Chem 203

Chemistry 203

Professor Richard Brutchey and Professor Matthew Pratt
Department of Chemistry

SYLLABUS

LECTURE: SGM 123 ,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.- 12:20 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
Lecturer: Dr. Richard Brutchey
	Office: LJS 260 Telephone: (213) 821-2554 Email: brutchey@usc.edu Office Hours: 10-11 am Tu Th in LJS 260
Lecturer: Dr. Matthew Pratt
	Office: LJS 250 Telephone: (213) 740-3014 Email: Matthew.Pratt@usc.edu Office Hours: 10-11 am Tu Th in LJS 250
Web: Dr. Bruno Herreros
	Office: SGM 426 Telephone: (213) 740-0452 Email: herreros@usc.edu Office Hours: By appointment
Computer Lab: Jaime Avila
	Office: SGM 418 Telephone: (213) 740-7039 Email: avila@usc.edu
Head TA: Jorge Osuna
	Office: OCW 214 Email: josuna@usc.edu

TA: Anna Rychova
	Office: OCW 214 Email: rychkova@usc.edu Lab Section: Fri. 10 - 11:50 am Office Hours: Tue. 3 - 4 pm
TA: Brian Chamberlain
	Office: OCW 214 Email: btchambe@usc.edu Lab Section: Online Lab Office Hours: Mon. 10 - 12 pm
TA: Dewi Sri Hartati
	Office: OCW 214 Email: sriharta@usc.edu Lab Section: Tue. 8 - 9:50 am and Wed. 10 - 11:50 am Office Hours: Wed. 1 - 3 pm
TA: Ivan Krylov
	Office: OCW 214 Email: ikrylov@usc.edu Lab Section: Thu. 2 - 3:50 pm and Thu. 4 - 5:50 pm Office Hours: Fri. 9 - 11 am
TA: Jamie Jarusiewicz
	Office: OCW 214 Email: jarusiew@usc.edu Lab Section: Tue. 2 - 3:50 am and Tue. 4 - 5:50 pm Office Hours: Wed. 10 - 12 pm
TA: Shuting Sun
	Office: OCW 214 Email: shutings@usc.edu Lab Section: Wed. 2 - 3:50 pm and Wed. 4 - 5:50 pm Office Hours: Mon. 3 - 5 pm
Video recording: TBA

COURSE MATERIALS

LECTURE

Required Textbooks

"AIDS Update 2009", G.J. Stine, McGraw Hill, 2009
"An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry" 4th Edition, G.L. Patrick, Oxford University Press, 2009.

LABORATORY:

There is no lab text. Materials will be provided via the course web page.

LABORATORY

See Laboratory page.

GRADING

There will be three 1-hour exams (100 points each) and a final exam (200 points). The lecture grade will be based on the two best 1-hour exams and the final exam. The point distribution between lecture and lab will be:

Lecture	400
Lab	200
Assignment	25
Web quiz	40
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Maximum	665

To receive a passing grade, satisfactory work must be done in both the lab and the lecture portions of the course. Points shown above are required work. Extra bonus points for guest lecture questions may be taken into consideration in determining particular individual final grades.

LECTURE EXAMINATION INFORMATION
The three lecture-based hour exams are scheduled at 11:00 am on the following days:
Exam	Date	Topics Covered	Location
#1	Sept. 22	Lectures 2-8	SGM 123
#2	Oct. 20	Lectures 9-15	SGM 123
#3	Nov. 17	Lectures 16-22	SGM 123
Final	Dec. 15	Comprehensive	SGM 123
View campus map for exam room locations

MAKEUP EXAMS

No makeup exams will be given. An unexcused missed hour exam will be considered the one allowed dropped exam. A second unexcused missed hour exam will be counted as a zero. An excused absence from a second exam will be granted by the instructor only on the basis of proper documentation. For example, a second missed exam because of serious medical reasons will be excused only if a certification is provided by a physician or hospital.

FINAL LECTURE EXAM:

Scheduled for Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Final Exam will be comprehensive.

DROP DATES:

Friday, September 11 is the last day to drop this course without a mark of W.
Friday, November 13 is the last day to drop this course with a mark of W. The mark of Incomplete may only be given to a student who is doing passing work through November 9, and is unable to complete the assigned work due to serious illness or documented emergency circumstances.

ASSIGNMENTS:

HOMEWORK and WEBQUIZ will be assigned on the lecture schedule and completed via the website.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

It is expected that all students will follow the rules of academic integrity as set forward by the University. Plagiarism on laboratory reports or homework assignments, cheating on an examination, or changing the answers of a returned exam are serious violations of academic integrity and may result in a mandatory grade of F for the course. NOTE THAT LABS ARE CHECKED FOR PLAIGARISM AND EXAMS MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED BEFORE THEY ARE RETURNED.