Department of Chemistry

Fall Semester, 2020

Course Syllabus



 
Week
No.
Date(s) Text
Sections
Topic Title Text
Pages
1 Aug. 19, 21   A1 - C3  "Fundamentals"
F1 - F29
2 Aug. 24, 26, 28  1A.1- 1A.3
 1B.1 - 1B.3
 1C.1 - 1C.2
 "Investigating Atoms"
 "Quantum Theory"
 "Wavefunctions and Energy Levels"
2 - 10
11 - 22
23 - 29
3 Aug. 31, Sept. 2, 4  1D.1 - 1D.5
 1E.1
 "The Hydrogen Atom"
 "Many-Electron Atoms"
30 - 41
41 - 44
4 Sept. 7, 9
 1E.2
 1F.1 - 1F.8
 "Many-Electron Atoms"
 "Periodicity"
44 - 50
51 - 66
  Sept. 11     HOUR EXAM No. 1  
5 Sept. 14, 16, 18
 2A.1 - 2A.4
 2B.1 - 2B.2
 "Ionic Bonding"
 "Covalent Bonding"
68 - 76
77 - 84
6 Sept. 21, 23, 25  2B.3
 2C.1 - 2C.3
 2D.1 - 2D.4
 "Covalent Bonding"
 "Beyond the Octet Rule"
 "The Properties of Bonds"  
84 - 87
88 - 94
95 - 102
7 Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 2  2E.1 - 2E.3
 2F.1
 "The VSEPR Model"
 "Valence-Bond Theory"
103 - 116
117 - 119
8 Oct. 5, 7, 9  2F.2 - 2F.4
 2G.1 - 2G.2
 "Valence-Bond Theory"
 "Molecular Orbital Theory"
119 - 126
127 - 134
9 Oct. 12  2G.3  "Molecular Orbital Theory"  134 - 135
  Oct. 14
    HOUR EXAM No. 2  
  Oct. 16  9C.1  "Coordination Compounds"  720 - 725
10 Oct. 19, 21, 23  9C.2 - 9C.3
 9D.1 - 9D.4
 "Coordination Compounds"
 "The Electronic Structure of d-Metal Complexes"
 725 - 732
 733 - 740
11 Oct. 26, 28, 30  3A.1 - 3A.3
 3B.1 - 3B.3
 3C.1
 "The Nature of Gases"
 "The Gas Laws"
 "Gases in Mixtures and Reactions"
147 - 152
153 - 162
163 - 166
12 Nov. 2, 4, 6  3C.2
 3D.1 - 3D.3
 3E.1 - 3E.2
 "Gases in Mixtures and Reactions"
 "Molecular Motion"
 "Real Gases"
166 - 169
170 - 178
179 - 182
  Nov. 9     HOUR EXAM No. 3  
13
Nov. 11, 13  3F.1 - 3F.6
 3G.1 - 3G.2
 "Intermolecular Forces"
 "Liquids" 
185 - 194
195 - 197
14 Nov. 16, 18, 20 3H.1 - 3H.2  "Solids"  201 - 204
15 Nov. 23  3H.3 - 3H.6  "Solids" 204 - 217
  Tue., Dec. 8
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    FINAL EXAM