Chemistry for Health Sciences; Chemistry 210

Summer Session 2011, Winona State University

Lecture Meetings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00-11:10 AM in Pasteur 337
Laboratory Meetings: Tuesday, Thursday at  1:00-2:50 PM in SLC 386.
Credits: 5 semester hours.
Instructor/Contact Information: Tom Nalli (Pasteur 350, 457-2476, tnalli@winona.edu)
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:30-1:30; Tuesday and Thursday 8:00-9:00. (You can also contact me by email every evening between 9:00 and 10:00 PM.)
Textbook: Smith, J. G. Principles of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, McGraw Hill, 2011.

Homework: Homework is not collected or graded in this course. However, students are expected to work all of the assigned chapter-end problems. To succeed in the course, you will need to be able to do problems just like these on the tests. Therefore, you will need to be disciplined and make sure you keep up with both the chapter readings and the problems. For checking your answers, you may wish to purchase a copy of the textbook study guide. However, the importance of working homework problems without looking at the answers cannot be overemphasized. Make sure you do not fall into the trap of looking at the question, then immediately looking at the answer, and thinking, "that makes sense". You will need to puzzle and work through a fair number of these on your own in order to get enough practice to do well on the tests.

Grading:

Quizzes will be given frequently throughout the session. Some quizzes will be non-lecture-time Desire2Learn quizzes so it is essential that you are able to access the WSU D2L site. Your average on the quizzes counts 25% toward the final grade for the course. The lowest quiz grade is dropped. 

Three midterm exams will be given. The midterm exams average counts 50% toward the final grade.

Your grade in the laboratory section of the course contributes the remaining 25% to the final grade.

Summary: Laboratory 25%, Quizzes 25%, Exams 50%

Minimum Scores: to pass course (D) - 50% | for a C grade - 60% | for a B grade - 75% | for an A grade - 90%

Tentative Exam Dates and Coverage: