Chemistry
260, Summer 2024
SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (1.5 credits)
Registration note: This course is intended for those who have not gained credit in any of Chem 213, Chem 222 or Chem 232.
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Course Coordinator:
Kelli Fawkes, fawkesk@uvic.ca office Ell334e, 250 472 5212
Instructors:
Dave Berry, berryde@uvic.ca office Ell334c, 250 721 7170
Kelli Fawkes, fawkesk@uvic.ca office Ell334e, 250 472 5212
Michelle Mills, mbmills@uvic.ca office Ell334a, 250 721 7172
Desirée Mitchell, ddillman@uvic.ca office Ell334b, 250 472 5142
Duration of Course:
This course meets twice weekly throughout the full term. The Experimental (E) session is for 4 hours and the Tutorial (T) session is for 2 hours.
Syllabus can be found here.
Location: Three rooms will be used in a rotating schedule. Details are on the Room and Experiment Schedule.
Lab Sections and Instructors:
B04 Wednesday 13:00 - 16:50 and Thursday 12:00 - 13:50 Archita Adluri (aadluri@uvic.ca) and Hannah Gartside (hgartside@uvic.ca)
Prerequisites: Chemistry 102 and 231.
Textbooks: The lab manual is required and is available in
print form from the Bookstore.
References: Links to references are provided in the table of experiments on the Chem 260 Schedule page. In many cases, this is optional reading for those interested
in the full story. In some instances, you will be required to read certain
references for in-lab assignments (copies provided in class) or for pre-lab
work (use the on-line material). You are not expected to search for extra literature and extra credit will not be given.
Safety Glasses: Mandatory; available from the Bookstore. If you wear prescription
glasses, you will need safety glasses that fit over them.
Lab Coats: Mandatory; available from the Bookstore.
Notebook:
A notebook with fixed pages is mandatory, but it doesn't have to be a
particular kind. It need not be exclusive to this course and it can be one
recycled from another course. Please number the pages and create a "Contents"
list.
Special Considerations:
Suitable accommodation
will be provided for students with short or long term limitations or special
needs. Please ask the Course Coordinator listed above.
Evaluation:
This is the overall breakdown of marks for the
course.
Assignments, results and reports (approx 90%
of total lab mark). The report templates include a guide to the marks distribution.
Instructor's assessment of professional skills (approx 10% of total lab mark). A link will be provided here to the criteria used by the lab instructors in making their evaluation of the professional skills you have displayed during the odd numbered experiments and the even numbered experiments.
A passing grade of 50% must be obtained in the course and a minimum of 70% of the assigned work must be completed and graded to earn 1.5 credits.
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