This course is designed to give the chemistry major an introduction to the mathematical concepts used to describe chemical reactions and the factors governing chemical equilibrium and chemical reactions. The fields covered during this semester include Chemical Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics.

Class is scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m. You are expected to attend all classes and perform all required homework and lab work.. The lab course has a scheduled time of Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m.. The rest of the lab procedures are given in other handouts.

There are weekly problem sets assigned in the lecture. Each problem set will have a due date written on them. The problem sets will officially due at the beginning of class on the due date or at 5 p.m. if the due date does not fall on a class day. No late problem sets will be accepted except in the case of a verifiable emergency. Any assignment handed in by placing in my mail box will count as being handed in at the time that I take the problem set out of my mailbox. Problem sets will be graded on a 100 point scale. Problem sets not handed in will count as a "0" grade.

There will be 4 in-class exams given during the semester. The dates of the exams are: Tuesday, September 14; Tuesday, October 5; Tuesday, October 26; and Tuesday, November 30. The final exam is the regular 10:50 TTh slot on Saturday, December 4 from 3-5:30 pm. If you have to miss an exam, please make an effort to take the exam before the next class date so I can hand back the exams the next class date. You will need a good excuse to miss an exam for the first time, an excellent excuse to miss an exam for the second time, and an impossibly perfect excuse to miss an exam for the third time.

Your course grade is a weighted average that depends on your performance in the lecture, lab, and the final exam. The lecture grade counts 50%; the lab grade counts 25%; and the final exam counts 25% of your course grade. In order to pass this course, you must pass both the lecture and lab portions of this course separately. Your lecture grade is a weighted average of your exam grades and the average grade on your problem sets. The lecture grade is calculated by averaging your four exam grades plus two times your problem set average grade.

The required textbook is: Physical Chemistry by Ira Levine, the 5^th edition. You will need this textbook and you will have to read it. There will be material in the textbook, which may not be covered in class to the same depth which you will still be responsible for. I have a website on which will be copies of this syllabus and the copies of the problem sets. The URL of my website is /www.tarleton.edu/~alow.

It is departmental policy that programmable or graphing calculators will not be allowed in chemistry courses. I plan to enforce this policy for in-class exams. You will be only allowed to use a non-programmable scientific calculator for exams in this class. A simple non-programmable scientific calculator can be obtained for $10.00 or less in Wal-Mart.