Calendar

Lectures meet twice every week for one hour. Labs meet two afternoons every week for four hours. On campus, there are 4 different laboratory groups (Group A – D), randomly assigned, to accommodate the number of students. Represented in this table is an example of a schedule from one group.

DAYS LECTURE TOPICS LAB TOPICS KEY DATES
WEEK 1
W   Mandatory Safety Lecture  
Th L1: Introduction to 5.310    
WEEK 2
T L2: Ferrocene    
W   Experiment 1: Ferrocene, Day 1  
Th L3: Writing Up the Lab Report    
WEEK 3
M   Experiment 1: Ferrocene, Day 2  
T L4: What's Significant in Laboratory Measurement? Error Analysis    
W   Experiment 1: Ferrocene, Day 3  
Th L5: Charles River, Part 1    
WEEK 4
M   Experiment 1: Ferrocene, Day 4; Tips on Grading and what TA's will be looking for in the Ferrocene Lab Report  Quiz 1
T L6: Charles River, Part 2    
W   Experiment 2: Charles River Lab, Day 1  
Th L7: Essential Oils, Part 1    
F   Make-Up  
WEEK 5
M   Experiment 2: Charles River Lab, Day 2 Ferrocene Lab Report Due
T L8: Essential Oils, Part 2    
W   Experiment 2: Charles River Lab, Day 3  
Th L9: Fischer Esterification, Part 1    
WEEK 6
W   Experiment 2: Charles River Lab, Day 4; Tips on Grading and what TA's will be looking for in the Charles River Lab Report Quiz 2
Th L10: Catalase    
F   Make-Up  
WEEK 7
M   Experiment 3: Essential Oils, Day 1 Charles River Lab Report Due
T L11: X-Ray Diffraction, Essential Oils Part 3    
W   Experiment 3: Essential Oils, Day 2  
Th L12: Mass Spectroscopy, Esterification Part 2    
WEEK 8
M   Experiment 3: Essential Oils, Day 3  
T L13: NMR Spectroscopy, Esterification Part 3    
W   Experiment 3: Essential Oils, Day 4; Tips on Grading and what TA's will be looking for in the Molar Mass, Oils, & Unknown AA Labs Report Quiz 3
Th L14: Help session for any lecture/lab material    
F   Make-up  
WEEK 9
M   Experiment 4: Esterification, Day 1 Essential Oils Lab Report Due
T L15: Repeat Fischer Esterification    
W   Experiment 4: Esterification, Day 2  
Th L16: Repeat Essential Oils    
WEEK 10
M   Experiment 4: Esterification, Day 3  
T L17: Help session for any lecture/lab material    
W   Experiment 4: Esterification, Day 4; Tips on Grading and what TA's will be looking for in the Esterification, Oils, & Catalase Labs Report Quiz 4
Th [No Lecture]    
WEEK 11
M   Day 1 Catalase  
T L18: Oral Report Guidelines, Part 1    
W   Day 2 Catalase  
Th L19: Oral Report Workshop, Part 2    
F     Make-up
WEEK 12
M   Day 3 Catalase Ester Lab Report Due
T L20: Help session for any lecture/lab material    
W   [No Lab]  
Th [No Lecture]    
WEEK 13
M   Day 4 Catalase; Tips on Grading and what TA's will be looking for in the Oral Reports Quiz 5
T [No Lecture]    
W   Make-Up; Mandatory Lab Check Out  
Th [No Lecture]    
WEEK 14
M   Student Oral Reports  
T Student Oral Reports    
W   Student Oral Reports  
Th Student Oral Reports