General Chemistry B

The University has strict guidelines regarding ‘dishonest practice’ and ‘breach of instructions’ in relation to the completion and submission of examinable material. In cases where dishonest practice or breach of instructions is involved in tests or other work submitted for credit a department may (i) decline to award a grade, or (ii) deduct marks; or (iii) resolve the matter in any other appropriate way (p 49 and 50 of the 2012 UC Calendar under the regulation J).  

The Department of Chemistry upholds this policy. It considers plagiarism, collusion, copying, and ghost writing to be unacceptable and dishonest practices.

You are expected to attend every laboratory session. A satisfactory record of attendance and performance at laboratory classes is a condition for obtaining a pass in the course.  Students who are unable to attend their lab in a particular week because of an unavoidable commitment should, in the first instance, contact Dr Jan Wikaira (Room 649) and attempt to arrange attendance at one of the other times that same week. (Please note that you cannot make up the missing lab the following week).

Absences due to illness: will be excused, provided a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner, registered dental surgeon, registered midwife or a student counsellor is presented at the next lab attended.

Unexcused absences: may constitute an unsatisfactory record and result in you failing the laboratory requirement and hence CHEM 112.   At the very least, they will lead to your being assigned a mark of zero for the experiment and will degrade your final mark.
Exemptions: Students who are repeating the course may, on the basis of their level of performance in the laboratory in a previous year, be exempted from attending laboratories.  Students who wish to apply for an exemption should contact Dr Fitchett (Room 642 or, preferably, E-mail chris.fitchett@canterbury.ac.nz by the end of the second week of the Semester.