{"id":76,"date":"2018-11-09T18:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lkaplan\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2018-11-09T18:16:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:16:35","slug":"chem-113-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lkaplan\/about\/courses\/chem-113-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"CHEM-113 Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
CHEMISTRY 113<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHEMISTRY AND CRIME
\nFROM SHERLOCK HOLMES TO MODERN FORENSIC SCIENCE<\/span><\/b>Syllabus<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

(This is an older version of the syllabus to provide an idea of the scope of the course)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Instructor<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Professor Lawrence J. Kaplan<\/a><\/dd>\n
Department of Chemistry<\/dd>\n
Williams College<\/dd>\n
Williamstown, Massachusetts, 01267<\/dd>\n
Office: 210 Thompson Chemistry Laboratory<\/dd>\n
Phone: 413-597-3303<\/dd>\n
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Syllabus Sections<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Syllabus Sections 1-3<\/big><\/p>\n

1. Forensic Science
\n2. The Crime Scene
\n3. Physical Evidence<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syllabus Sections 4-6<\/big><\/p>\n

4. Evidence and Testimony
\n5. Chemistry: A Science for All Seasons
\n6. Inorganic Analysis<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syllabus Sections 7-9<\/big><\/p>\n

7. Atomic Structure
\n8. Firearms, Toolmarks and Other Impressions
\n9. Chemical Bonds<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syllabus Sections 10-12<\/big><\/p>\n

10. Chemical Nomenclature
\n11. Physical Properties: Identification and Comparison of Small Objects and Particles
\n12. Organic Chemistry<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syllabus Sections 13-15<\/big><\/p>\n

13. Organic Analysis
\n14. Alcohol Intoxication
\n15. Biochemistry<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Syllabus Sections 16-19<\/big><\/p>\n

16. Neurochemistry and Drugs
\n17. Toxicology
\n18. Serology
\n19. DNA Profiling<\/big><\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Evidence Never Lies<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can lead a jury to the truth but you can’t make them believe it. Physical evidence cannot be intimidated. It does not forget. It doesn’t get excited at the moment something is happening – like people do. It sits there and waits to be detected, preserved, evaluated, and explained. This is what physical evidence is all about. In the course of the trial, defense and prosecuting attorneys may lie, witnesses may lie, the defendant certainly may lie. Even the judge may lie. Only the evidence never lies<\/i>.<\/p>\n

– Herbert Leon MacDonell (from Lewis, A. A. and MacDonell, H. L., (1984) The Evidence Never Lies: The Casebook of a Modern Sherlock Holmes, Dell Publishing, New York.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Course Description<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For more information, see the description of this course in the Course Documents section of Blackboard\/Glow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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