Syllabus

UNE Summer Session

CHE 111 & Lab: General Chemistry II (Summer 2025)

Credits - 4

Description

Course Description

A continuation of CHE 110. Topic include: thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, equilibrium and acid-base chemistry, redox reactions and electrochemistry, and selected topics in descriptive and organic chemistry.

Course Objectives

This course builds upon the foundation in chemistry from General Chemistry I that will let you: apply chemical principles to everyday life; broaden your understanding of chemical topics from an atomic perspective; relate the chemical and physical properties of pure substances and mixtures; understand factors that influence the rate of reactions; predict under what conditions reactions will occur; relate chemical reactions to electrical principles, and to understand and correctly complete quantitative calculations for gas laws, colligative properties, rate constants and integrated rate laws, equilibrium constants and concentrations, thermodynamic quantities, electrochemical cell potentials and nuclear chemistry.

This course will give you the means to understand the driving forces responsible for natural processes from the macroscopic, such as the water cycle, to the microscopic, such as dialysis. You will gain a further understanding of the impacts of human activity on the physical environment.

Through the laboratory component of this course you will continue to become familiar with experimental observation that is the heart of the scientific method, which together with the Brightspace content part of this course will allow you to gain a scientific perspective about our physical environment and the laws of nature that govern our interactions with our surroundings.

Materials

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to

1. complete quantitative calculations for a variety of chemical topics including gas laws, colligative properties, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry
2. describe the different intermolecular forces and identify them for a given atom or molecule
3. interpret a phase diagram
4. identify acid / base reactions and their products
5. describe how a buffer works
6. balance redox reactions by the half-reaction method under acidic and basic conditions

This course also counts as fulfilling the Laboratory Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum, which includes the following learning outcomes:

1. demonstrate a functional understanding of the scientific method to make informed decisions based on scientific information
2. demonstrate conceptual and practical knowledge of course topics and describe ethical implications of human interactions with natural systems
3. demonstrate scientific literacy and the ability to communicate science-based information

Upon completion of the laboratory portion of the course, you should be able to

1. demonstrate a functional understanding of the scientific method to make informed decisions based on scientific information
2. demonstrate conceptual and practical knowledge of course topics and describe ethical implications of human interactions with the natural world
3. demonstrate scientific literacy and the ability to communicate science-based information
4. design experiments and carry out chemical reactions in support of investigation topics
5. utilize laboratory equipment and instrumentation to carry out experiments and collect experimental data

Assignments

Course Details

The General Chemistry II course is divided into 8 content weeks plus 4 weeks for Introductions and exams. Each of the 8 content weeks  contains a reading assignment, adaptive learning, and homework problems that address the course objectives. There are several short lecture videos that cover some of the major concepts covered in that week. There is a lecture quiz for each week. 

Assigned Reading and Homework Problems

Each week’s Learning Module includes a reading assignment within each chapter that covers the specific course objectives for the week. Within the reading there are practice problems that should be worked as you move along. The assigned homework problems and adaptive learning exercises will allow you to review the material that was covered. Don’t hesitate to ask your instructor for help with any problems that you do not understand. Also, there are many problems at the end of the chapter. You should work through problems in any area where you feel extra practice is necessary.

Weekly Quizzes

All weekly quizzes are open book and open notes. You can take up to 30 minutes to complete each of the 10 multiple-choice lecture quizzes. Although the quizzes are open book and open notes, you need to study the material and work the problems in order to do well on the quizzes. The quizzes will be taken online through the course Brightspace site. Doing well on the quizzes will help prepare you for the midterm and final exam, which are timed and proctored. The quizzes are graded immediately and you may access your graded quizzes at any time in the Course Progress section of Brightspace. This will allow you to use the quizzes to study for your midterm or final.  An additional (third) attempt on each quiz can be earned by completing the quiz self reflection questions and sending them to the instructor.

Laboratory Assignments

Most of the weeks include a laboratory assignment. Introductions to a week’s laboratory assignment can be found in that week’s learning module. However, the actual lab work will be completed in the HOL Cloud website. 

You will perform all laboratory assignments in a non-laboratory setting, such as your kitchen. The labs include four prerequisite labs that can be done before the lab kits arrives,  and 10 graded laboratory assignments distributed throughout the course.  Each lab in the HOL Cloud website includes pre-lab questions, the experiment, and post-lab evaluation questions. There is a lab video that accompanies each lab. This will give you some details about the lab and suggestions for things that will make the lab go smoothly. It will also connect the lab to the chemistry content.  Parts of the lab are graded automatically within HOL. Data and free response questions are graded by your instructor.  

Laboratory Data Analyses

Laboratory experiments are completed individually, after which you will be divided into groups of two and each group will share their lab data and complete a feedback form on the results.

Laboratory Report

One originally written lab report turned in as a Word document or .pdf file in Brightspace, is assigned for the “Titration for Acetic Acid in Vinegar” experiment, found in Week 4. Guidelines for writing a lab report can be found in the document “Lab Report Directions for PBPH Courses.” This can be found in the Midterm Week.

Timeliness and Due Dates

It is important to make consistent, steady progress in the course and course material.  All assignments are due by their posted deadlines.  Items submitted up to one week late will incur a 10% grade penalty and items submitted beyond one week late will incur a 20% grade penalty.

Midterm and Final Exam

The midterm and final exams are CLOSED book, CLOSED notes, timed and proctored. If you use the official UNE whiteboard (see Materials Section, above), you will be required to show your proctor that your whiteboard is clear at the beginning of your testing session, and you must erase your whiteboard in front of the proctor before disconnecting from your session. If you do not do this, your exam will not be credited.  You will also be required to set up an external webcam as described above in the “Materials” section.  

You may use:

• The provided PDF entitled “Chem 1013 Exam Information and Equations”
• An 8″ X 11″ whiteboard, marker, and eraser
• A stand-alone scientific, non-programmable calculator
• Nothing else

Detailed instructions for registering for your exams are located under “Student Resources” in Brightspace’s Welcome and Getting Started module.

The midterm consists of 40 questions to be completed in 120 minutes. The final consists of 60 questions to be completed in 180 minutes.

Your exam scores will be available after you take the exam. 

Grading Policy

Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:

Grade Breakdown

Category	Percent of Grade
Quizzes	15%
ALEKS	15%
Lab Assignments	10%
Lab Analyses	5%
Lab Report	5%
Midterm Exam	25%
Final Exam	25%

Grade Scale

Grade	Points Grade	Point Average (GPA)
A	94 – 100%	4.00
A-	90 – 93%	3.75
B+	87 – 89%	3.50
B	84 – 86%	3.00
B-	80 – 83%	2.75
C+	77 – 79%	2.50
C	74 – 76%	2.00
C-	70 – 73%	1.75
D	64 – 69%	1.00
F	00 – 63%	0.00