CHEMISTRY 1210     FALL 2005 

TEXT:                    Intro to General, Organic, & Biochemistry, Bettelheim et al

INSTRUCTOR:     Barbara Albers Jackson, Ph.D.

Room 323, Foster Hall

Phone:  372-3427     Mobile: 260-3427

E-Mail:  BJackson@tntech.edu  

This general chemistry course will focus on chemical concepts and applications for the students entering applied medical fields.  The first half of the course will deal with chapters 1 through 9 in the text.  The second half of the course will cover general principles of organic chemistry which apply to biochemistry and general concepts of biochemistry and some selected biochemical pathways. 

I will lecture from my notes which on: http://iweb.tntech.edu/bjackson/index.htm . Go to Chemistry 1210 for my notes and sample quizzes.  There will be sample quizzes in the free tutoring  in Room 133 Foster Hall. There will be chemistry majors available as tutors Monday thru Thursday. I will post the times when available.

 I do not take roll, but expect attendance. Occasionally I will take roll and add a few points to the upcoming quiz. The major portion of your grade will be weekly quizzes. I do not do makeup quizzes, but will allow you to drop your lowest quiz.  If you are sick and miss a class, let me know.  That will count as your drop, but if you are sick again and miss another quiz, I can make an adjustment and not average a zero grade.  If you decide to use your drop quiz and then get sick, sorry.

 The last day to drop a course with a “W”  is Friday  Nov 4. 

Grading Scale                                       Grading System

92.0 and above            A                    

91.9-82.0                     B                      Weekly quizzes             60%

81.9-72.0                     C                     Midterm (10/4)             20%

71.9-62.0                     D

61.9 and under F          Final Exam                               20%

                                                                      (12/12  10:30 AM)

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Chemistry 1210

The following topics are covered in Chemistry 1210 at Tennessee Technological University.

States of Matter

Chemical and Physical Properties of Matter

Measurements

Dimensional Analysis & Conversion Problems

Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin conversions

Density

Calories

Atomic Structure

Isotopes

Half-life

Nuclear Reactions - Decay, Fission, Fusion

Uses of Radioisotopes

Chemical Bonding - Ionic, Covalent, Hydrogen

Oxidation Numbers

Balancing Equations

Stoichiometry

Gas Laws

Solutions - Percent, Molarity, Normality

Neutralization Reactions

Dilutions

Acids, Bases, Salts

pH, pOH

Conversion of Hydrogen Ion Concentration to pH

Organic Functional Groups

Overview Biochemistry

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