Introductory Chemistry and Laboratory

Class Material

Lecture Schedule

Day	Chapter	Sect.
May 31	Chapter 1	1 – 11
June 1	Chapter 2 Chapter 3	1 – 3, 5 – 7 1 – 3
June 5	Chapter 4 Chapter 5	1 – 9 1, 8 – 11
June 6	Chapter 6	8 – 9, 12 – 15
June 7	Chapter 7	1 – 5
June 8	Exam 1 – Chapters 1 – 6
June 12	Chapter 7 Chapter 8	6 – 7 6 – 8
June 13	Chapter 9	1, 3 – 7, 9, 13
June 14	Chapter 10	1 – 3
June 15	Exam 2 – Chapters – 7 - 10
June 19	Juneteenth – no Class
June 20	Chapter 11 Chapter 12	1 – 11 1 – 3, 5 – 8
June 21	Chapter 13 Chapter 14	1 – 9 1 – 3
June 22	Exam 3 – Chapters 11 - 14
June 26	Chapter 15 Chapter 16	1 - 8 2 – 4, 7 – 9
June 27	Exam 4 – Chapters 15 - 16

Introductory Chemistry Laboratory Schedule

Date	Laboratory Assignments
May 31	Laboratory Check-in – Experiment 1 – Precision, Accuracy, Calculation and Presentation. Dry Lab Only – No Equipment
June 5	Experiment 2 - Chromatography
June 6	Experiment 3 – Physical Properties – Pure vs. Contaminated Substances
June 7	Experiment 4 – Mix and Match
June 8	Exam 1 – Chapters 1 – 6
June 12	Experiment 5 – Energy in Almonds
June 13	Experiment 6– Empirical Formulas
June 14	Experiment 7 – Determination of Sodium Bicarbonate in Alka-Seltzer
June 15	Exam 2 – Chapters – 7 - 10
June 19	Juneteenth – no Class
June 20	Experiment 8 – Spectrophotometry – Aspartame in Sweetener
June 21	Experiment 9 – Antacid Analysis - Acid-Base Titration
June 22	Exam 3 – Chapters 11 - 14
June 26	Experiment 10 –Organic Synthesis – Esters and Saponification
June 27	Exam 4 – Chapters 15 - 16

Welcome to Introductory Chemistry!

My name is Dr. Mike Jezercak and I’ll be your professor for this course. I am contacting all of you in advance to make you aware of the course website which is on my chemistry web. The page is available through the chemistry website and linked here:
http://www.drjez.com/uco We will begin at class time Monday.

Once there you can navigate to the Introductory Chemistry page and there you will find all the necessary course information including the course syllabus, schedule of chapters and exams along with homework and any ancillary material handed out in lecture and other items you’ll need or find useful during this semester. Please bookmark this page as I also keep updated grades there for you to access.

I encourage you to read the “Advice from a Previous Class”. These are students that successfully completed this demanding course in this very brief time frame.

This course will move along at an EXTREMELY brisk pace and we will begin immediately on the first day. Know that you must be concurrently enrolled in the laboratory section as well as this is a combined course. You will need a laboratory manual immediately on the first day. This will be provided for this experience.

Physical labs will all be in -person M-W. I will provide introductory lecture videos also available on the web site. You are expected to have viewed these videos to lab entry. If you are unprepared when entering the lab, you might not allowed to compete the lab on that day. You will be responsible for turning the lab exercises each day by the end of the lab. The lab manual is available at Kopy Kat. A link to the address and map is on the website as well.

We will NOT be using the online homework site, OWL, for this course so you need not purchase an access code.
Please note that I only answer emails through my email address given on the website so, for any communication, please use drjez@uco.drjez.com .

This course is a challenge to most students in a full 16-week semester. Now you will be asked to finish 16-20 chapters in 15 days with 4 exams and 11 laboratories! This is NOT for the Weak of Heart or the slow learner. It will go fast and hard so be prepared.

Student Readiness: UCO’s ‘Are you ready’ for online education survey: https://cece.uco.edu/ready/.

We will begin on the first day so be ready to start. I look forward to working with all of you!
Dr. J