CHE 128 – Basic Chemical Concepts
  Autumn 2011

Dr. Quinetta D. Shelby
qshelby@depaul.edu

Course Syllabus | Grades 


 


The class meetings are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:40 AM - 11:10 AM  and on Fridays from 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM in McGowan 104.

Welcome to the CHE 128 Basic Chemical Concepts course!  This course is designed as a preparatory course for the general chemistry sequence (Chemistry 130-132-134).  Course topics include units and dimensional analysis, general scientific terminology, basics of atomic structure, chemical formulas and dimensional analysis involving chemical compounds, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, chemical bonding and molecular shapes, gas laws properties of condensed phases, and solution chemistry.   


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CA OFFICE HOURS
Our CA for CHE128 is Karla Arias (resevl4eva@hotmail.com).  Karla can be available during the following times. Please visit her for addition help outside of class starting Monday, September 12th.

Office Hours: Mondays (in O'Connell 400) and Wednesdays (in McGowan South 307) 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Please visit me, too!  If you cannot make my scheduled office hours, then please email me so that we can arrange another meeting time. 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.  All work on which you wish to be graded should be your own. University policies on academic integrity will be strictly adhered to. Consult the DePaul University Student Handbook (http://sr.depaul.edu/catalog/catalogfiles/Current/Undergraduate%20Student%20Handbook/ch1.html) or the Academic Integrity Policy (http://academicintegrity.depaul.edu/AcademicIntegrityPolicy.pdf) for further details.

Lecture Schedule for CHE 128 (Tentative):
All readings and suggested homework problems are from Introductory Chemistry, by Tro.
DATE READING ASSIGNMENT
 TOPICS MASTERING CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENTS (DUE 11:59 PM) SUGGESTED TEXT PROBLEMS
9/7
Placement Exam

9/9
 2.1 – 2.4
 Scientific notation, sig figs
 Intro & #1
(Sun, 9/11)
 2:  38, 47, 62, 75, 94, 98, 101
9/12
 2.5 – 2.9
 Units of measurement, conversions

9/14
 2.10 – 3.7
 Matter, physical and chemical properties
 #2 (Wed 9/14) 3:  35, 41, 47, 57, 61, 73, 81, 85
9/16
 3.8 – 3.12
 Energy, heat capacity
 #3 (Sun 9/18)
9/19
 4.1 – 4.8
 Atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons
4:  29, 36, 49, 67, 83, 91, 99
9/21
 4.9 – 5.5
 Isotopes, compounds
 		#4 (Wed 9/21) 5: 25, 37, 51, 57, 63, 71, 73, 83
9/23
 5.6 – 5.8
Nomenclature
#5 (Sun 9/25)
9/26
Exam 1
Specific Exam Objectives
Answer Key


9/28
 5.9 – 6.4
 Inter-converting moles and grams
 #6 (Wed 9/28)
 6: 22, 45, 49, 73, 75, 86, 89, 96
9/30
 6.5 – 6.8
Mass percent, empirical formulas
 #7 (Sun 10/2)
10/3
 6.9 – 7.3
 Chemical equations
7: 25, 27, 43, 54, 61, 67, 78, 83
10/5
 7.4 – 7.9
 Solubility, chemical reactions
 #8 (Wed 10/5)
10/7
 7.10 – 8.2
 Classifying chemical reactions
 #9 (Sun 10/9)
10/10
Exam 2
Specific Exam Objectives
Answer Key

10/12
 8.3 – 8.7
 Limiting reactant, theoretical or percent yield
 #10 (Wed 10/12)
10/14
 9.1 – 9.5
 Atomic orbitals
 #11 (Sun 10/16)
10/17
 9.6 – 9.9
 Electron configurations, periodic trends

10/19
 10.1 – 10.7
 Lewis structures, molecular shapes
#12 (Wed 10/19)
10/21
 10.8 – 11.2
 Electronegativity, polarity, kinetic theory
#13 (Sun 10/23)
10/24
Exam 3
Specific Exam Objectives
Answer Key

10/26
 11.3 – 11.6
 Boyle’s Law, Charles’s Law
 #14 (Wed 10/26)
10/28
 11.7 – 11.8
  Avogadro’s Law, Ideal Gas Law
#15 (Sun 10/30)
10/31
 11.9 – 11.10
 Standard temperature and pressure

11/2
 12.1 – 12.4
  Intermolecular forces
#16 (Wed 11/2)
11/4
 12.5 – 12.6
 Phase changes
 #17 (Sun 11/6)
11/7
Exam 4
Specific Exam Objectives
Answer Key

11/9
 12.7 – 13.4
 Homogeneous mixtures
 #18 (Wed 11/9)
11/11
 13.5 – 13.7
 Solution concentration #19 (Sun 11/13)
11/14
  13.8 – 13.10 FP depression, BP elevation

11/18
Final Exam (8:45 AM – 11:00 AM)
Specific Exam Objectives

   
ALL EXAMS ARE CUMMULATIVE.