Here are locations, topics, and results lecture exams, lab exams, and the final exam in this course. The duration of each exam may be shortened.
The Final Exam is Thursday, May 11, 6–8pm. It will not be given at any other time and failure to take the exam will result in a score of 0 for the exam, so please make end-of-semester plans accordingly.
Your are required to abide by the following exam regulations:
We treat cheating with zero tolerance. The consequences of cheating are at a minimum that the score for work on which cheating occurs counts as 0, and a letter detailing the cheating is sent to the student's advisor, the dean of CAS, and placed in the student's academic file. Possible further consequences are referral to Academic Conduct Committee, and additional penalties, including possible expulsion from university.
Bring only your BU ID, a pen (black or blue ink only), and your Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator (but you must not bring the calculator cover) to the exam room; no electronic devices---cell phones, laptops, tablets, etc.---are allowed.
Please do your exam in black or blue ink only. Please use only the exam paper provided. Scrap paper may not be used. Points will be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. A periodic table, physical constants, and major formulas will be provided as appropriate. All work must be shown to receive credit.
Lecture exam 1, Monday, February 13. The exam is based on all lecture, ALEKS, and discussion material through Mahaffy et al., chapters 10 and 11 (except for phase diagrams, which will be covered on the next exam). You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 6:30–8:15pm (the exam duration may be shortened). Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 1 was 55.9/100 = 55.9% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 94/100 = 94.0%; 589 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2017 09:39:11.
Lecture exam 2, Monday, March 20. The exam is based on all lecture, ALEKS, and discussion material through Mahaffy et al., chapters 11 (phase diagrams only), 12, 13, and 14 (up through Exercise 14.25 on page 548). Titration (adding solutions of acids and bases together) will not be on this exam; titration will be on the next exam. Note that while the exam focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material from exam 1. You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 6:30–8:15pm (the exam duration may be shortened). Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 2 was 55.7/100 = 55.7% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 583 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:21:17.
Lecture exam 3, Monday, April 24. The exam is based on all lecture, ALEKS, and discussion material in Mahaffy et al., chapters 14 , 15, 16, and 17 (through p 678 only), and related discussion handouts through handout 12 (discussion handout 13 will be on the final exam but will not be on exam 3). Note that while the exam focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material from exams 1 and 2. You may use only the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator, but you must not bring the calculator cover.
The exam is held in the following locations, 6:30–8:15pm (the exam duration may be shortened). Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for exam 3 was 46.5/100 = 46.5% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 100/100 = 100.%; 560 people took the exam. Last updated Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:31:23.
Lab exam, Monday, May 1.
The exam is held in the following locations, 6:30–8:15pm (the exam duration may be shortened). Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: ...
Overall scores so far. Here is the distribution of overall course scores so far, on a 1000-point scale. These scores are based on lecture quizzes, the first nine discussion quizzes, the seven labs, and exams 1, 2, and 3. Your overall score so far will be available on Blackboard. There will be no further updates to the overall scores so far.
As detailed here, course grades are assigned based on the distribution overall scores at the end of the course. Based on past experience, it is likely that the average overall score will correspond to a grade in the C+ range.
The average relative score so far is 602./1000 = 60.2% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 926/1000 = 92.6%; 607 overall scores are shown. Last updated Friday, April 28, 2017 16:11:03.
Final exam, Thursday, May 11, 6–8pm (the exam duration may be shortened). The final exam is based everything covered this semester.
The exam is held in the following locations, time to be determined. Go to the location below according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Results: The average score for the final exam was 82.2/150 = 54.8% (shown as the vertical line); the dashed lines mark 1 and 2 standard deviations from the average; the high score was 150/150 = 100.%; 559 people took the exam. Last updated Friday, May 12, 2017 07:32:36.
