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Chemistry 121 - Fall 2003 General Chemistry |
Mid-Term Examinations
Each mid-term examination is announced in the class and lab calendar.
They are taken under the honor system, and a pledge is provided with each.
Typically the exams will be a blend of material from all of the course
activities for that exam period. For example, an exam can be composed
of problems adapted from those assigned in the textbook, original problems
that have not been covered in the book per se, and interpretation of current
lab results according to the material being studied in the classroom.
Examinations will not be made up if missed, unless due to circumstances beyond your control. If problems arise due to circumstances beyond your control, you must contact me prior to the exam. You can call my office, home or e-mail me. If neither of those work, please contact the department office at x3104 or as a last resort, the Dean of Students office.
This semester you may use a TI-89 (or comparable) programmable calculator on the examinations and quizzes. Equations and formulas may be programmed into the calculator before the exam, and used during the exam, without violating the honor code. Programs may be shared before the exam, but not during it. Other calculators are not prohibited, but they are not recommended.
Class Quizzes
There will be five class quizzes given at throughout the semester as
scheduled in the calendar. Each quiz is 25 minutes long, counts 30 points,
and will be based on assigned text reading and assigned problems. Quizzes
are intended to bridge the time between mid-term exams, and to reward those
who keep up with their reading and work on a regular basis.
Final Examination
The final examination will be comprehensive and based on a set of problems
taken directly from your book, from the problem sets that you have been
doing, and from the laboratory. These will be edited to fit into a two
hour time frame. Some of the numerical values may be changed, but the problems
will reflect what you have been working on all semester. The exam will
be taken individually, under the St. Olaf honor system. Programmable, and
pre-programmed calculators, such as the TI-89, may be used on the final
examination. Our final exam times, as published in the current class and
lab schedule, are slated for Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 2:30 p.m.
Page last modified on 20 August 2003 by Paul T. Jackson