SYLLABUS FOR CHEM 2322-002
SECOND SEMESTER ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
MON-WED-FRI 9:00-9:50 A.M. 
FALL, 2017

Teacher:  Dr. E. Thomas Strom, Office 303 A, Science Hall, Office Hours, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Mon-Wed-Fri and also 1:30 -2:30 p.m. Fri.  Also by appointment.  Office Phone; Metro 817-272-5441, E-mail: (estrom@uta.edu).  If my office door is open, you are welcome to come in, even outside of formal office hours.

Texts:  D. Kline, Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, Wiley; D. Kline, Study Guide and Solutions Manual, 2nd Edition, Wiley.  

Material to be Covered: Chapters 15-24.  The book will be supplemented by my handouts on occasion.  Handouts may be testable or merely for background.  I will let you know which situation applies when I give you the handout.

Objectives:  Students will extend and deepen their knowledge of functional groups.  They will learn spectroscopic techniques important in organic chemistry and will be able to deduce chemical structures using spectroscopy.  The students will learn aromatic chemistry and mechanisms of electrophilic substitution as well as the chemistry and mechanisms involving carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acid derivatives.  They will learn about natural polymers such as carbohydrates.  They should be able to write multi-step syntheses using the reactions they have learned.     

Additional Help:  Make use of the Science Learning Center, Room 106, Life Sciences Building.  Some of my old exams are available there.  I will also give each member of the class a copy of the two most recent old exams prior to each 50 minute exam.  Make use of supplementary instruction and tutoring available through SOAR.  Also, get tutorial help in the Chemistry Clinic, Room 318, Science Hall.  

Tests:  Four 50 minute exams; two and a half hour final; Test 1 Chaps.15-16; Test 2 Chaps.17-19; Test 3 Chaps. 20-21: Test 4 Chaps. 23-24.  Chap. 22 will be covered on Dec. 4 and 6 and on the final exam.  Tests will come at about 3 and 1/2 week intervals, but the times of tests may be adjusted to better serve students’ needs.  I will give a late afternoon, one hour review before each test.  Test 4 will be on Friday, Dec. 1. 

Make-up Tests:  None!!!  If you have an excused absence for an exam, you will be allowed to replace your zero with your score on the final exam.  

Grading:  50 minute exams, 70 % of grade; final exam, 30% of grade.  Letter grades will be assigned as follows:  90 (or slightly below)-100, A; 80 (or slightly below)-89, B; 65 (or slightly below)-79, C; 52 (or slightly below)-64, D; 51 (or slightly below)- on down, F.  If it would be to your advantage, I will replace your lowest score of the 50 minute exams with your score on the final exam.   

Homework:  Homework problems will be assigned often from the text, and challenge homework sets will be handed out on occasion.  Homework will not be handed in for grading, but I will go over all challenge homework sets in class.  Problems related to the challenge homework will often show up on the exams.   

Seating and Attendance:  Seating will be assigned for tests; at other times you may sit where you wish.  I expect students to attend all lectures, but I will only take roll occasionally.  Over many years I have observed that students who attend class faithfully do the best in the course.     

Final Drop Date:  Nov. 1.  After the late registration period; you must see your advisor to drop a class or withdraw.  YOU are the one responsible for doing the proper paper work.

Students Replacing a Grade:  Students enrolling in 2322 with the intention of replacing a previous 2322 grade must declare their intention to do so at the registrar’s office by the census date (Sept 11) for this semester.  

Date, Time, and Place of Final:  Wed., Dec. 13, 5:30-8 p.m.; location to be given later.  This will be a departmental final.  Please bring a Scantron Form 882-ES to the final exam.  Do NOT leave early for Christmas break!  

Drop for Non-Payment of Tuition:  If you are dropped from this class for non-payment of tuition, you may secure an Enrollment Loan through the Bursar’s Office.  You may not continue to attend class until your Enrollment Loan is applied to outstanding tuition fees.

Students with Disabilities:  Students who need an accommodation based on disability should arrange to meet with me in my office during the first week of the semester to see that they are appropriately accommodated.

Academic Dishonesty:  UTA considers academic dishonesty a completely unacceptable mode of conduct, and the University will not tolerate it in any form.  Academic dishonesty includes (but is not limited to) cheating, plagiarism, and contracting/collusion with others to do your tests or do your work.  Examples of cheating are:  exchanging information during a test; looking at another student’s paper during a test; bringing information in any form into a test or quiz other than personal knowledge; and looking at a book or other unauthorized source during a test or quiz.  Following is a statement from the University policy on cheating.  “Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the University.”

Final Comments:  Most items of importance to you are covered in this syllabus.  Please keep track of your syllabus, or ask me for another one if you have lost yours.