This is the second-semester general chemistry course with a laboratory designed for individuals with a baccalaureate degree who need the second-semester general chemistry as a prerequisite to apply for admission to health professions programs. These may include graduate programs in medicine, veterinary medicine, dental medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and physician assistant.
OpenStax Chemistry 2e, available for free in Brightspace.
It is mandatory for students enrolled in lab to order a lab kit.
The kit must be purchased directly through Hands-on Lab and cannot be purchased secondhand or from another vendor as the unique kit code is vital and is assigned to each student at the time of purchase.
Note: Kits can take 5–7 business days to arrive. On or after your course start date, you can go to the HOL Cloud link posted in the Brightspace announcements to register for your HOL course using these directions.
For help ordering your HOL Kit, please follow the “Getting Started with Hands-On Labs” guide in Brightspace. For customer service concerns, please use the HOL dedicated phone line (720-360-4034).
Do not start any experiments until you read the instructions within the individual course modules. If you decide to return your LabPaq you will have to pay the return shipping charge plus a restocking fee.
This course permits the use of a dry-erase whiteboard for scratch work during one or more of your proctored exams. No scratch paper is permitted. The whiteboard must be purchased from the following seller.
In lecture courses, students should be able to:
In lab courses, students should be able to:
After completing the lecture section of this course, students will be able to:
After completing the lab section of this course, students will be able to:
On the course start date, students will have access to orientation. This must be completed to be able to gain access to the first module in the course. Students must complete the first module to gain access to the next one. We recommend that students spend about 15 hours per week to complete a course in 16 weeks. When trying to complete the course in less than 16 weeks, we typically see students do this successfully within 12-14 weeks. Instructors will be timely in grading and feedback, but it will not be instant.
Course Details
The General Chemistry II course is divided into 16 weeks. Each week contains a reading assignment and homework problems that address the course objectives. There are several short lecture videos that cover some of the major concepts covered that week. There is a lecture quiz each week. Most of the weeks include a laboratory assignment for those students taking the laboratory course. Three discussion questions are spread throughout the course.
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. Every chapter includes “Guided Notes”, a document that can be downloaded in the “Course Text” section of your use. Within the reading there are practice problems that should be worked as you move along. The assigned homework problems from the end of the chapter will allow you to review the material that was covered. Be sure to ask your instructor for help with any problems that you do not understand. Also, there are many more problems at the end of the chapter. You should work through problems other than those assigned in any area where you feel extra practice is necessary.
Discussion Board Posts
Discussion questions cover interesting current events or materials that contribute to a deeper understanding of key concepts and allow you to interact with your classmates and the instructor. There are a total of three required discussion questions found in weeks 1, 9, and 15. Most of the discussion questions are designed to accompany particular chapters (see specific discussion questions for more information). Each question may require you to conduct internet research. Then you will write a response following the guidelines in the assignment.
To earn full credit: you will need to post a response, respond to the original posts of at least two other students, and then contribute to an ongoing discussion. For special cases where one or two students are accelerating faster through the course, the instructor will participate in the discussion so that everyone has the opportunity to interact.
Discussion Question Guidelines
Laboratory Assignments
Most of the weeks include a laboratory assignment. The laboratory assignments for each week are in that week’s Learning Module folder as well as in the Laboratory folder. You will perform all laboratory assignments in a non-laboratory setting, such as your kitchen. The labs include two prerequisite labs that can be done before the lab kits arrives, and 11 graded laboratory assignments distributed throughout the course. The laboratory assignments are completed in the HOL Cloud website and include pre-lab questions, the experiment, and post-lab evaluation questions. There is a lab video which 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.
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 7. Guidelines for writing a lab report can be found in the document “How to Write Lab Notes and Lab Reports” published by Hands-on Labs. This can be found in the Week #7 Lab folder.
There will be two required lab discussion question posts. These will occur in Weeks 3 and 14 of the lecture course. They are designed to allow you to make some personal connection to the lab content and may require some Internet research. The same criteria will be used for lab posts that is described above for those found in the lecture course.
There will be a lab final that covers the objectives from each of the required labs. Exam details are given below.
Weekly Quizzes
All weekly lecture 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 Learning Module folder by clicking on the quiz attempt. This will allow you to use the quizzes to study for your midterm or final.
Lecture Midterm and Final Exam, Lab Final Exam
The midterm and final exams are CLOSED book, CLOSED notes, timed and proctored by ProctorU. 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 a UNE-authorized webcam as described above in the “Materials” section.
You may use:
Detailed instructions for registering for your exams with ProctorU are located under in Brightspace’s Welcome and Getting Started module.
The lecture midterm, lecture final, and lab final each consists of 40 multiple choice questions and you can have up to 120 minutes to complete them.
Your exam scores will be available after you take the exam, but exams will not be released to students for review. Please contact your instructor for specific feedback.
Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:
Assignment Category | Points Available |
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Lecture Component | |
Weekly Quizzes | 280 |
Discussion | 120 |
Midterm Exam | 300 |
Final Exam | 300 |
Total | 1000 |
Lab Component | |
Lab Assignments | 350 |
Lab Discussions | 100 |
Lab Report | 200 |
Lab Final Exam | 350 |
Total | 1000 |
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 |
Week |
Objectives |
Readings/Resources |
Assignments |
1 |
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Chapter 10 (Sections 10.1-10.5) |
Lecture: Week 1 Quiz, Week 1 Discussion Lab: Prerequisite labs (Laboratory Safety, Getting Started) |
2 |
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Chapter 11 (Sections 11.1-11.5) |
Lecture: Week 2 Quiz Lab: Colligative Properties and Osmotic Pressure |
3 |
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Chapter 12a (Sections 12.1-12.4) |
Lecture: Week 3 Quiz Lab: Reaction Order & Rate Laws |
4 |
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Chapter 12b (Sections 12.5-12.7) |
Lecture: Week 4 Quiz No lab |
5 |
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Chapter 13 |
Lecture: Week 5 Quiz Lab: Equilibrium and LeChatelier’s Principle |
6 |
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Chapter 14a (14.1-14.3) |
Lecture: Week 6 Quiz Lab: Determination of Ka for a Weak Acid, Week 6 Discussion |
7 |
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Chapter 14b (14.4, 14.6-14.7) |
Lecture: Week 7 Quiz Lab: Titration for Acetic Acid in Vinegar (lab and lab report) |
8 |
NA |
NA |
Lecture: Midterm Exam |
9 |
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Chapter 15.1 & 15.3 |
Lecture: Week 9 Quiz, Week 9 Discussion Lab: Determination of Water Hardness Using a Titrator |
10 |
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Chapter 16.1-16.2 |
Lecture: Week 10 Quiz No lab |
11 |
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16.3-16.4 |
Lecture: Week 11 Quiz Lab: Oxidation/Reduction Activity Series |
12 |
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17.1-17.6 |
Lecture: Week 12 Quiz Lab: Electrochemical Cells and Cell Potentials, Week 12 Discussion |
13 |
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18.1-18.4 |
Lecture: Week 13 Quiz Lab: Anions, Cations, and Ionic Reactions |
14 |
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20.1-20.4 |
Lecture: Week 14 Quiz Lab: Naming Organic Compounds; Stereochemistry 1, Structural Isomers |
15 |
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21.1-21.7 |
Lecture: Week 15 Quiz, Week 15 Discussion No lab |
16 |
Lecture: Final Exam Lab: Final Exam |
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The University of New England has contracted with ProctorU to provide students with the most convenient online exam proctoring system. This system provides a simple, no cost to the student, secure, online proctor for exams and allows the student to take all the exams at home and on their own schedule.
Upon enrollment into the course, each student will register with ProctorU and establish a login name and password. This will give the student access to all of ProctorU's services. When ready, students will schedule each of their proctored exams with ProctorU. Exams must be scheduled at least 72 hours in advance to avoid fees. Prior to taking their exams, students must be sure that they have downloaded the ProctorU Chrome or Firefox extension and are using the most current version of Chrome or Firefox. They must also be sure their testing site's connection meets the minimum requirements by using ProctorU's "Test It Out" utility.
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Students must use ProctorU and must follow all proctoring requirements for their exams to be credited.
Proctored exams are not available for review at any time. You will not be able to see the questions, nor the answers you've given, after completing the exams. Please contact your instructor for specific feedback.
Discussion board assignments cover interesting current events or materials related to this course that contribute to a deeper understanding of key concepts and allow you to interact with your classmates and the instructor. Each assignment may require you to conduct internet research, read additional materials (a short journal or magazine article), visit a specific webpage, AND/OR view a short video prior to writing a response following the specific guidelines in the assignment.
To earn full credit: you will need to post a response to the discussion topic, respond to the original posts of at least two other students, and then contribute meaningfully to an ongoing discussion. You will need to post your initial response before you will see any posts from your classmates. Please keep in mind that only this initial response is included in your assignment grade, so make sure you have followed all of the guidelines and written a complete response prior to submitting the post. For special cases where one or two students are accelerating faster through the course, the instructor will participate in the discussion so that everyone has the opportunity to interact.
Please see Brightspace for a full description, along with specific guidelines, for each assignment. Discussion board assignments should be completed, along with all other assignments in the course, in the order that they appear. Due to the course design, you may be unable to take a proctored exam if you do not complete all assignments that appear prior to that exam.
Please also refer to the Grading Policy/Grade Breakdown section of the syllabus to learn the percentage of your grade that each discussion board assignment is worth.
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