CHE 230, Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2008
Exams
Four exams
will be administered in the course. The
first three exams will be given during the regular lecture time (
February 6
(Wed.) First exam
March
5 (Wed.) Second exam
April
16 (Wed.) Third exam
April
30 (Wed.) Final exam:
If
for some reason you have a valid academic conflict with any of these common
exam times, you must notify me at least two weeks before the exam is to be
given. In accordance with University
procedures, you must provide written notice, and this must be done for each
exam with which you have a conflict. An alternate exam time that fits the
schedules of all of the excused students will be arranged, possibly in the
early morning or at a time that overlaps with the scheduled times above. If you
have a job and your employer expects you to be working during one of the exam
times, arrange to take time off or arrange for someone else to work your shift
for you. Thanksgiving holiday plans are
not a University approved excuse for missing an exam.
Students may miss one exam if they
have a documented, excused absence that conforms to the University
Senate Rules. (The University Bulletin
and the manual, “Student Rights and
Responsibilities”, define a valid excuse for a missed exam. See also the course bulletin board outside
CP-139 in the Rose Street corridor.) The
documents must be presented within a week of the missed exam. Make-up exams will not be given for
these students. The student who misses
one exam for a legitimate reason will have the two remaining hourly exams and
the final exam each count for 30% of the grade.
Students with two documented, excused absences will have their final
exam count for 50% of their grade.
Students who miss three or more exams or the final exam for any reason
will receive an “E” unless the dean of their college permits them to withdraw. Students who miss an exam without an excuse
will receive a zero for that exam at my discretion. If you miss an exam for any reason, even an
undocumented one, please discuss the circumstances with me.
A seating chart will be posted
before each exam. Please arrive at your
assigned room and be in your seat at least five minutes before the beginning of
the exams. Be prepared to show your
student identification (or other photo ID) at the exams. The exams will emphasize material covered since
the last exam, but since new chemistry builds on old chemistry, command of the
older material will be necessary. All exams are cumulative. Copies of exams from previous years will be
posted on the course web site.
All exams will be returned to you
after they have been graded. Please
check them over for mistakes in addition.
If you were marked off for an answer you think was correct, submit it to
me with a brief written argument. Oral
requests for regrading will not be entertained.
Requests for regrading must be received within one week of the return
date. If you change an answer and then ask that it be regraded, you will have
cheated and will be liable for the minimum
penalty of a zero on the exam and one lower letter grade for the course, in
accord with University rules. Selected
exams will be photocopied in order to minimize this temptation. All graded work must be entirely your
own. Attempts to claim another person’s
work as your own is forbidden and will be dealt with in accord with University
regulations.
You will not be permitted to
bring molecular models or calculators to the exams.
List
of Topics Covered on Spring 2008 Exams (to be added before each exam)
Exam
Answer Keys for Spring 2008
Exam 1 (on four separate
pages: page 1, page
2, page 3, page
4)
Exam
2 (with energy diagram on separate page)
Grade
Frequency Charts
Wilson’s
Exams in CHE 230 from Fall Semester 2006
Wilson’s Exams in CHE 230 from
Spring Semester 2004
Another final for practice – source unknown (not Wilson). (12/8/06) This answer key has an error. The correct answer for the third problem in #4 is B, not A. (12/10) Two more errors: #3, correct answer: e (none of these is correct; it has two sp2 carbons and one sp.) #1, structure 3 has both a positive nitrogen and a negative oxygen.
Exam Seating Charts
Old CHE 230 Exams Given by
Other Instructors
With this link, consult the CHE 230 websites of other
instructors. Particularly useful will be
the old exams of Dr. Meier and Dr. Grossman.