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Chem 418 is a lecture course covering the theory and applications of instrumental methods of chemical analysis.  It is an advanced undergraduate course for three credits.  Prerequisites are PES 112, Chem 417 with a grade of C or higher, and concurrent enrollment or completion of Chem 452; corequisite is Chem 420.

Time and Location:  Monday and Wednesday, 8:00 am - 9:15 am in Science Building Room 191.

Instructor:  Prof. Radha Pyati
                    Science 236
                    Telephone:  262-3229
                    Email:  rpyati@mail.uccs.edu
                    Web Page:  http://www.uccs.edu/~rpyati/index.html
                    Office Hours:  Monday 12:30 - 2:00 pm or by appointment

Course Materials:

• Textbook: Skoog, Holler and Nieman, Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6th Edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007.
•  Calculator.
• Optional: PowerPoint notes for Chem 418.

Grading Policies for the Course:

   Grades in this course will consist of points given for the items listed below.

  Class Participation ........................................90
  Midterm Exams: 3 @ 100 pts each ……….300
  Final Exam: .................................................200 (ACS Standardized Exam)
  Total ............................................................590

The Class Participation portion of the grade consists of student participation in discussion of assigned research articles.  Students should come to class prepared to 1) explain the portions of the article that they are assigned, and 2) discuss intelligently the portions not assigned.

   Makeup Exams.  If you notify me in advance that you will miss an exam and you have a documented excuse for your absence, you may take the exam early.  If you miss an exam without notifying me in advance and you have a documented excuse for your absence, you may take a makeup exam consisting of questions randomly chosen from a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate-level textbooks.  You may use this privilege once only.
         A documented excuse is a verifiable written statement including the date of absence that confirms an illness, a personal emergency, or a University-related function. Absences for other reasons are not excused. Any absence from a quiz or an exam without a documented excuse will result in a grade of zero.
         If you have a dispute on an exam grade, please resubmit the exam in question with a written explanation on a separate page of why you believe your answer was incorrectly graded.  Resubmissions will be accepted up to one week after the exam was returned.

 Expectations

1.  Chem 418 is an upper-division chemistry course; as such, students are expected to do a considerable amount of self-motivated learning, like reading the assigned chapters and doing homework.  Homework will be assigned but not collected and graded.  It consists of the problems assigned at the end of the textbook chapters and any other supplemental problems assigned by the instructor.

2.  Exams in this course will cover material from lecture, the textbook, and the homework sets.  In addition, since this is an upper-division course, exams will require application of learned concepts to material not previously seen.

Academic dishonesty: Academic dishonesty, such as cheating on exams, will be handled as infractions of the UCCS Academic Honor Code.  Punishment for cheating may range from receiving an F grade for the assignment to receiving an F for the course and possibly suspension and/or expulsion from the University . Students may appeal the instructor's decisions through university channels.

Important Dates:

          Wednesday, February 6, 2008              Last day to drop course with full refund.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008                  Last day to drop course without requiring special permission from Dean.

If you wish to drop this course, you must do so before April 2.  Dropping the course after April 2 requires petitioning the Dean for special permission to drop and is almost never allowed.  If you are still registered as of April 2, you will receive the grade that you earned, even if you have stopped attending class or making an effort in the course.  Not attending class does not constitute dropping a course; you are still registered until you officially drop.  In addition, it is your responsibility to ensure that your personal schedule allows you to attend class and laboratory sessions on time and in full; if your schedule does not permit those activities, you must withdraw from the course by April 2.  I will not support petitions to the Dean for drops after April 2 due either to scheduling conflicts or to poor grades.

Disabled Students:  If you have a disability for which you are requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact Disability Services within the first week of classes. Contact information: Main Hall, room 105, 262-3354.

Military Students: If you are a military student with the potential of being called to military service and /or training during the course of the semester, you are encouraged to contact your UCCS course instructor no later than the first week of class to discuss the class attendance policy.  Please see the Military Students website for more information:  http://www.uccs.edu/~military/.