COURSE SYLLABUS
CHM 298, "Scientific Literature"
SPRING 2006
Instructor: Dr. Mark
McClure
Office: SCI 3217
Office Hours: MTWRF 10:00 - 11:00
Office Phone: 522-5706
Email: mark.mcclure@uncp.edu
Description and Goals: This course is desigbned to introduce
students to the methodology of researching topics in both print and electronic
sources scientific (mainly chemical) literature.
Course Format and Grading: This course is offered in an "online"
format. Although there will be no formal meetings of this class, you will
be expected to complete assignments by the specified due dates. Assignments
will be posted weekly, and unless otherwise noted, will be due Friday at
5:00. Late work will be accepted, but with the penalty of ten points per
day, excluding weekends. Assignments will be posted here (see the sections
below), and should be submitted to the email address chm.298@uncp.edu.
Assignents will be posted by 5:00 on Friday of the preceding week, so that
you will always have one full week to complete the assignment. A total
of 10-12 assignments will be given over the course of the semester. Some
will require a trip to the library, whereas others can be completed over
the internet. Your final grade will be the average of the assignments submitted
over the course of the semester. Letter grades will be assigned according
to the standard scale shown below.
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B+ |
87-89 |
C+ |
77-79 |
D+ |
67-69 |
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| A |
94-100 |
B |
84-86 |
C |
74-76 |
D |
64-66 |
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| A- |
90-93 |
B- |
A80-82 |
C- |
70-73 |
D- |
60-63 |
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CHM 298 Assignemt 1: (Due Friday January 13 by 5:00)
Welcome to CHM 298! Here is your first assignment. There are two parts
to this assignment. First, all correspondence regarding this course is
to be done with standard university email accounts. Mail submitted from
"yahoo" and "hotmail" acccounts will not be accepted.
Therefore, if you do not already have one, your first assignment is to
obtain a university email account. To establish an electronic mail account
with UNCP see the Office of University Computing and Information Services
website at http://www.uncp.edu/ucis/accounts/index.htm.
Here is the second part of your assignment. Send to me an MS Word document
describing yourself. Include your year (sophomore, junior, etc.) major
(i.e. chemistry, biology, etc.), your research interests (or favorite area
of science - biotechnology, analytical, organic, biochemistry, inorganic)
and your postgraduation plans. The file should be saved in the format of
"yourlastname-yourfirstname-assignment number", for example "mcclure-mark-1".
This and all future assignments should be sent to the email address
chm.298@uncp.edu.
I look foward to hearing from all of you!
Assignment 2: (Due Friday,
January 20 by 5:00)
Assignment 3: (Due Friday, January 27 by
5:00)
Assignment 4: Science Citation Index Part 1
(Due Friday, February 3 by 5:00)
Assignment 5: Science Citation Indec Part 2
(Due Friday, February 10 by 5:00)
Assignment 6: Science Citation Index Part 3
(Due Friday, February 17 by 5:00)
Assignment 7: CHEMnetBASE search (Due Friday,
February 24 by 5:00)
Assignment 8: MSDS Data Sheets (Due
Friday, March 3 by 5:00)
Assignment 9: Dissertation Abstracts (Due
Friday, March 17 by 5:00)
Assignment 10: Manuscript Preparation (Due
Friday, March 24 by 5:00)
Assignment 11: Introduction to Chemical Abstracts
(Due Friday, April 7 by 5:00)
Note: you have two weeks to complete this assignment
There was some confusion last week - some students listed the previous
assigment as 11 and 12. It was not - I merely gave you to weeks to read
the chemical abstracts manual. Assignment 12 is listed abelow.
Assignment 12: Using Chemical Abstracts
(Due Friday, April 21 by 5:00)
Note: you have two weeks to complete this assignment
Note: You will need a password to access chemical abstracts. Next week
I will begin distributing the passwords via email.