2021W1 CHEM111 Syllabus PDF

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CHEMISTRY 111 STRUCTURE, BONDING AND EQUILIBRIUM IN CHEMISTRY 2021W1 (SEP – DEC 2021) COURSE INFORMATION & SYLLABUS

COURSE INFORMATION CHEM 111 is a 4 credit hour course (3 lecture; 1 lab) that focuses on bonding theories and structural chemistry with applications relevant to modern society. CHEM 111 Pre-requisite: a satisfactory score on UBC chemistry basic skills test.

PROVOST’S STATEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STUDYING AT UBC During this pandemic, the shift to online learning has greatly altered teaching and studying at UBC, including changes to health and safety considerations. Keep in mind that some UBC courses might cover topics that are censored or considered illegal by non-Canadian governments. This may include, but is not limited to, human rights, representative governments, defamation, obscenity, gender or sexuality, and historical or current geopolitical controversies. If you are a student living abroad, you will be subject to the laws of your local jurisdiction, and your local authorities might limit your access to course material or take punitive action against you. UBC is strongly committed to academic freedom, but has no control over foreign authorities (please visit http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,33,86,0 for an articulation of the values of the University conveyed in the Senate Statement on Academic Freedom). Thus, we recognize that students will have legitimate reason to exercise caution in studying certain subjects. If you have concerns regarding your personal situation, consider postponing taking a course with manifest risks, until you are back on campus or reach out to your academic advisor to find substitute courses. For further information and support, please visit: http://academic.ubc.ca/supportresources/freedom-expression.

COURSE RESOURCES The textbook for the course is the custom Chemistry 110/111 and 120/121: Integrated Resource Package, 2021-2022 ed. (“ChIRP”) which is available for purchase through the UBC Chemistry Department. Older editions are not acceptable because the current version has been updated. Students are encouraged to write notes directly in the ChIRP during lectures.

ORDERING INFORMATION https://events.eply.com/UBCChemistrySuppliesTerm1202122ChIRP3363233 The ChIRP can be ordered online through the UBC Chemistry Department’s ePly website (given above). In person pick up is not available this term. All books will be mailed to students. More

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information on ordering has been sent by email and posted on the CHEM 120/121 All Lectures Canvas site. For questions about orders, please contact [email protected]

ANCILLARY ITEMS A computer with a reliable internet connection, is required for CHEM 111. A scientific calculator is required for the class. A molecular set is recommended, but not required for this course. A set from Molymod is available from the UBC Bookstore for use in CHEM 111/ 120/121 and 123/130 (and advanced chemistry courses). Students are permitted to have and use molecular models during CHEM 111 examinations. Similar model kits are available from other online stores, such as Amazon (found here). This course uses iClicker Cloud for in-class activities. You will not need to purchase anything, but you will need to have a phone or laptop with you during the lecture. All iClicker questions are optional, they are worth no marks. More information about the iClicker Cloud system and how to open an account can be found here: https://lthub.ubc.ca/guides/iclicker-cloud-student-guide.

COURSE WEBSITE (Canvas, https://canvas.ubc.ca) Course materials can be accessed through the CHEM 111 Canvas site. A CWL account is required for access. Students are responsible for checking the Canvas sites regularly. Check your Canvas settings to ensure that you receive announcements from the Canvas site.

COURSE EVALUATION Assignments (Canvas Quizzes) Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam (cumulative) Laboratory

Weight 10% 15% 15% 40% 20%

Total:

100%

In order to pass Chemistry 111, a student must achieve a minimum total score of 40.0/80.0 on the lecture portion AND a minimum total score of 10.0/20.0 on the lab portion. A passing grade on the final exam is not a requirement for passing CHEM 111.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CHEM 111 instructor reserves the right to change the weights and types of assessments and activities that make-up the course grade. Any changes will be posted on Canvas.

ASSIGNMENTS (ROUGHLY WEEKLY; 2 ATTEMPTS PER ASSIGNMENT; TWO LOWEST GRADES DROPPED) Assignments will be posted weekly to the Canvas site. Each of the Canvas Quizzes will open on or before Sunday at 12 PM (noon) Pacific Time. Assignments are due before 11:55 PM Pacific Time on the following Saturday. This means that you will have roughly one week to complete your assignments. The two lowest assignment grade will NOT count towards your total grade. The first two assignment will be due September 25. These assignments are designed as an opportunity for you to develop your problem-solving skills. You will have two attempts for each assignment. You will have unlimited time for each attempt (other than submission by the due date). The expectation is that you will complete these assignments on your own, but you are allowed to work with your classmates, and questions during office hours and post questions on Piazza. Most of these questions are taken from the end of chapter problems in the Chirp. Solutions to the assignments will be posted soon after the deadline, and therefore, no late assignments will be accepted.

MIDTERM EXAMS Midterm 1 Midterm 2

Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at 6PM (duration: TBD) Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at 6PM (duration: TBD)

Students are to complete the midterm INDIVIDUALLY and without any unauthorized assistance. All midterms will be administered through Canvas and will include a Canvas Quiz. Once you open the Canvas Quiz, you will have one attempt to complete it within the time limit. Canvas Quizzes will auto-submit when the timer expires or at the quiz deadline, whichever is earlier. In addition to the Canvas Quiz, the midterms may also have a pdf upload component using Gradescope. More information about each midterm will be posted on Canvas one-week before each exam.

FINAL EXAM The final exam will be held during the formal examination period (December 11 to 22, 2021). The final exam will be no longer than 150 minutes (2.5 hours) long and will include ALL material covered in CHEM 111. The final exam will be held in accordance with UBC policies on formal examinations. If there are updates to UBC’s policies on final exams due to the fluid situation we are currently navigating, we will adhere to those policies and inform students through the Canvas page. The final exam is expected to be completed in-person. More details about the format will be provided on the Canvas site by the first week of December.

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EXAMINATION POLICIES Midterms are open book and are to be completed individually by the student registered in the course. Students are NOT ALLOWED to collaborate with anyone in any manner. Students are NOT ALLOWED to give or receive any unauthorized assistance from any person, homework services, or tutoring services in any manner. The final exam for CHEM 111 is CLOSED-BOOK. Identification (UBC card) is required at exams. Students are permitted to have unassembled molecular models during the exam provided that the models do NOT have any writing/marks on them. Any scientific or graphic calculator will be allowed during examinations.

ACADEMIC CONCESSIONS Missed Midterms There are no make-up midterms. If a student is unable to write a midterm due to illness or extenuating circumstances, the weight of the missed midterm will be transferred to the final exam. A student who misses a midterm without requesting a concession within one week of the midterm will be assigned a grade of zero. Missed Final Exams There are no supplemental final examinations. If a student is unable to write the final exam due to illness or extenuating circumstances, the student should contact their academic advisor in their faculty to request an academic concession. The student may be granted academic concession (commonly called “standing deferred” or “SD”), which would permit the student to write the exam at a later date.

ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT APPLICATION The expectation in this course is that the final exam is written in person. You may be in a situation that prevents you from coming to campus (e.g. geographic location, medical or extenuating circumstances). If you are in this situation, you must apply for alternate format assessments through Science Advising. The application and more information available online. https://science.ubc.ca/students/blog/applying-alternate-format-assessments-online-courses

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The academic enterprise is founded on honesty, civility, and integrity. As members of this enterprise, all students are expected to know, understand, and follow the codes of conduct regarding academic integrity. At the most basic level, this means submitting only original work done by you and acknowledging all sources of information or ideas and attributing them to others as required. This also means you should not cheat, copy, or mislead others about what is your work. Violations of academic integrity (i.e. misconduct) lead to the breakdown of the academic enterprise, and therefore serious consequences arise and harsh sanctions are imposed. For example, incidences of plagiarism or cheating may result in a mark of zero on the assignment or exam and more serious consequences may apply if the matter is referred to the President’s

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Advisory Committee on Student Discipline. Careful records are kept in order to monitor and prevent recurrences. A more detailed description of academic integrity, including the University’s policies and procedures, may be found in the Academic Calendar at http://calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,0. If, at any time, you are unsure about whether a certain type of assistance is authorized, please ask. What does academic integrity look like in this course? Do your OWN work. All individual work that you submit should be completed by you and submitted by you. All assessments are designed to help you learn. It is unacceptable to buy/sell/swap/share assessment questions or answers on any platform. It is unacceptable to misrepresent your identity by using someone else to complete any portion of a course. It is unacceptable to help someone else cheat. The only exception in this course are the weekly assignments, for which you are allowed to collaborate with your classmates, and get help from your professor or TA. You may not post assignment questions on online help websites. AVOID collusion. Collusion is a form of academic integrity violation that involves working too closely together without authorization, such that the resulting submitted work gains unfair advantage over other students because it is then a measurement of the groups/pair/others’ understanding rather than the individual’s understanding. For example, collusion on an open book exam includes working together to write answers or answering someone else’s question in an instant message. DO NOT share materials provided for you to use in this course. We are working hard to provide all the materials you need to succeed in this course. In return, please respect our work. All materials of this course (lecture slides, videos, practice questions/solutions, quiz and exam questions/solutions, sample midterms/exams, Canvas content, and any other materials provided to you by the Teaching Team or in the ChIRP) are the intellectual property of the CHEM 120/121/111 Teaching Team. The course materials are for use in this course by students currently enrolled in CHEM 111. It is unacceptable to share any of these materials beyond the course, including by posting on file-sharing websites (e.g. CourseHero, GoogleDocs, Dropbox). It is unacceptable to share questions/solutions to websites like Quizlet, Anki, or Chegg. It is unacceptable to create or distribute recordings of any lecture sessions because doing so is a copyright violation as well as violation of your classmates’ and instructor’s privacy. Respect the Teaching Team and textbook authors’ intellectual property and follow copyright law.

LEARNING ANALYTICS Learning analytics includes the collection and analysis of data about learners to improve teaching and learning. This course will be using the following learning technologies: Canvas, Zoom, Gradescope, Qualtrics surveys/polls, and examinations. Many of these tools capture data about your activity and provide information that can be used to improve the quality of teaching and learning. In this course, the analytics data may be used to: • •

View overall class progress Track your progress in order to provide you with the personalized feedback

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Review statistics on course content being accessed to support improvements in the course Assess your participation in the course

COURSE-LEVEL LEARNING-OUTCOMES By the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Develop an understanding of fundamental chemical concepts and their applications. Identify, draw, and convert between different representations of molecules. Predict the geometries about central atoms using VSEPR theory. Model electrons, atoms, and molecules using the appropriate quantum mechanical system (as a particle-in-a-box or one-electron species), 5. Demonstrate understanding of the electronic structure of atoms/ions, the features of atomic orbitals, and the periodic table trends. 6. Demonstrate understanding of the interactions between light and matter. 7. Identify and describe the bonds within a molecule using molecular orbital theory or valence bond theory. 8. Demonstrate understanding of the types of intermolecular interactions and their impact on physical properties. 9. Demonstrate and understanding in the concept of chemical equilibrium and it’ 10. Develop skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning.

COURSE CONTENT (Tentative and approximately 1 week per chapter) ChIRP Appendix A (A.1-A.6)

Chemistry Basics (Review of the Atom and Structure of the Periodic Table)

ChIRP Chapter 2 ChIRP Chapter 3

Chemical Bonding and Lewis Structures Shapes and Polarity of Chemical Species

ChIRP Chapter 4 ChIRP Chapter 5

Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics Electronic Structure of Atoms and Ions

ChIRP Chapter 6

Interactions Between Light and Matter

ChIRP Chapter 7

Multi-Electron Species and Periodic Properties

ChIRP Chapter 8 ChIRP Chapter 9

Intro to Molecular Orbital Theory Intro to Valence Bond Theory

ChIRP Chapter 10

Conjugated Systems

ChIRP Chapter 11 Not on ChIRP Not on ChiRP

Intermolecular Forces Chemical Equilibrium Acid and Bases

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WHO TO CONTACT Registration questions or change requests (online form): https://www.che m.ubc.ca/inquiry-form Final Exam Conflicts: your UBC Faculty Advisor http ://facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/examscheduling Self-declaration of Academic Concession (online form): http s://xenon.chem.ubc.ca/sdoac Centre for Accessibility: http://students.ubc.ca/ab out/access Resources to Support Student Success: http://senate.ubc.ca/policies-resou rces-supp ort-studentsuccess UBC Counselling Services: https://students.ubc.ca/health /counselling-services Issues with ChIRP orders through the ePLY website: email labsupplies @che m.ubc.ca Questions about Chem 111 Lecture Content: This semester we will be using Piazza to streamline the question-asking process. You will find a link to the Piazza page on the sidebar of the Canvas site. Course content questions will NOT be answered by email. Please direct your questions to Piazza, where other students, your course instructors, or your teaching assistants will be able to answer your question.

UBC STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS UBC provides resources to support student learning and to maintain healthy lifestyles but recognizes that sometimes crises arise and so there are additional resources to access including those for survivors of sexual violence. UBC values respect for the person and ideas of all members of the academic community. Harassment and discrimination are not tolerated nor is suppression of academic freedom. UBC provides appropriate accommodation for students with disabilities and for religious, spiritual, and cultural observances. UBC values academic honesty and students are expected to acknowledge the ideas generated by others and to uphold the highest academic standards in all of their actions. Details of the policies and how to access support are available here.

COPYRIGHT All materials of this course (course handouts, lecture slides, videos, assessments, course readings, etc.) are the intellectual property of the CHEM 120/121/111 Teaching Team. Redistribution of these materials by any means without permission of the copyright holder(s) constitutes a breach of copyright and may lead to academic discipline. Students are NOT permitted to post, distribute, or share any of the course material outside of the course without expressed written consent of the instructors. Students are not permitted to create of distribute recordings of any lecture sessions because doing so is a copyright violation as well as violation of your classmates’ and instructor’s privacy.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Academic integrity principles were adapted from resources prepared by Dr. Jaclyn Stewart, Dr. Catherine Rawn and Dr. Laurie McNeill.

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