Chem 201 Archive – Alan Shusterman

Month: September 2019

  • How to Access Financial Assistance

    As you learned in Hum 110, the ancients were well-acquainted with the ever-changing fortunes of humanity. One day we are raised up, the next day we trip and fall, and who knows what the future will bring? Perhaps the future is even a mystery to the Gods on Olympus?

    If you are currently in a financial bind and feel unable to make, or even uncomfortable making, all of your purchases for Chem 201 and your other courses, Reed College is prepared to help you through this! The following instructions were provided by the offices of Student Life and Financial Aid this week, and they are standing by.

    Please don’t hesitate to get the assistance we can offer. Remember that clicker usage is totaled up every day of class and two days have slipped past already. Likewise, a few days have already elapsed on the Sapling homework clock for Day 1. But clickers and Sapling need to be purchased, so don’t let a temporary financial problem derail your academic work. Here’s what you do:

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  • Day 0, 2019 – the things you need to do BEFORE your first class

    Welcome back to Reed. We have an exciting organic chemistry curriculum planned for the 2019-20 editions of Chem 201 and 202, and we will get off to a flying start so here goes…

    Reed’s first week of classes is short because Monday is Labor Day. This means that two Chem 201 sessions, the Monday afternoon lecture and the Monday evening lab lecture, cannot meet. And because the course schedule ties the Monday and Tuesday lectures together, the Tuesday, Sept. 3, morning lecture is cancelled too. Our first days (Day 1) of lecture will be Wednesday, Sept. 4, and Thursday, Sept. 5. Your attendance at your scheduled lecture section on Day 1 is absolutely required.

    The Labor Day holiday does not impact the lab schedule. Our first (Week 1) lab sessions will meet Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 3-6. Check the schedule for your lab day (Tu/W sections meet 1:10-5 pm, Th/F sections meet 12:30-4:20 pm) and show up in Rm. 209 at the scheduled time or maybe a few minutes earlier.

    What will you be doing in lecture and lab? What do you need to do before class and lab so that you are prepared? These are excellent questions and the following instructions will guide you. Note: the following instructions have already been sent to all registered 201 students by email. Read, review, act as your situation requires.

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