Chemistry 310: Essentials of Organic
Chemistry
Dr.
T. Christian Grattan (Office Sims 301B)
Fall
2018 Winthrop University
MW
9:30 to 10:45 PM (Sims 215)
Textbooks: Fundamentals
of Organic Chemistry, 6th ed., McMurry REQUIRED
Molecular Model Kit, ask
Dr. Grattan, RECOMMENDED
Course objectives: My
goal for this course is to clearly explain the fundamental concepts of organic
chemistry and how they are incorporated into chemical reactions and mechanisms.
Specifically, the students should:
Office Hours: T 10:30
AM to 11:30, MW 11:00 to 12:00 or by appt (x4927, grattanc@winthrop.edu)
I will also be
accessible to answer questions on email. You will find that this course is
different than any other courses you have taken in college. It is therefore
important to stay on top of the material and get your questions answered as
soon as possible. Please take advantage of my office hours or email to resolve
these problems.
Attendance: Due to the
unique nature of this course, each and every class meeting is important to
better understand the material in the text. The students are responsible for
all assignments for the course regardless of absence.
Homework and Assignments: Problems will be assigned for each chapter in the text. These
problems will not be collected or graded, but it is very important to
understand the problems that are assigned, as they will be similar to those on
the homework sets and exams. You are strongly encouraged to work and study in
groups!!
Grading System:
4
In-class Exams (100 points each) |
400
points |
Homework
Sets |
100
points |
Final
Exam |
200
points |
Total |
700
points |
Grading Scale: The grading scale for this course will be based upon a typical 93-100%
(A), 90-92% (A-), 87-89% (B+), 83-86% (B), 80-82 (B-), 77-79% (C+), 70-76% (C),
60-69% (D) < 60%(F) distribution using the total points in the course.
Exams:
This course will consist of four one hour in-class exams and one cumulative
final exam given on the dates provided. Exam problems will be similar to the
assigned problems. Each exam is limited to the allotted class time and the
final exam will be limited to two and one-half hours. Make up exams will be
given only with a valid excuse such
as a severe personal or family
crisis.
Exam
1 |
Monday
September 17 |
9:30-10:45
AM |
Exam
2 |
Monday,
October 8 |
9:30-10:45
AM |
Exam
3 |
Wednesday
October 31 |
9:30-10:45
AM |
Exam
4 |
Wednesday
November 28 |
9:30-10:45
AM |
Final
Exam |
Monday
December 10 |
11:30-2:00
PM |
Cheating: Infractions of academic
discipline are dealt with in accordance with the student Academic Misconduct
Policy which is in the Student Conduct Code in the Student Handbook. Academic
misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving assistance
in a manner not authorized by the professor in the creation of work to be
submitted for academic evaluation including papers, projects, and examinations;
presenting, as ones own, the ideas or words of another
for academic evaluation without proper acknowledgment; doing unauthorized
academic work for which another person will receive credit or be evaluated; and
presenting the same or substantially the same papers or projects in two or more
courses without the explicit permission of the professors involved. In
addition, academic misconduct involves attempting to influence ones academic evaluation by means other than academic
achievement or merit.
Withdrawal Policy: According to University policy Friday, October 19, 2018 is
the last day to drop a fall semester course with an automatic grade of N. The
last date to choose an S/U option for this course is Friday September 7th.
Students with Disabilities/Need of Accommodations for Access: Winthrop University is committed to providing access to education. If you have a condition which may adversely impact your ability to access academics and/or campus life, and you require specific accommodations to complete this course, contact the Office of Accessibility (OA) at 803-323-3290, or, accessibility@winthrop.edu. Please inform me as early as possible, once you have your official notice of accommodations from the Office of Accessibility.
Additional Help: You may access additional tutorials and internet web
resources at the following web sites:
http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature
- (IUPAC rules for nomenclature)
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/curly-arrows - (practice
writing mechanisms)
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=organic-chemistry-quiz_2
- (org. rxn quizzes/summaries)
CHEM 310 Class Lecture/Exam
Schedule*
DATE |
MATERIAL |
Aug. 22 |
Intro., Ch.1 |
Aug. 27 |
|
Aug. 29 |
Ch. 1, Ch. 2 |
Sept. 3 |
Labor Day – OFF |
Sept. 5 |
Ch. 2 |
Sept. 10 |
Ch. 2 |
Sept. 12 |
Ch. 2 |
Sept. 17 |
Exam 1 |
Sept. 19 |
Ch. 3 |
Sept. 24 |
Ch. 3 |
Sept. 26 |
Ch. 3, Ch. 6 |
Oct. 1 |
Ch. 6 |
Oct. 3 |
Ch. 6 |
Oct. 8 |
Exam 2 |
Oct. 10 |
Ch. 14 |
Oct. 15 |
Fall
Break |
Oct. 17 |
Ch. 14 |
Oct. 22 |
Ch. 14, Ch. 15 |
Oct. 24 |
Ch. 15 |
Oct. 29 |
Ch. 15 |
Oct. 31 |
Exam
3 |
Nov. 5 |
Ch. 16 |
Nov. 7 |
Ch. 16 |
Nov. 12 |
Ch. 16, Ch. 17 |
Nov. 14 |
Ch. 17 |
Nov. 19 |
Ch. 17 |
Nov. 21 |
Thanksgiving
Break |
Nov. 26 |
Ch. 17, Review |
Nov. 28 |
Exam 4 |
Dec. 3 |
Ch. 10 |
Dec. 10 |
Final
exam (11:30AM) |
*This is a tentative class schedule for lectures, quizzes and exams (other than the final). Any changes to the schedule will be announced in class and through email.