CHEM 1406

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CHEM 1406

• Basic Chemistry
• Spring 1999

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Basic Chemistry

• One-semester course with laboratory
• Designed for Health Science Student - RN program
• Required as prerequisite for BIOL 2420 -
  Microbiology and Clinical Pathology

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Course Content

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Dosage Calculations

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Course Goals

• Basic chemical concepts
• Scientific Methods
• Physiochemical topics
• Problem Solving

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Course Prerequisites

• No previous chemistry
• Intermediate algebra
• College level reading and writing skills

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Required Textbooks

• Chemistry and the Living Organism - Bloomfield,
  6th Edition

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Required Textbooks

• Laboratory Manual for Chemistry, General, Organic
  and Biological - Timberlake, 6th Edition

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Required Textbooks

• Medical Dosage Calculations - Olsen, Ablon and
  Giangrasso, 6th Edition

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Required Items

• Calculator - with LOG function
• SAFETY GOGGLES

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Exams

• Lecture Exams
• Dosage Calculation Exams
• Comprehensive Final Exam

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Lecture Exams

• 4 Exams
• _at_ 100 points
• Drop one exam for grade calculation

• Cover lectures, text readings and problems
• Short answer, multiple choice, matching, problems

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Lecture Exams

• Exams - given during laboratory period

• Each exam is 1-1/2 hours
• No make-up exams

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Dosage Calculation Exams

• 2 exams - matching and short answer
• Each 100 points
• NO MAKE-UP EXAMS

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Comprehensive Final

• 200 points
• Multiple Choice
• Failure to take final exam F grade

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Laboratory

• Thursday 100 - 350 pm
• 100 points - assignments, quizzes, and unknowns

• Reinforce lecture
• Measurement and observation
• Foundation for sciences

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Laboratory Safety

• Wear eye protection!!
• Wear appropriate clothing
• Wear shoes that cover feet

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Laboratory Safety

• Read bottle labels
• Correctly assembled apparatus

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Laboratory Safety

• Possibility of fire or explosion
• Disposal of chemicals and wastes

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Laboratory Safety

• Must attend scheduled safety lecture
• Must complete required documents
• Failure to attend safety lecture and to complete
  documents will result in dismissal from class

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Computer Problem Sets

• Five computer generated problem sets
• Extra credit points

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Attendance

• Lecture expected to attend lectures do not be
  late for class

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Attendance - Laboratory

• MUST attend scheduled lab
• NO makeup labs
• Miss gt 2 labs, dropped from class

• Missed lab - deduct 15 points from lab grade
• Failure to attend lab check-in results in course
  grade of F

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Grading

• Lecture exams 300 points
• Dosage exams 200 points
• Final Exam 200 points
• Laboratory 100 points
• TOTAL possible 800 points 3 of 4
  lecture exams considered for grade

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Grade Distribution

• A 712 points or gt
• B 608 - 711 points
• C 480 - 607 points
• D 416 - 479 points

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Dropping

• Initiate drop with instructor
• Must complete lab checkout
• Complete paper work for Registrar

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Charles Gambill

• To contact me voice-mail 698-1656
  Secretary 698-1240 e-mail
  cgambill_at_camino. delmar.edu

• Office hours Mon, Wed, Fri 1000 - 1050 am
  Tue, by appt Thur 1030 - 1130am
• Office Sc-105

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Course WWW Pages

• Course WWW pages access resources and handout
  materials
• Del Mar College Home Page http//www.delmar.edu
  then go to - Instructional Programs, then
  go to - Math Natural Sciences then go to -
  Chemistry - Faculty then go to - Charles Gambill