CHEMISTRY 538 GENERAL INFORMATION Fall 2009
| OBJECTIVES: | Chemistry 538 is a graduate course in chemical kinetics that should be useful to students in various branches of chemistry, as well as, physics and chemical engineering, where reaction rates and mechanisms (dynamics) are important. The topics covered will include analysis of chemical reaction rates and mechanisms in gas phase and solution reactions and theoretical aspects of molecular-level description of reaction dynamics. | ||||||||||
| LECTURES: | Tu Th 10:20 - 11:35 in CB 201 | ||||||||||
| INSTRUCTOR: | Office: CB 202 Phone: 646-1547 Office Hours: TuTh 11:40 - 12:30 or by appointment |
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| TEXTBOOK: | Required: Chemical
Kinetics and Dynamics (2nd Edition), by J.I.
Steinfeld, J.S. Francisco, and W.L. Hase (Prentice Hall;
2 edition, 1998, ISBN: 0137371233) Recommended: Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics, P. L. Houston, (originally WCB/McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001, now been reprinted by Dover, 2006, ISBN: 0486453340) You may also want to buy a personal copy of Mathcad, Mathematica, Scientific Notebook or other software that would help you in computations. Some of them can be purchased at the book store. Mathcad is also available in the chemistry computer lab.. |
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| PREREQUISITES: | Chemistry 538 is designed for graduate students.
Undergradates can take with the instructor's consent |
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| EXAMINATIONS: | Chemistry 538 exams will be given on the following
days and Exam keys will be posted next day. Midterm
Exam
10/15/2009 ,
take home For the examination you may need to bring a calculator and should not share it during an exam. You may not share calculators during an exam. Electronic devices (other than calculators) are prohibited during an exam. |
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| QUIZZES and EXERCISES: |
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| STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT: | Please review the student code of conduct in your Student Handbook on cheating (including plagiarism) and other academic misconduct issues if you need to refresh it. The current version can be found at http://www.nmsu.edu/~vpsa/SCOC/misconduct.html. | ||||||||||
| STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: | If you have or believe you have a disability that
interferes with your performance as a student in this
class, you are encouraged for academic reasons to discuss
this on a confidential basis with the instructor and /or
call Michael Armendariz, Coordinator of Services for
Student with Disabilities, at 575-646-6840 with any
questions you may have on student issues related to the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and/or Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. All medical
information will be treated confidentially. Feel free to call Jerry Nevarez, Director of Institutional Equity, at 575-646-3635 with any questions you may about NMSU’s Non-Discrimination Policy and complaints of discrimination, including sexual harassment. |
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| WITHDRAWALS & "I" GRADES: | Students are sometimes confused about the requirements for a grade of "Incomplete", assuming it is a "late W". No withdrawals from individual courses are allowed after the mid-point of the semester (October 12). "I" grades can be given only after the mid-point of the semester. To receive an "I" the student must be passing the course with a C grade or better at the midpoint of the semester and then be prevented from completing the course successfully due to illness or a family crisis. The student must provide documentation that the illness or family emergency makes it impossible for the student to complete the course with a passing grade. | ||||||||||
| GRADE: | Midterm exam
.............................................. 20% Lecture quizzes/problem sets.......................... 30% Special project............................................... 20% Final exam .....................................................30% Total ............................................................ 100% The letter grade for the course will be given based on the percentage scheme:
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Last updated on 08/19/09