CIP Code:   40.0502 
HEGIS Code:    1909 
	METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER
	Office of Academic Affairs

	REGULAR COURSE SYLLABUS

SCHOOL:   Letters, Arts & Sciences
DEPARTMENT:  Chemistry 
SEMESTER(S) OFFERED:   Fall, Spring, Summer
PREFIX & COURSE NUMBER:   CHE 301 
COURSE TITLE:   Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
CREDIT HOURS:   2   ( 0 + 4 )
CONTACT HOURS:  Lecture  0 	Lab  60 	Internship   0 	Practicum   0 
RESTRICTIONS (VARIABLE TOPICS COURSES):   None
PREREQUISITE(S):   CHE 180, CHE 181, CHE 185
COREQUISITE(S):   CHE 300 to be taken concurrently
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A study of laboratory methods in Analytical Chemistry, including techniques of gravimetric, 
volumetric, potentiometric, and spectrophotometric analyses.

REQUIRED READING MATERIALS  (Title, Author, Publisher, Copyright Date):

Analytical Chemistry;  Skoog, D.A., Holler F.J., and West, D.M., 6th Ed; Holt, Rinehart 
Winston Publishing Company, 1994.


SPECIFIC (MEASURABLE) STUDENT BEHAVIORAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

1.	Weigh a sample using an electronic analytical balance.
2.	Perform a quantitative transfer of a solid or solution.
3.	Dry a precipitate to constant weight.
4.	Choose optimum conditions for a precipitation.
5.	Perform a volumetric transfer using a Mohr pipet.
6.	Perform a dilution using a volumetric flask.
7.	Perform a titration using a buret.
8.	Measure an absorbance spectrum using a single beam spectrophotometer.
9.	Perform a quantitative analysis using a single beam spectrophotometer.
10.	Perform a quantitative analysis using an atomic absorption instrument.
11	Prepare a Beer's Law plot using a single beam spectrophotometer.
12.	Recognize sources of experimental error in the analyses performed.
13.	Demonstrate the end-point in a titration using an indicator.
14.	Calibrate a pH meter.
15.	Measure the pH of a solution using a pH meter.
16.	Perform a potentiometric titration using a pH meter.
17.	Prepare a titration curve.
18.	Recognize an equivalence point on a titration curve.
19.	Perform the stoichiometric calculations incident to gravimetric, volumetric, potentiometric, 
and spectrophotometric analyses.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT (Major Topics and Subtopics):

I.	Gravimetric Analysis
II.	Volumetric Analysis
III.	Potentiometric Titration
IV.	Spectrophotometry

EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

Students will be given mixtures of compounds to determine the percent composition of one of 
the compounds in the mixture.  The results of the analysis of the mixture will be graded on the 
basis of accuracy and precision.  In addition, to the analyses students will be required to write 
and run a computer program to do linear regression on a set of data required in the fourth 
analysis.  A written final exam will be given.  The final grade will be determined by averaging 
the eight grades accumulated during the course.

Copies retained by Dean and Department Chair

Revised 9/94:	Academic Affairs-Curriculum-Regular Course Syllabus
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