Getting ready for a great fall semester...and building skills for academic success
8:25pm 8/21/2013
8:25pm 8/21/2013
4:25pm 8/20/2013
We will check-in for the Chemistry workshop on Wed 8/21 from 1:00-1:30pm. Check-in will be in Welch Hall in Room 3.502. This is a large lecture hall that can only be accessed from the outside of the building. It is on the inner campus drive side of Welch hall.
The satellite image below shows the Welch building on the corner of 24th & Speedway relative to the UT Tower. WEL 3.502 is marked with the bright arrow. Click on the map to zoom.
4:25pm 8/20/2013
The purpose of this webpage is to orient you to the online resources for your CH301 classes. This is website is setup as if for a "mock" course CH300.
The front page contains class announcements. The navigation bar at the top of this site contains important links such as:
Chemistry content materials for the course can all be found on the eBook site at ch301.cm.utexas.edu .
The eBook site will help you to learn the materials. The eBook will be your main resource for content information.
You can also follow us on Twitter @UTchemstars . Our tweets also appear on this page to the right.
(posted 4pm on Wed, 8/14)
iClicker2:
Instructions for Registering your iClicker
All students must have an iClicker2. We have officially switched to the iclicker2 (not the original iclicker) - see picture to the left. You will need to register the iClicker2 serial number via the web. Instructions can be found here. (www.iclicker.com). To avoid confusion we set the frequency of our iClicker to channel "CD" for our class (you can only set the frequency when you come to class).
Calculator: All students must have a SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR and no more than that for exams. If you don't already have one, I'd suggest getting a TI-30xa or something like it (picture shown at the right, very simple to use and cheap). You cannot use any type of graphing calculator for our exams. You just need a simple scientific calculator. Also, know HOW to use your calculator.
If you are in Dr. Laude's section you will not use a calculator (therefore you won't need one for that particular CH301 section).
QUEST: This course makes use of the web-based Quest content delivery and homework server system maintained by the College of Natural Sciences. This homework service has a small fee during the semester. For the bootcamp we will use it free of charge.
(posted 11am on Wed, 8/14)
We do not have a required textbook for this course. For further reading on any topic covered in class we will point you to reliable web resources, such as Wiki Chemistry. However, if you are more comfortable having a textbook, we suggest you purchase a used Chemical Principles type textbook. Some solid books that we have reviewed are the 4th, 5th or 6th edition of Chemical Principles, by Steven S. Zumdahl; Chemical Principles by Atkins & Jones, 3rd, 4th or 5th editions; Principles of Modern Chemistry by Oxtoby, et al, 4th, 5th or 6th editions. These books are all a solid resource for further reading. Some people will find a textbook an extremely helpful resource, while others will not. Therefore, purchasing a textbook isn’t required.
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Chemistry Bootcamp
