Introductory Quantitative Analysis - CHEM 2122

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Instructor: Professor Akos Vertes
Office: Science and Engineering Hall 4870
Telephone: (202) 994-2717
E-mail: vertes@gwu.edu
Web: https://vertes.columbian.gwu.edu/
Course Objectives: This course provides an overview of the principles and methods of chemical analysis. The fundamentals of contemporary techniques and their applications in solving biomedical, environmental, and forensic problems are emphasized. In order to see the inherent development of the analytical discipline, we also work toward the deeper understanding of selected methods.
Text:

Daniel C. Harris, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Ninth Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York, 2016.

Student resources are located at: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/studentresources/college/collegebridgepage/qca9e.html

You have the option to use an E-Book in this course. According to the publisher the E-Book offers reading online (or offline) with all the highlighting, searching, and notetaking tools you need.

Academic Integrity: This course is committed to uphold the standards described in the Code of Academic Integrity. A short introduction to the Code is enclosed.  The complete Code is available at the GWU Academic Integrity site http://www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity/code.html.

Method of Evaluation: The final score is calculated based on the sectional test scores (25% + 25%), classroom activity (10%) and the final comprehensive test (40%). You are strongly encouraged to solve the suggested problems as you go, for the exams also probe problem solving skills.

Method of Instruction: This is a BlackBoard based course. Course outline, lecture notes and assignments are available at the Blackboard web-site.
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