From the syllabus

A small-group Discussion session will be held every Friday during the semester with your TA. During this time, material and problems relevant to the course will be discussed. The first discussion meetings will be on Friday, January 17. Grading is based on completing the weekly problem sets and participation in the discussion. Materials will be posted under Resources in the DISCUSSION folder of the Canvas site prior to each meeting.

Additional information

• You do not submit your answers to your TA or the Professor, however, you should have the problem set completed prior to your Discussion meeting.
• The maximum number of points for Discussion this semester is 85, per the syllabus. Each time a student attends a Discussion meeting with their problem set completed, on time, and participates when called upon by the TA, they will get 10 points toward this total. If the student is present but unprepared, or does not participate, or is late, 5 points are earned. Absences earn 0 points. There are 10 Discussion Problem Set meetings throughout the semester so more than 85 points are available, but only up to 85 will be used in the grade calculation.
  • There are no make ups, excuses, or late submissions for Discussion allowed. However, the maximum score possible for Discussion is 85 points, so missing one (or two) Discussion meetings is not a severe penalty.
  • After each exam, there will be an “Exam Recap” discussion meeting. These are optional, but highly recommended, meetings with your TA in the normal Discussion format, using the previous exam as the “problem set”. This is a way to get questions about the exam answered.
• Answer keys will not be posted for Discussion problem sets (PS). You must attend and participate in Discussion to get confirmation of your answers. If you miss Discussion or if the group runs out of time before covering all the problems, Student Hours are available to provide clarification on these or any other problems.
  • The philosophy here is that you have access to thousands of problems and solutions already (text problems, in-class activities, lecture reviews, sample exams, etc.). We want you to have access to the discussion problems as well, we just don’t want answer keys floating around or posted to websites. That said, the TAs and Instructor will always be here for you to make sure you understand the problems. Please ask if you need additional help!
• Attending a different Discussion section from the one you’re enrolled in, even if it’s with the same TA, is against University policy.

Missing a Discussion meeting

• In the event that you cannot attend Discussion you do not need to contact your TA or Professor. There is a 15 point buffer (see above) so excuses/makeups are not granted for Discussion. If you want to check your answers after the fact, you can come by Student Hours.

Organic Chemistry II | Chem 202D Syllabus Spring 25 | Jim Parise | Duke University