructor 1 week from today. You should have at least 3 references for the presentation by 1 month from today -- at which time you will show me the references and discuss an outline for the presentation. The final presentation will be given the week before finals. Five different sources is the minimum number of sources required for the presentation. We will discuss this in more detail as the semester progresses.