General Descriptive Chemistry II

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Recognize and draw the structures of simple organic molecules with common functional groups.
• Name molecules based on their structure, and conversely, determine the structure of a molecule based on their IUPAC or common name.
• Recognize the different shapes of organic molecules with common functional groups and match the bond angles of those molecules to their molecular shapes.
• Identify the functional groups present in simple organic molecules, as well as the chemical properties they confer onto those molecules.
• Explain the connections between the structure of simple organic molecules and the roles they play in our everyday lives (including in the human body).
• Describe the structure and function of amino acids and nucleic acids, and how they build proteins and DNA and RNA molecules, respectively.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Unit Tests	40%
Final Exam	20%
Homework Assignments	20%
In-class Activities	10%
Attendance & iClicker Participation	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
≥93%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D-
<60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

iClickers polls will be used to collect the attendance and participation during each lecture meeting. This grade will be calculated as a percentage of the number of lectures attended out of the number of lectures held. Anyone who is more than 10 minutes late or who leaves more than 20 minutes early will be recorded as absent.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry by Janice Gorzynski Smith 5th edition ISBN: 9781260732023 with ALEKS 360 Access Card, (ALEKS 360 will provide access to e-text)
• iClicker Remote