CHE 301 Syllabus and Policies

CHE 301L

Summer 2012

Instructor:

Office:

Office Phone:

FAX number: (310) 243-2593

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Office Hours: by appointment

Required Text and Materials:

1. Laboratory Text: Pavia, Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques

2. Laboratory Notebook, Quadrille-Ruled, Also available at the bookstore

3. Laboratory Safety Glasses. Bring your own or buy them at the Bookstore.

4. Shoes that cover the tops and bottoms of your feet. Keep a pair in your locker, if you plan on wearing open shoes or sandals.

Grading:

Letter Grade	Percentages	Letter Grade	Percentages
A	91 - 100	A-	89 - 90
B+	87 - 88	B	81 - 86
B-	79 - 80	C+	77 - 78
C	71 - 76	C-	69 - 70
D+	67 - 68	D	60 - 66

Letter grades are based on the following point distribution. Grades are criterion-referenced not norm-referenced; each student has an equal opportunity meet the criteria charted below:

Written Quiz	100 points
Laboratory Reports	100 points
Laboratory Practicum	100 points

Deductions for poor laboratory performance, and non-attendance are possible.

Laboratory Reports

Laboratory report sheets are to be used for the laboratory reports, and are due the following lab period after completion of the experiment, at 1:00 P.M.. Reports may be turned in the next scheduled laboratory period - for a 5-point penalty.

Points for Lab Reports, Quizzes and Practicum

Experiment	Points
Simple Distillation Report	10
Fractional Distillation Exercises Report Steam Distillation Supplement Exercises	10
Steam Distillation Exercises Report Exercises	10
Extraction Report Sheet / Exercises	10
Recrystallization Melting Points Exercises Report Sheet	10
Synthesis of 1-Bromobutane Exercises Report Sheet	10
Synthesis of 2-Chloro-2-methylbutane Exercises Report Sheet	10
Alkyl Halide Tests Report Sheet	5
Dehydration of an Alcohol Exercises Report Sheet	10
Alkene Tests Report Sheet	5
TLC Exercises Report Sheet	10
Practicum Report Sheet	100
Written Final	100
Total	300

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATERIAL CONTAINED IN YOUR LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, DISCUSSED IN PRE LAB, OR DISCUSSED IN LAB - and Answers to the Exercises.

You Must know the structures and names of every chemical used, except those specifically excluded by the instructor.

Schedule of Laboratory Exercises

Day	Date	Lab	Lab Report DUE**
T	5/29	Distillation: Simple and Fractional
Th	5/31	Distillation: Steam	"Simple" and "Fractional" Distillation
T	6/7	Extraction	"Steam" Distillation
Th	6/9	Recrystallization	"Extraction"
T	6/14	Melting Points, 1-Bromobutane
Th	6/16	2-Chloro-2-methylbutane, Alkyl Halide Tests	"Recrystallization"
T	6/21	Alcohol Dehydration, Alkene Tests	"2-Chloro-2-methylbutane" "1-Bromobutane" "Alkyl Halide Tests"
Th	6/23	TLC	"Dehydration of an Alcohol" "Alkene Tests"
T	6/28	Practicum	"TLC"
Th	6/30	Written Quiz and Check-Out
Th	6/30		Practicum Report DUE: 1:00PM

** Short answers to the "Exercises" should be included with your report.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Academic Integrity: Its Place in the University Community

The University Community

A university is a community of learners bonded together by the search for knowledge; the pursuit of personal, social, cultural, physical, and intellectual development; and the desire for the liberating effects of an advanced education. California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has a culture‑‑the academic culture‑‑shared with other universities and colleges across the nation. Integral to that culture is a set of values such as academic freedom, dedication to teaching and learning, diversity, civility toward others, and academic integrity.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is of central importance in the university community and involves committed allegiance to the values, the principles, and the code of behavior held to be central in that community. Integrity concerns honesty and implies being truthful, fair, and free from lies, fraud, and deceit.

The core of a university's integrity is its scholastic honesty. Honesty is valued across all cultures and is a fundamental value in the academic culture. There are, however, cultural differences with regard to the ownership of ideas and the importance of individual efforts. Nonetheless, the university expects all students and other campus members to document the intellectual contributions of others and to ensure that the work they submit is their own.

Education provides students with the resources to master content, learn skills, and develop processes to maximize self potential and the potential of others. Students must demonstrate mastery of each step of learning by tangible products such as test performance, papers, and presentations. This process enables the student and the instructor to assess the student's readiness for the next steps and gives the student the confidence to undertake future steps. Students who cheat may not have mastered the necessary steps nor gained the necessary knowledge; they miss the opportunity to gain an accurate picture of what they know and what they do not know.

Cheating harms others and the institution in addition to limiting one's own potential. Other students are rightfully angry when dishonest students use inappropriate methods to get grades for which honest students work hard. The fairness of the grading process is compromised when a student falsely obtains a grade. Academic dishonesty may result in loss of confidence in the system and devaluation of the quality of the university degree.

The Nature of Academic Dishonesty

A standard definition of academic dishonesty has been provided by Kibler, Nuss, Paterson, and Pavela (1988):

Academic dishonesty usually refers to forms of cheating and plagiarism which result in students giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in an academic exercise or receiving credit for work which is not their own.

They further define the following specific forms of academic dishonesty:

At the heart of any university are its efforts to encourage critical reading skills, effective communication and, above all, intellectual honesty among its students. Thus, all academic work submitted by a student as his or her own should be in his or her own unique style, words and form. When a student submits work that purports to be his/her original work, but actually is not, the student has committed plagiarism.

Plagiarism is considered a gross violation of the University's academic and disciplinary standards. Plagiarism includes the following: copying of one person's work by another and claiming it as his or her own, false presentation of one's self as the author or creator of a work, falsely taking credit for another person's unique method of treatment or expression, falsely representing one's self as the source of ideas or expression, or the presentation of someone else's language, ideas or works without giving that person due credit. It is not limited to written works. For example, one could plagiarize music compositions, photographs, works of art, choreography, computer programs or any other unique creative effort.

Further information about the various forms of academic dishonesty can be obtained from the office of any Instructional Dean or the Student Development office. Individual departments and faculty may also provide specific examples.

Who Has the Responsibility for Promoting Academic Integrity and Preventing Academic Dishonesty?

Faculty Responsibility

The faculty as representatives of the institution have the opportunity to encourage academic integrity and the responsibility to discourage and curtail academic fraud. At CSUDH, incidents should be reported to the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs. Unless incidents are reported to a central location, repeated violations may go undetected as they occur in separate departments or with different faculty. The Vice President of Student Affairs will notify the student if a report is received.

Student Responsibility

Students are responsible for the integrity of the* actions and must be willing to accept consequences for these actions. Students have the responsibility to be familiar with the University policies and to seek clarification with faculty if they are unclear about expectations for any assignment. Students are also encouraged to report academic dishonesty. In the sense that a university is a community, students should understand their own role in the creation of the kind of environment that encourages honesty and discourages academic fraud. Students need not tolerate any action on the part of another that diminishes their own integrity or that of the university.

Options for Addressing Academic Dishonesty

When a faculty member detects dishonesty, he or she will address it. If appropriate, the faculty member will first confront the student and seek an "in‑office" resolution. Remember the charge is an allegation that should be examined under due process.

If the faculty member is convinced that dishonesty has occurred, she or he will use one or more of the following options: