During this course I sometimes will disseminate instructions or messages via E-mail. E-mail accounts can be arranged for free of charge through the University. You need to buy a ZIP disk. During the course of the semester you will use that to store files.
All lab reports have to be generated on a computer and handed in on time.
If you are not familiar with office programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Word, you need to catch up. The University has a computer-based tutorial system you can make use of. It is your responsibility to become acquainted with these programs. The objective of this course is to provide a working knowledge of the chemical processes that occur in the Earth's surficial environment. To understand processes such as mineral dissolution, precipitation, and metal sorption, we will make extensive use of chemical equilibrium thermodynamics and chemical kinetics.