CH243                           Organic Chemistry III Lecture                 Spring 2009

Chemeketa Community College, P.O. Box 14007, Salem, Oregon 97309-7070

4 credits (This course is Lecture only.  Students requiring Lab must also take CH243B)          

Course Description: 

This lecture course, the third of a three term sequence, is the study of the nature, properties, and reactions of organic molecules for students majoring in Chemistry, Biology, or related sciences.  It will include naming, structure, synthesis, and analysis of organic molecules, the mechanisms of their reactions, and some discussion of their biological or industrial importance.  About 10 chapters of the McMurry text will be covered including those covering substitution & condensations of carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids & their derivatives, amines, carbohydrates, lipids, & proteins.

            Students requiring Organic Chemistry Laboratory should take CH243L along with CH243.

Prerequisite Course(s):         CH242 Organic Chemistry II or its equivalent.

Required Text(s) and supplies:

1.       McMurry, John, Organic Chemistry, 7^th Edition, Brooks/Cole, 2008 (available also as an e-book from Cengage.com)

2.       Organic OWL:  Web-based homework system and assessment tool to accompany McMurry 7^th Ed. http://www.wadsworthmedia.com/owl/owl_overview.html

3.      Computer access to online quizzes and OWL homework/tutorials.

   Available but not Required:

4.        McMurry, Solutions Manual and Study Guide to Accompany Organic Chemistry, 7^th Ed. Brooks/Cole, 2008.

5.        Molecular Models

Instructor:        Dr. Jan Cammack 

Office:            Salem Campus 8-200                                   

Phone:            503-399-6516 (wk)          503-538-7328 (hm)

                                    email:              camj@chemeketa.edu          

web page:       http://newterra.chemeketa.edu/faculty/camj

How This Course Works:       

Availability: There are 2 options available for this lecture course:

There are students participating in this course some of whom are

·         Sitting in a face-to-face classroom and others who are

·         Sitting in front of a computer in a virtual online classroom somewhere out in the world. 

The course content and credit granted is the same for all students in the class so the expectations and requirements are equivalent for each student.

The information needed for the course will be available

·         from the instructor in the face-to-face class sessions and are also available from links through the course e-learn page that you access via your “My Chemeketa” web site. 

For each chapter of the text covered there will be

·         PowerPoint lecture slides

·         OWL homework/tutorial assignments

·         An online chapter quiz

Proctored Written Exams will be given over several chapters at a time.

The ACS (American Chemical Society) standardized exam will be given at the end of the term.

Computer Technology requirements:

·         Online and/or Hybrid courses are not for everyone.  Please review the Chemeketa Online Orientation for specific information. There you will find links to determine what computer systems you will need as well as what computer skills and software you will need.

·         Chemeketa Community College uses 6.0 Blackboard for online classes. This is supported by Netscape, Safari and Mozilla Firefox browsers, although sometimes technologies interfere. Contact the Online Technical Help (accessible through the Chemeketa online orientation site or through the links at the bottom of the course home page) if you have any difficulties during the term.

·        This particular course will be taking advantage of the OWL (Online Web Learning) homework/tutorial program.  Once you’ve purchased the OWL code you can log into the OWL web site.  OWL has its own software requirements such as Shockwave and Java.  Once you’ve logged into the OWL program the initial Intro to OWL tutorial will guide you to setting up the correct programs on your computer.

Expectations and Requirements:

Attendance/Participation:

·         Class attendance/participation is expected. 

Just as you would think it foolish to dress up for an evening out, order an expensive dinner, pay for it, and then walk out without eating, it is foolish to enroll in college, pay tuition, and then not participate in class. 

·         It is your responsibility to be teachable.  The learning part is up to you.  

o   You alone are responsible to

§  take course notes (either in class or from the text or online PowerPoint presentations),

§  be diligent with your homework,

§  ask for help when you need it, and

§  take responsibility for your own learning.

Just as a driver can’t steer a parked car, even the best teacher can’t force you to learn. 

·         There is no need to formally penalize for poor attendance/participation, as the consequences will be apparent on homework, quizzes, and exams.

Presentation of Concepts “Lecture”:

·         PowerPoint presentations of topics will be used as a lecture outline to guide you through the text material. 

o   Annotated PowerPoint slides will be available online as the major supplement to the text for distance students and as an extra resource for face-to-face students.

o   Access the PowerPoint slides from the chapter links found on the Schedule and Assignments link from our course home web page.

o   The PowerPoint slides can be printed as handouts from a computer containing the Microsoft office programs. 

If you choose to print them out it is advisable to print handouts with multiple slides rather than every slide on a separate page to avoid a great waste of paper.

 (to print handouts choose the “Handout” link at from the PowerPoint print page and select 6 or 9 slides per page)

Homework :

The best way to learn chemistry is to work practice problems over and over until you master each topic.  The homework problems are practice for the quizzes.  The quizzes are practice for the exams.  Therefore:

·         Homework problems will be required for each chapter of the text. 

o   Most of the weekly homework will be assigned from the online Organic OWL program that correlates with the end of chapter problems from our McMurry text book. 

The OWL program is good about leading you to the correct answer and giving tutorial help when needed. 

o   There may be times when a few problems requiring written answers not found in OWL may be assigned from the text as well.  

When non- OWL problems are assigned you will be instructed to submit those problems in person or via email, fax, or postal mail.

o   Register for the OWL tutorial program at https://owl.cengage.com/ by following the appropriate links and entering the access code that was either purchased with your text or purchased separately.

o   After initial registration you can access the OWL program by clicking on the Organic OWL Login link on our course home web page.

o   Answers to the in-chapter problems for study are in the back of your textbook

o   Answers to some of the end-of-chapter problems from the text are available in the optional Study guide and Solutions Manual that is available for purchase in the bookstore or viewing in the department conference room (Chemeketa building 8-200). 

It is not necessary to purchase the Study guide and Solutions Manual as there is plenty of help available via the online Owl homework and tutorials.

Quizzes:

·         Weekly online quizzes will be given over lecture material and homework problems.

o   Quizzes are found under the “Assessment” link on the elearn home page.

o   Quizzes are to be taken after the homework for that chapter is completed.

o   Quizzes questions are randomly generated from a question bank.

o   Quizzes may be taken open book but not with the help of any living person.

(other than the instructor or God of course)

o   You will have 1 hour to complete each quiz.

1 hour should be plenty of time to complete the 10 to 20 questions.

o   Chapter quizzes may be taken 2 times each and the highest score of the 2 trials taken will be counted toward the final grade.

o   A multi-chapter review quiz will be given at the end of the term to help prepare you for the comprehensive final exam.

o   The lowest quiz score for the term will be dropped in the final grading.

Exams:

·         There will be four proctored exams for the course. 

·         Exams 1,2, and 3 will be taken outside of class time at an approved testing center or under the supervision of an approved proctor. 

o   All Chemeketa campuses have approved testing capabilities.

§  The Salem campus testing center is on the 1^st floor of Building 2.

§  Appointments for the testing center need to be made at least 3 days in advance by phone at 503-399-6556 or by email at testing@chemeketa.edu.

·         The Salem campus testing center is open for exams

Mondays 11 am – 4 pm;

Wednesdays 9 am – 7 pm;

Thursdays 10:30 am – 7:30 pm;

Fridays 9 am – 4 pm; and

Saturdays 9 am – 2 pm   (except on 2^nd Sat of Month and holidays or holiday weekends)  

§  When making an appointment, please have the following information ready to tell the receptionist:

1.      Your name _______

2.      Your instructor’s name _Cammack__

3.      This is for course number is CH243

4.      The test number is _______ (ie. midterm Exam 1)

5.      Your phone number _______

§  Be sure and bring Photo ID to the Testing center Exam

o   Online students without access to Chemeketa testing facilities must find a suitable professional testing center or a qualified proctor (usually a teacher or clergy) approved by the instructor.

§  Refer to the general course information on our web page for procedures to identify and approve a distance proctor.

§  Arrangements must be made in advance to

1.      have the testing facility or proctor be approved by the instructor and

2.      have the exam sent to the proctor in time to administer the exam.

·         Exam 4(Final Exam) will be given during final exam week 

o   Face-to-face by the instructor on the Salem campus during times posted on the course schedule or

o   By the approved proctor or testing facility.

Due to heavy use of testing facilities during final exam week you are encouraged to attend a face-to-face exam session if possible.

o   Exam 4 will be a comprehensive standardized final over the year prepared by The American Chemical Society

Grading:

·         Your course grade will be based on the total percentage earned from the combination of homework, quizzes, and exams. 

o   The percentage weight for each category is derived from the approximate proportion of points possible from that category. 

§  The percentage weight used for quizzes takes into account that the lowest score of is to be dropped.

·         Current grades can be viewed via the “WebGrade Student Summary” link visible from the course home page.

o   WebGrade:

§  is an outside grade report program used by the instructor. 

§  is not directly connected to e-learn or the Chemeketa system.

§  Allows the instructor to upload students’ grades to an external website For log in to individual grade summaries each student will need:

A Student ID which will be your Chemeketa K-number (K00……) and

                a Password which will be a randomly generated number issued by the instructor.

N = No Grade. The “N” grade is given when no other grade is possible.  This is usually the case when a student has completed less than 20% of the assignments given but did not drop the course.  When the student's name is still on the final grade report and no other grade is possible an N grade may be given.  An N grade may not be assigned as a substitute for a failing grade.

 

I = Incomplete. An “I” grade may be given in a situation where a student is passing (with a “C” grade or better) but for an approved reason (illness, family emergency, etc) the student is not able to complete a portion of the requirements before the end of the term.  In such cases an individual plan and timeline is to be made with the instructor to complete the missing requirements to finish the course.  An “I” grade may not be assigned as a substitute for a poor or failing grade.

Extra Credit Policy:

·         The answer is most often “no” and here are the reasons why:

o   Your grade needs to be a reflection of the mastery of the subject. 

When a future employer looks at your college transcripts it should reflect

·         how well you mastered the subject and

·         not how many extra tasks you performed or hoops you jumped through.

o   With occasional exceptions most students are fairly consistent in the quality of work they hand in.  It is my opinion that a student who is consistently doing “C” quality work should not be given a “B” for simply doing more “C” work.

o   You will learn more (and so answer more exam questions correctly and therefore get a better grade) by spending a few extra hours studying than you would if you had spent those extra hours doing an extra credit project.

o   There may occasionally be a few extra points on an exam.

If there are 102 points possible on an exam I still usually round the total to 100 so theoretically you could earn a score of 102% when that happens. 

Ground rules for Course Conduct:

Integrity:

The presentation of another individual’s work as one’s own or the act of seeking unfair academic advantage through cheating, plagiarism or other dishonest means are violations of the college’s “Student Rights and Responsibilities.”

It is expected that students in this course will act with honesty and integrity. 

·         Violations of trust will result in automatic grade penalties. 

·         Continued violations will result in action steps leading to

o   dismissal from the course or

o   dismissal from the college

as indicated in the Chemeketa handbook of rights and responsibilities.  See http://www.chemeketa.edu/catalog/academichonesty/index.html for the following and further details.

Violations of academic honesty include but are not limited to the following:

·         Plagiarism

Presenting someone else's words, ideas, artistry, product or data as one's own

·         Collusion/Inappropriate Assistance

Helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty such as knowingly or negligently allowing work to be used by others.

·         Cheating

An act of deceit, fraud, distortion of truth or improper use of another person's effort to obtain an educational advantage

·         Fabrication/Falsification/Alteration

Intentional misrepresentation, invention, exaggeration or alteration of information or data, whether written, verbalized or demonstrated

·         Unauthorized Multiple Submission

Using any work previously submitted for credit without prior permission of instructor

·         Sabotage and Tampering

Intentional altering or interfering with documents or other student's work so depriving others of academic resources

Communication Guidelines:

“Discussion” link tool (accessible on the list to the left of your e-learn web page.) is used:

·         For general questions about course procedures or

·         For questions about the topics being studied   

o   Information posted in the “Discussion” section is readable by all students in the course and can be answered by anyone in the course.

o   Include a meaningful “subject line” so we can anticipate the topic.

o   Answer questions for each other.

§  You learn it when you teach it.

When you formulate an explanation or teach someone else you are more likely to remember and own the information yourself.

o   I will watch and jump in if I see that a question is being answered incorrectly.

“Mail” link tool (also accessible on the list to the left of your e-learn web page.) is used:

·         If you have specific concerns or private questions

o   You can email directly to the instructor using the “mail” tool or send to my Chemeketa e-mail addresses:  camj@chemeketa.edu .  I will try to respond within 48 hours. 

o   Information sent by “Mail” can only be viewed by the person(s) to whom the mail was addressed.

Net Etiquette (Netiquette):

Much of our interpersonal communication is nonverbal (body language, tone of voice etc) so communication in written form (as on the web or by email) needs to follow certain guidelines to avoid misunderstandings and conflict.

The rules of personal conduct that apply to all online communications all boil down to

·         “love your neighbor as you love yourself” or

·         “do unto others as you would have them do to you”:

·         Be polite and respectful.

o   Never belittle an honest question or indicate that a question is “too simple”.  No question is “too dumb”.  If you already knew Organic chemistry you wouldn’t be in this course.

o   Never lash out in anger or frustration.  It may be easier to type out an angry message than to speak your concerns face-to-face but I guarantee that violent words do not result in peaceful resolution and you will regret it later.

o   Don't include any obscenities in your messages.

·         Be tolerant of views expressed by others.

o   Your Chemeketa online classroom may well be bringing you together with people from all over the world. Keep in mind that you probably have something to gain from exposure to views and backgrounds different than your own.

o   When reacting to someone else's message, address the ideas, not the person. 

o   Remember that there are real people on the other end.

·         Be careful when using sarcasm and humor.

o   Without face-to-face communications, people may take your humor personally, and you never know who may be offended by your expressions.

·         Keep CCC’s online environment safe.

o   Be sensitive to the personal boundaries of others.  Respect the need for privacy in discussions with your classmates.

·         The instructor reserves the right to delete any posting she deems inappropriate.

Institutional Policies

Diversity

We are enriched by the diversity of our students, staff, and community. We welcome diverse perspectives and encourage the free exchange of ideas. Chemeketa Community College provides an environment that celebrates the freedom to learn and the freedom to teach. In that celebration of teaching and learning it is appropriate that individuals and groups be viewed with regard to their potential to contribute within the learning environment. Each has dignity and value.

Accommodations

Students who need accommodations for a disability should contact this instructor or Disability Services in Building 2, Room 174 or call 503-399-5192 (V/TTY).

Advising and Counseling

Recent research indicates that community college students who seek out academic advising are more likely to meet their educational goals.  Meeting with an advisor can help:

·     clarify your academic and life goals, 

·     choose classes that prepare you for a career,  and

·     ensure whether your credits will transfer to another institution. 

Advising is available by making an appointment at Counseling and Career Services in Building 2 (503-399-5120 or advising@chemeketa.edu).  In addition, you may want to explore ePathways, an electronic educational planning system at http://my.chemeketa.edu.  Instructors are also available to discuss class, degree, and career options.  Start planning now.

Week/Date

Chapter: Lecture Topic:

Assignments

1   30-Apr 3

A Preview of Carbonyl Compounds

19  Aldehydes & Ketones: Nuc Additions

OWL: Chpt 19

Quiz 19 Due Before Exam 1

2          6-10

20  Carboxylic Acids & Nitriles

OWL: Chpt 20

Quiz 20 Due Before Exam 1

3          13-17

 21  Carbox Acid Derivatives: 
      Nuc Acyl  Sub Reactions

OWL: Chpt 21

Quiz 21 Due Before Exam 1

Exam 1; Chpts 19-21 (Available in CCC testing center;  Fri 4/17 – Mon  4/20)

4           20-24

22  Carbonyl a-Substitution Reactions

OWL: Chpt 22

Quiz 22 Due Before Exam 2

5   27- May  1

23  Carbonyl Condensation Reactions

OWL: Chpt 23

Quiz 23 Due Before Exam 2

6            4-8

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Fri May 8

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24  Amines

 

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CCC Faculty Inservice

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OWL: Chpt 24

Quiz 24 Due Before Exam 2

Exam 2; Chpts 22-24 (Available in CCC testing center;  Thur5/7 – Mon  5/11)

7          11-15

25  Carbohydrates

OWL: Chpt 25

Quiz 25 Due before Exam 3

8           18-22

26    Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins

OWL: Chpt 26

Quiz 26 Due before Exam 3

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9           25-29

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27   Lipids  

OWL: Chpt 27

Quiz 27 Due before Exam 3

Exam 3 Chpts 25-27 (Available in CCC testing center;  Thur5/29 – Mon  6/1)

10  June   1-5

28   Nucleic Acids

Review for Final Exam

OWL: Chpt 28

Quiz 28 Due before Final Exam

Quiz 19-28 Review

11    Jun 8-9

Final Exam 
ACS Comprehensive Final

CCC Salem Campus Final Exam times

Mon 6/8 from 2:00-4:00 pm in 9-114

Tue 6/9 from noon-2:00 pm in TBA