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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
LAB SYLLABUS 
Chem 4401L Syllabus
Fall Semester 2009
Lab hours:
M 2:00 - 4:50 pm (Roney 300 or Sci 205)
Instructor:
Dr. Nedialka Iordanova
Office:
Roney 319
Phone:
(229) 931-2334
E-mail:
niordano@gsw.edu
Web page:
http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/niordano/
Office hours:
M 10:30 – 11:30 AM
T,R 1:00 – 2:00 PM or by appointment.
Required:
Laboratory Notebook
Scientific calculator, PowerPoint
Safety glasses or goggles
Purpose:
A major focus of the course is effective scientific writing and
presenting in
addition to exposure to new
laboratory skills.
Grades:
Final project – 25%
Lab work/report – 75%
Approximate scale: A: 90-100% B:
80-89.99% C: 70-79.99%
D:
60-69.99% F: less than 60%
There is no
“extra credit”.
Attendance:
Attendance and participation are required.
Withdrawal:
The last day to withdraw without penalty is Monday, October 19.
Integrity:
All dishonest academic behavior will be prosecuted. (See the GSW
Bulletin.) Cheating on an assignment will result in a grade of zero.
A second instance of cheating will results in an F for the course.
All quizzes, homework and exams must be your own work.
Text:
Notes for each lab will be distributed by the instructor prior
the class unless otherwise specified in advance.
Each project will involve some data
analysis that will be graded according to how close you come to the
accepted values. It is highly recommended that you give yourself
enough time to analyze your data before the report is due. If your
results do not make sense you may have to repeat parts of the
experiment. You should complete the data analysis well before you
begin to write the report.
The laboratory work for each
experiment is graded for safety, technique, results, the ability to
work in team, etc. If you are absent you will receive zero
points. You and your partner will have to work out times to
complete the labs together when a supervising faculty member is
available.
The written report for each
experiment must be a word format document and it is due two weeks
after the last scheduled lab time for each experiment. You will lose
some points for each day the report is late. The lab report should
be understandable to someone with no prior knowledge of the lab.
Report Format
1. Cover sheet: Title,
Name, Date
2. Abstract: A
brief statement of the experiment, with the techniques used and the
major results
3. Introduction: A short
summary of other work done on the subject and the theory
behind the experiment with any relevant equations and variables
explained
4. Methods:
Summarize the experimental methods and calculations used in the
particular lab exercise
5. Experimental: A
description of the chemicals, apparatus, and techniques used
6. Results/Discussion: Tables and
graphs of the work done with enough explanation and
discussion of the results for the
reader to follow and possibly make a comparisons to literature or
theory
7. Conclusion: A
concise wrapping up of the experiment
8. References:
Reference all the literature that you used. Only scientific articles
and
textbooks are allowed to be cited
You must turn in your lab notebook
(data sheets) when you turn in your report. Make sure you record
all data during the experiment necessary for your report.
Final project:
Find a relevant to the course
scientific paper(s) and present it to the
class in the form of a 25 min
PowerPoint presentation and 5 min for questions. The format of the
presentation should be similar to the format of your written
reports. The presentation will be graded for content of the chosen
paper (topic), organization of the talk and details (illustrations,
length, presentation style/quality). You will have several weeks to
work on this project and everybody will present during the last lab
class.
Classroom Protocol
1. Students are expected to be on
time. While many students may have the occasional
experience of being delayed to
class, habitual tardiness is distracting and disrespectful.
If any student makes a habit of
arriving late, they may, after being warned, be
administratively withdrawn from
class. Excuses about the lack of parking become
moot after the first week. Time
management is expected of adults, whether in school
or at work.
2. Cell phones are a fact of
life. If you bring one to class, make sure it is turned off.
‘Off’ does not mean on ‘vibrate’.
Under no circumstances should any student ever
answer a cell phone in class or
check a phone for messages or numbers. Phones
should be kept off of your
desk. The only time students are allowed to check their
phones is in the event of the
campus emergency warning sirens going off. Texting in
class will not be tolerated. If
you are found to be texting in class you will be required
to speak with the departmental
chair. If it happens again, you may be administratively
withdrawn from class. If any
serious circumstance (i.e. - law enforcement, critical
medical condition of a relative)
should require you to be on call, you should notify me
before class.
3. Courtesy is expected of all
students. You will be treated courteously and you are
expected to treat others in the
same manner. One of the hallmarks of adult discourse
is to be able to disagree
without being offensive.
4. Anytime you have any concern
about any issue in or out of class, please come by my
office and we can discuss it.
NOTE:
All students with
disabilities that require special accommodation should contact the
Students Support Services in Room 304, Sanford Hall (931-2294)
before the class begins and should notify the instructor no later
than the end of the 2nd week of classes.
E-mail:
The GSW RADAR email account is the
official method for communication between the students and the
university/faculty. Please, check your account frequently for up
dates.
Heads-up:
It’s possible that this course will involve the use of
plagiarism-prevention technology. You may, for example, be required
to submit written assignments on-line through a
plagiarism-prevention service or to allow me to submit copies of
your writing to such a service. The written assignments may then be
retained by the service for the sole purpose of checking for
plagiarized content in future student submissions.
GRADES
IMPORTANT MESSAGES
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