Classes

·               Timetable:  Please check https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2014/ for the official timetable of the unit.

·               The on-campus sessions will be 15 and 16 March, 12-14 April and 24 and 25 May.  For each day, workshop sessions will run from 9am-1pm and practical classes from 2pm-6pm.  Practical classes will be held in E7B308 (First Year Chemistry Laboratory). 

·               For all 9-1pm workshop classes, they will be run in E6A131 (unless informed otherwise).  Please come straight to the class for commencement at 9am sharp.  You will NOT be required to sign-on at the Centre for Open Education.

·            On-campus sessions are compulsory.  Repeat students may request practical exemption, but it is up to the discretion of the unit coordinator as to whether exemption is granted.  Non-attendance of the on-campus session is only allowed due to medical or other extenuating circumstances, of which details must be formally lodged (see non-attendance and special request details later).

·           There are no formal lectures in CBMS103 (external). Instead, CBMS103 is run as a series of workshops where we will emphasise the important points, address specific areas of difficulty you may have encountered during your private study and go through set problems.  ‘Lecture’ notes on each of the topics covered are available on the unit web site to guide you.  You are expected to go through all the relevant notes and sections of the text book and attempt all the set problems BEFORE attending each on-campus session.

·            It is highly recommended that you study continuously throughout the semester.  At the end of these notes is a suggested study schedule to help you timetable and optimise your study for CBMS103 (external).

 Prescribed Texts and Materials:

J. McMurry, "Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry" (7^th Edition)

S. McMurry, “Study Guide and Solutions Manual” (7^th Edition)

D. P. Weeks, “Pushing Electrons”, 3^rd Edition

Molecular Modelling Kit

(The above are a bundled package at the Co-op bookshop.  Upon request they may also be sold separately)

 CBMS103 Laboratory Manual (available from Co-op bookshop and downloadable from the unit web site)

CBMS103 lecture notes, and lots of other resources, can be obtained from the unit web site.  

UNIT WEB PAGE

 The web page for this unit can be found at ilearn.mq.edu.au.  Just login and follow the prompts to CBMS103 (external).  You can use any web browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari to login.

You will be asked for a username and password. Your User Name is your Macquarie Student ID Number, which is an 8-digit number found on your Campus Card.  The password is your myMQ Student Portal password.  This will be the original MQID password (2 random characters followed by your date of birth in ddmmyy format) that was sent to you on enrolment, unless you have already changed your password in the myMQ Student Portal.  If you have any problems with iLearn log a ticket with OneHelp at onehelp.mq.edu.au.  More information about OneHelp can be found at http://informatics.mq.edu.au/help/.

You are expected to access the unit web site frequently  This contains important information including notes on ALL the topics to be covered; What You Need to Know Sheets; your marks for practicals, quizzes and mid-session exam; and past exam papers, including with answers.  Additionally, the web site will also be used to post important messages and links to internet facilities and sites of relevance to the course, downloadable software, and lots of other interesting material.

Technology Used

You are expected to access the ilearn site on a frequent basis and download pdf files.  If you do not have your own computer you may wish to access the web resources on campus using the PC computers in the Library or in the C5C computer laboratories.

·               To view notes on all the topics and past exams on the unit web site, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 9 or later to be installed on your computer.  Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe web site http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/. If you are using the computers in the library, then Acrobat has already been installed.

·               Please note information will also be sent by email to your student email account so please look at your email account on a frequent basis.

You will also be required to use an Online Web Learning (OWL) System for assessment tasks and practice problems.  This requires software that is freely downloaded, but is also available for you to use on the library PCs and those in the C5C computer laboratories.  You will be sent a code and instructions for accessing OWL. 

Teaching and Learning Strategy

CBMS103 is a 3 credit point, half year unit and will require an average of 10 hours of work per week (contact hours plus self study time) over the 15 week semester.  For students with weak chemistry backgrounds, more time than this will probably be necessary to perform satisfactorily in this unit.

Every on-campus day consists of a 4 hour workshop session and a 4 hour laboratory class.  CBMS103 is designed to allow you to develop an understanding of organic and biological chemistry and the practical skills to undertake simple organic chemistry experiments in an efficient and safe manner.  The workshop material and laboratories complement each other.  These, along with quizzes in the workshop and online, have been developed to increase your understanding of the topics so you can achieve the learning outcomes.

The unit expectation is that you will:

·         Continuously work before on-campus sessions through reading of recommended material, attempting all set problems and preparing for the laboratory classes

·         Attend all on-campus sessions

·         Demonstrate reasonable competence in all laboratory preparation exercises and attend each laboratory class

·         Demonstrate reasonable competence in the post-laboratory exercises submitted by the due dates

·         Perform satisfactorily in the final exam

·         Spend an average of 10 hours per week on this unit (includes class contact).

 If you prepare and attend all components of the unit and work consistently and continuously throughout the semester, you should be able to develop a strong understanding of the chemistry of organic compounds and perform satisfactorily in this unit.  Students who try to memorise just before exams typically do not do well in this unit.  Instead a deeper understanding of the concepts is required.

·         Workshops (9am – 1pm each on-campus day) will cover problems relevant to each topic.  The problems to be covered include those listed at the end of this document.  You are expected to do the problems BEFORE you attend the on-campus sessions as the lecturer will ask you to participate in answering the problems.  ‘Lecture’ notes and recorded lectures (echo and video capture) on each topic are provided on the unit web site.  These are those that were used for the 2013 internal CBMS103 unit.  Learning is an active process, and as such, you must engage with the material.  This means downloading and reading the ‘lecture’ notes and relevant sections of the text book (and beyond) before and after the workshops is strongly recommended.  Quizzes and a mid session test will be run in the workshops. The quizzes will be multiple choice and short, but cover material that will be in that on-campus session and/or the previous on-campus sessions.  Therefore you need to be up to date with the topics before you come to each on-campus session.  Additional online quizzes will also be provided.  The quizzes and mid session test are designed to allow you to continuously learn and to identify what you understand and the areas that you need to spend more time on, with minimal assessment penalty.

·         Laboratory classes are designed to develop basic laboratory skills, general safety practices and critical and analytical thought.  Pre-lab questions are designed to make sure you are ready for the laboratory work and have grasped the relevant theory and safety practices necessary.  In-lab and post-lab work are designed to allow you to appropriately record your experimental observations and your calculations in a detailed and accurate manner and assess your understanding of the theory behind the experiments conducted and to use this understanding to solve related problems.  The laboratory experiments are scaffolded such that the expectations of pre-lab, in-lab and post-lab reports increase throughout the course, as an understanding of the concepts and skill in how to record the data and interpret results develops.

Changes to the Unit Since Last Offering

No significant changes have been done since this unit’s previous external offering with the theory.  A new experiment had been developed for the laboratory component. 

Timetable may be subject to minor changes

 Special Consideration Requests including non-attendance and extensions

The University is committed to equity and fairness in all aspects of its learning and teaching.  In stating this commitment, the University recognises that there may be circumstances where a student is prevented by unavoidable disruption from performing in accordance with their ability.  The University has a policy on special consideration request that may be found at www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/special_consideration/policy.html.  The University recognises that at times an event or set of circumstances may occur that:

• could not have reasonably been anticipated, avoided or guarded against by the student AND
• was beyond the student’s control AND
• caused substantial disruption to the student’s capacity for effective study and/or completion of required work AND
• substantially interfered with the otherwise satisfactory fulfilment of a unit or program requirements AND
• was of at least three (3) consecutive days duration within a study period and/or prevented completion of a formal examination.

This policy is instituted to support students who experience serious and unavoidable disruption such that they do not reach their usual demonstrated performance level.  To request special consideration go on-line to ask.mq.edu.au as soon as possible to allow due consideration.

Non-Attendance for On-Campus Sessions:  Students unable to attend part of an on-campus session or the final exam due to illness or other extenuating circumstances must fill in a special consideration request on-line at ask.mq.edu.au and provide formal documentary evidence as soon as possible AND contact A/Prof Joanne Jamie.  Please note while missing one day of an on-campus session with appropriate formal documentation supplied is allowed, if two or more days of the on-campus session is missed completely then a withdrawal from the unit may be required.  Contact A/Prof Jamie immediately if you miss two or more on-campus days due to illness or other extenuating circumstances.  The intensive nature of the on-campus sessions and significant level of assessment during these sessions means that such non-attendance can significantly impact on progress.

For students who do have a valid reason for the non-attendance (via special consideration formally approved by the unit coordinator), if in-class quizzes or one laboratory class is missed, you will get an average mark of your other quizzes or laboratory reports.  If more than one laboratory class is missed you must speak to A/Prof Jamie to discuss alternative options.  If the mid-term exam is missed, there will be no make up exam.  In this case, your final exam mark will be used for the missed mid-term mark (i.e. final exam mark will be out of 65%).  If the final exam is missed due to a valid reason a Supplementary Examination can be granted.  If a Supplementary Examination is granted, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period.  The offer of a supplementary examination is at the discretion of the unit coordinator and you should not assume that it will be provided.  Supplementary Examinations are not make-up exams, i.e., a poor result in the final examination is not reason to request a supplementary examination.  Please note that if you are sick at or in the days just prior to the scheduled exam time you should see a medical practitioner and contact the unit coordinator as soon as possible to discuss the possibility of a supplementary exam.  It is normally unwise to sit an exam if illness or other circumstances will significantly affect your performance.  Please also note that if you have sat the final exam you CAN NOT sit a supplementary exam even if you were ill during the final exam.

If an absence is anticipated (perhaps for a mandatory religious or University associated sporting event) you must inform the unit convenor in advance that this will be the case and discuss alternative arrangements.  It is your responsibility to undertake this.  Notification after the event of an anticipated absence will not be looked upon favourably.  For any unjustified absences students will receive a zero mark for the assessment task.  Please keep in mind that you must make every effort to attend all on-campus sessions.  If you are likely to have more than one day of absence with the on-campus sessions, you should withdraw and undertake the internal version of CBMS103 in session 2.

Extensions:  Students unable to complete a form of assessment (laboratory reports, quizzes) on time due to illness or other extenuating circumstances must request special consideration at ask.mq.edu.au and provide formal documentary evidence as soon as possible and contact A/Prof Joanne Jamie to discuss possible extensions.  Extensions will be granted based on merit and will be more favourably considered if consultation with the unit coordinator on the need for an extension occurred BEFORE the due date.  If there is no acceptable reason for a late submission, marks will be deducted up to 5% per weekday for every day late.

 ·        A/Prof Joanne Jamie Unit Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor, F7B 231, ph 9850 8283, email joanne.jamie@mq.edu.au

·        Dr Fei Liu Lecturer and Tutor, F7B 330, ph 9850 8312, email fei.liu@mq.edu.au

 A/Prof Joanne Jamie is the coordinator of this unit and should be consulted if you have administrative or organisational problems.  Dr Fei Liu will coordinate and present the topics for the first on-campus session (March 15 and 16).  A/Prof Jamie will coordinate and present all other topics in the other two on-campus sessions.  A/Prof Jamie and Dr Liu are happy to answer any questions on their topics by email – put CBMS103 in the header of the email message.  If you are able to come on campus throughout the semester, they have an open door policy for any questions best dealt in person.  It is wise to organise an appointment first by phoning or emailing beforehand to ensure they are available.   

The 9am-1pm on-campus sessions are run as workshops, using the following questionsfrom McMurry Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (7e).  You are strongly advised to get the textbook study package from the bookstore to aid your study and successful completion of this unit.  You should try these BEFORE each on-campus session.

On-Campus Session 1 Day 1 and 2 (15-16th March) Dr Fei Liu

 Set Problems for Days 1 and 2 - 1.31, 1.33, 1.35, 1.37, 1.42, 1.45, 1.48, 1.51, 1.52, 1.64; 1.59, 1.60; 2.45, 2.46, 2.47, 2.50, 2.52, 2.56, 2.59, 2.60; 6.29, 6.32, 6.36, 6.37, 6.41, 6.42

 On-Campus Session 2 Days 3-5 (12-14th April) A/Prof Joanne Jamie

 Set Problems for Days 3 - 5 - 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.42, 3.11, 3.26; 4.27, 4.28, 4.33, 4.38a,b, 4.39, 4.42, 4.44, 4.45a,b, 4.58; 5.26, 5.27, 5.32, 5.33, 5.36, 5.47, 5.48, 5.50, 5.58; 7.25, 7.26, 7.30, 7.33, 7.34, 7.36, 7.44, 7.51, 7.54; 8.26a-d, 8.27a-e, 8.34, 8.35, 8.38, 8.42, 8.46, 8.67a,b

On-Campus Session 3 Day 6 and 7 (24-25th May) A/Prof Jamie

Set Problems for Days 6 and 7 – 9.25, 9.29a-e, 9.30, 9.32, 9.39, 9.43, 9.48; 9.34, 9.42, 9.53, 14.34, 14.35, 14.37; 10.33a-c,e,f, 10.34, 10.35a,c-f, 10.39, 10.44, 10.47, 10.56; 12.24, 12.25, 12.35, 12.38, 12.39, 12.47, 12.51; 15.26, 15.30, 15.32, 15.33, 15.29a, 15.56; 16.32, 16.11.