Humboldt State University ® Department of Chemistry

Richard A. Paselk

Office: SA560a & GH 122c
Office Hours: MW 1400-1450 (SA 560a); TR 1500-1550 (GH 122)
Phone: x 5719 & x 5136
Home: 822-1116
e-mail: rap1@humboldt.edu

Syllabus: See Fundamentals of Chemistry on my Web Page (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1)

* You will find that I do not necessarily follow your text's order of presentation within or among chapters. IT IS UP TO YOU TO WINNOW THROUGH THE TEXT AND FIND THE APPROPRIATE READING MATERIALS WITHIN THE CITED CHAPTERS OF BAUER!
Week	Date	Topic	Reading*
1	8/24-28	Introduction; Why Chemisty? Matter and Energy; Measurement and Sig Figs	Chap. 1
2	8/31-9/4	Atoms and Ions; Introduction to the Periodic Table	Chap. 2
3	9/7-11	Labor Day Holiday, Monday, 7 September Chemical Compounds; Nomenclature	Chap. 3
4	9/14-18	Quantitative Composition of Substances and Solutions Last day to drop without a grade-Monday, 21 September (see Syllabus)	Chap. 4
5	9/21-25	Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations	Chap. 5
6	9/28-10/2	Conservation of Mass and Chemical Reactions; Heat in Chemical Reactions	Chap. 6
7	10/5-9	Tuesday Lecture Cancelled! Instructor Furlough Day
		Exam I - Thursday, October 8	Chap. 1 - 6
8	10/12-16	The Modern Atom; Atomic Basis of Periodicity, cont.	Chap. 7
9	10/19-23	Chemical Bonding: Lewis Structures & VSEPR Theory	Chap. 8
10	10/26-30	Gases and Gas Laws	Chap. 9
11	11/2-6	Liquids & Solids; Water; Solutions, Colligative Properties	Chap. 10, 11
12	11/9-13	Tuesday Lecture Cancelled! Instructor Furlough Day
12	11/9-13	Veteran's Day, Wed., 11 November - Campus CLOSED
		Exam II - Thursday, November 12	Chap. 7 - 10
13	11/16-20	Reaction Rate, Introduction to Equilibrium -Le Chatelier's Principle	Chap. 12
14	11/23-27	Thanksgiving Holiday
15	11/30-12/4	Acids, Bases, pH and Buffers	Chap. 13
16	12/7-11	Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Reactions	Chap. 14
17	12/14-18	Final Exam: Thursday 17 December 0800-0950	Chap. 1-14