ANNOUNCEMENTS
16-Feb-20. Seat assignments are posted on the course Sakai site. Login with your NetID and click on the "PostEM" item in the left menu. Consult this room map to locate your seat.
- Study Guide for the Final Exam
- Study Guide for the Final Exam (Wide Spacing)
- Lecture 4/22 and 4/27 (Nucleic Acids)
- Lecture 4/22 and 4/27 (Nucleic Acids) Wide Spacing
- Exam 3 Handout (Modified 4/19, 8:45)
- Study Guide for Exam 3
- Study Guide for Exam 3 (Wide Spacing)
- Lecture 4/8 and 4/13 (Proteins)
- Lecture 4/8 and 4/13 (Proteins) Wide Spacing
- Lecture 4/6 (Lipids)
- Lecture 4/6 (Lipids) Wide Spacing
- Lecture 3/31 and 4/2 (Carbohydrates)
- Lecture 3/31 and 4/2 (Carbohydrates) Wide Spacing
- Exam 2 Study Guide
- Exam 2 Study Guide with Videos
- Blackboard Collaborate Instructions
01-Jan-20. The first lecture for 108 will be on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:00 in Hill Hall Room 107
COURSE SCHEDULE
Wed JAN 22 Chapter 2: Elements, Atoms, and the Periodic Table Mon JAN 27 Chapter 2 Wed JAN 29 Chapter 3: Ionic Bonding Mon FEB 03 Chapter 4: Covalent Bonding Wed FEB 05 Chapter 12: Alkanes and Halogenated Hydrocarbons Mon FEB 10 Chapter 12 Wed FEB 12 Chapter 13: Unsaturated and Aromatic Hydrocarbons Mon FEB 17 Chapter 13 Wed FEB 19 Chapter 13 Mon FEB 24 Exam 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 12, 13 Wed FEB 26 Chapter 14: Organic Compounds of Oxygen Mon MAR 02 Chapter 14 Wed MAR 04 Chapter 14 Mon MAR 09 Chapter 15: Organic Acids and Bases and Some Derivatives Wed MAR 11 Chapter 15 Mon MAR 16 No class: Spring Break Wed MAR 18 No class: Spring Break Mon MAR 23 Chapter 15 Wed MAR 25 Exam 2: Chapters 14, 15 Mon MAR 30 Chapter 16: Carbohydrates Wed APR 01 Chapter 16 Mon APR 06 Chapter 17: Lipids Wed APR 08 Chapter 18: Amino Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes Mon APR 13 Chapter 18 Wed APR 15 Chapter 18 Mon APR 20 Exam 3: Chapters 16, 17, 18 Wed APR 22 Chapter 19: Nucleic Acids Mon APR 27 Chapter 19 Wed APR 29 Chapter 19 Mon MAY 04 Review Mon MAY 11 8:30 Comprehensive Final Exam
TEXT/ASSIGNED PROBLEMS
Text: Ball, Hill, and Scott, The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, available online for free.
Homework Problems (homework will not be collected) Work all of the problems in the text, except those corresponding to any skipped sections noted below.Skip section 2.5, Atomic Masses
Skip section 3.4, Ionic Nomenclature
Skip part of section 3.5, Formula Mass
Skip section 4.2, Covalent Compounds: Formulas and Names
Skip example 7 of section 4.5
Skip end-of-chapter 4 exercises 1-6,9
Skip section 15.10, Esters of Phosphoric Acid
OFFICE HOURS
Dr. Huskey
Spring 2020 Office Hours (214 Olson Hall)Friday 10:15 - 11:15 (Check the announcements section for occasional changes to this time).
Or by appointment (huskey@rutgers.edu)
The best way to contact Dr. Huskey is through email: huskey@rutgers.edu . He rarely checks voice mail and he is often far from a phone.
GRADES/EXAMS
Three mid-term exams will count for 50% of the course grade, and a comprehensive final exam will count for the remaining 50% of the course grade. The score on the final exam can be used to replace the lowest score of a mid-term exam or a mid-term exam missed for any reason. In this way, the final exam can also serve as a make-up exam if needed. Letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale (scores are percentages of the maximum possible points): A (100-85), B+ (84-80), B (70-79), C+ (69-65), C (64-55), D (54-50), F (49-0).
ADD/DROP/WITHDRAW
- Add/Drop period: January 21-28
- Last day to drop with a "W": March 30
- Full Calendar (SASN is school 21)