Chemistry 14BL COURSE INFORMATION Spring 2017

(LAST DAY TO DROP IMPACTED COURSE April 14th)

Course Instructor: Dr. Jennifer R. Casey (3077E Young) Email: jrcasey@chem.ucla.edu
Office Hours (3077E Young Hall): Mon 10 11am; Wed 11 12pm; Thur 10 11am; Fri 12 1pm
Lecture 1: Wednesday at 10AM in CS 50 Lecture 2: Friday at 11AM in CS 50
Laboratory Rooms: 1336 & 1337 Young
Enforced Requisites: Courses 14A (C- or better) and 14B (co-requisite OR if completed C- or better)
Note: It is the students responsibility to review materials discussed in Chem 14A and Chem 14B

Guidelines, Revised Procedures & Supplementary Reading Materials: Report guidelines and any revised
procedures and reading materials will be posted on UCLA CCLE (https://ccle.ucla.edu).
Required Texts, Supplementary Reading Materials & Laboratory Notebook:
(1) Chemistry Experiments for Life Science Majors (4th Ed) by Russell and Pang, Pearson (ISBN #: 9781323644614)
(2) Techniques in Organic Chemistry (4th Ed) by Mohrig, Hammond, and Schatz
(3) Supplementary Reading Materials (SRM) are posted on CCLE refer to laboratory schedule
(4) Laboratory notebook designed for duplicate records are available from the Undergraduate Chemistry Fraternity
(AXE) located in 1275 Young Hall and the student store.
Mandatory SAFETY SEMINAR: All enrolled students (including students on the waiting list) MUST attend a
mandatory safety seminar on Monday, April 3rd in CS50 at 5:00PM (Lecture 1) or 5:30PM (Lecture 2).
Attendance will be recorded. Any student who fails to attend the safety seminar will be dropped from the class.
Course Grading: To receive a passing grade (C-), you must complete ALL the experiments (including reports) and
receive at least 50% of the points in EACH of the following grading categories in the course. No student can pass the
course without taking both exams. The instructor reserves the right to modify the 50% rule at the end of the quarter after
all the scores are tabulated. All scores are tentative and are subject to modification.
(I) Preparation for labs Pre-Lab Assignments 75 16%
(II) Performance in labs Technique (including cleanup) and accuracy 40 9%
(III) Documentation of lab work Post-Lab Reports 130 29%
(IV) Concepts Reinforcement Online Writing Assignment (TWO ASSIGNMENTS) 30 7%
(V) Conceptual Understandings of Experiments
Cumulative Exam #1 (see below NO ALTERNATE DATE/TIME FOR EXAM) 50 11%
Cumulative Exam #2 (see below NO ALTERNATE DATE/TIME FOR EXAM) 125 28%
Total Points: 450 100%

IMPORTANT: It is the responsibility of the student to complete all the course work including all the lab work during the
time allocated for the specific assignment/experiment. There are neither times nor resources for any student to make up
any course/lab work that a student missed during the quarter. There is NO MAKE UP for any missing exam.
Lectures Schedule:
LECTURE 1: LECTURE 2:
Apr. 5 Introduction, Measurements and Errors Apr. 7
Apr. 12 Theory on Beers Law & Concentration Units Apr. 14
Apr. 19 Theory on Crystallization Apr. 21
Apr. 26 Melting Point Theory & Acid-Base Indicators Apr. 28
May 3 Cumulative Exam #1 IN LECTURE May 5
May 10 Chemical Equilibrium - Aqueous Equilibrium (I) May 12
May 17 Chemical Equilibrium - Aqueous Equilibrium (II) May 19
May 24 Analysis of Aqueous Equilibrium Data May 26
May 31 Chemical Kinetics Jun. 2
Jun. 7 Topics Review Jun. 9
June 14 (8-11am) Cumulative Exam #2 (Comprehensive) June 12 (3-6pm)
Exams must be taken during the lecture in which you are officially enrolled. Any missing exam will count as ZERO.
Note: Overslept or alarm didnt work or stuck in traffic etc. are NOT acceptable excuses for missing an exam.
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Repeat violation of laboratory safety policy will result in a failing grade (i.e. F) in the course.

MANDATORY Laboratory Safety Policy - Safety Glasses (OSHA APPORVED) and Protective Clothing:
Eye protection must be worn in all laboratories whenever any laboratory work is in progress. If you wear prescription
glasses, you will need to wear either safety glasses or safety goggles over the prescription glasses. A full-length FLAME
RESISTANT BLUE lab coat, safety glasses, closed-toe shoes, and long pants must be worn when doing any experimental
work. Safety glasses and flame resistant lab coat as well as lab notebook can be purchased from the Undergraduate
Chemistry Fraternity Office - AXE - Room 1275 Young Hall. Shorts (including capris) and sandals including loafers,
mules, or ballet-flats that expose the back and/or top of the feet and ankle areas are NOT allowed in the laboratory. You
will be dismissed from the laboratory WITHOUT make up time if you are not wearing appropriate protective clothing.
Latex gloves will be provided for those experiments using chemicals that are hazardous to skin.

Lab Preparation: You must be prepared for the experiment before you come to lab if you wish to complete the
experiment in the time allotted. The course is impacted; there is neither make-up time in the course nor space for you to
work in other sections. If you miss a lab (valid reason with written documentation will be required), you MUST discuss
the issue with the course instructor. Permission to make up laboratory work is contingent upon valid
reasoning/verification, resources and scheduling. In preparation for the lab, you should first study the pertinent sections
in the text, review the lecture notes pertaining to the experiment, and then view the appropriate videos (refer to lab
schedule for online access of the videos) for any new techniques to be used in the experiment.

Pre-lab Reports AND Data: If a pre-lab report is required for the experiment, you MUST turn in the pre-lab report
to your TA at the beginning of the lab period. Refer to CCLE for the specific report guidelines. During the lab period,
you will also complete the data tables and record any other observations about the experiment in your lab
notebook. A copy of the in-lab data is to be turned in to the T.A. at the end of the lab period. Late pre-lab work will
count as ZERO. NO student will be allowed to complete any laboratory work without submitting the completed pre-
lab report at the beginning of the lab period.

Post-lab Reports: The remainder of the lab report - the data analysis, error analysis, and conclusions - are to be
completed in the lab notebook after the experiment is completed (check CCLE for guidelines). The post-lab report must
be turned in to the T.A. at the beginning of your regular lab section on the day listed under Due Date on the lab
schedule. Unexcused late post-lab reports will accrue a penalty of 20% reduction of the grade PER DAY. No reports
will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on the last day of instruction.

Correspondence: This course will use www.piazza.com for any course-related questions/discussions. Piazza is a
discussion forum that will allow you to quickly get your questions answered as well as answer or comment on other
students questions. Rather than emailing a general course-related or content-related question to your instructor or your
TA, you are encouraged to post your question to Piazza instead. You will receive an email from Piazza to set up your
account. Piazza is FERPA compliant and you are allowed to post anonymously. If you do have any personal matters that
should be handled privately, please email the instructor directly. Be sure to start the subject line of all correspondence sent
to your instructor or TA with 14BLS17-1 or 14BLS17-2 (depending on if you are enrolled in Lecture 1 or Lecture 2). If
you are unsure if your question/concern should be posted publicly to Piazza, please email the instructor.

Gradescope: This course will use www.gradescope.com to grade your exams. The website was developed by graduate
students at Berkeley to streamline grading of free response exams. All exams are scanned and uploaded to the Gradescope
webpage, where the course TAs access your responses and grade the exams online. The program allows for more
consistent and fairer grading. Additionally, your score breakdown will be more transparent for you as you will be able to
see the rubric used and exactly which points were assigned to your exam. You will receive an email from Gradescope to
set up your account. Please do so and check that everything is working prior to the midterm. Your exams will be returned
electronically via Gradescope as well. Finally, Gradescope is a secure website, but if you would prefer that your answers
are not uploaded to Gradescope, please let your instructor know and your paper exam will be graded by hand.

Grading Criteria: Your mastery of the course will be measured through your performance on the exams, reports,
experimental accuracy, calculations and analysis of data, and your lab technique. Qualities that will be considered in this
latter category include your performance in observing safety regulations such as wearing eye and personal protection in
lab, following safe lab procedures, working independently and coming to lab prepared, completing the assigned work
within the scheduled laboratory periods, coming to lab on time and turning in assignments promptly, and disposing of
waste in proper receptacles. Chemistry 14BL is graded on a mastery basis. Letter grades are based on the course point
total. (Please note these grades are assigned only at the end of the quarter when all items have been graded; the percentage
on a portion of the course is not a meaningful measure of your total performance). Plus and minus grades are frequently
assigned, but final decisions to award these grades are not made until the end of the quarter when all the student data have
been evaluated. As a rule of thumb, the general course grades are assigned ONLY if a student satisfies ALL the
requirements stated under the Course Grading section on the syllabus (refer to the first page of the syllabus):
90 - 100% = A; 80 - 89% = B; 65 - 79% = C; 60 - 64% = D; 0 - 59% = F
Any student who fails to satisfy the minimum passing requirements (refer to the first page of the syllabus) for the class
will receive NO HIGHER than a D grade in the course regardless of the laboratory work performance.

Academic Standard: All cases of cheating, plagiarism, or dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Students. All
work that you submit for grading must be your own work. Group reports must acknowledge the individual contributions
of each person if the work has been shared.