Fall 2020 Class Repository

Lectures will be given live via Zoom (M/W 9:30-11:00AM ET), and recorded for offline viewing for remote students. We highly encourage those who can to participate synchronously, as this is a discussion-based class. Office hours with TAs will be scheduled on a weekly basis – we will try to accommodate as best as possible students in different time zones.

Lectures will be delivered live via Zoom (MWF 9:00am ET, 50 min). Each session will be recorded and saved on Canvas for on-demand viewing. Recitation sessions will be held weekly by the teaching assistant (F 12:00pm ET). Office hours will be scheduled on an individual basis at times mutually convenient to the students and faculty.

5.05 is being taught full term this fall once per week Thursday 10-11:30 AM.  These classes will be live via Zoom and involve discussion of pre-assigned literature readings and computational tutorials. Class meetings will be recorded and made available for subsequent online viewing.

5.062 will be fully virtual. Class sessions will include substantial discussion and be held in the scheduled time slot (TR 8:30 – 10:00 am EDT). If this time is inconvenient for students who reside in different time zones, we will make every effort to find an alternative time that accommodates everyone’s schedule. Attendance at all class sessions is mandatory.

Lectures will be MWF at 9-10 am EST. They will be synchronous and asynchronous depending on topic. Regardless, all lectures will be recorded and provided for later viewing. Recitations will be live via Zoom on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday.

Lectures will be MWF at 12-1 pm EST. They will be synchronous and asynchronous, depending on the lecture topic. Regardless, all lectures will be recorded and provided for later viewing. Recitations will be live via Zoom.

5.112 is fully online. Lectures scheduled for MWF 11:05 am – 11:55 am EDT. Lectures for first half of subject are live, and are recorded for additional viewing. Lectures for second half are prerecorded and are to be viewed prior to scheduled class hour during which a discussion of the lecture material is held. Questions for this discussion must be submitted by 5 pm of the day just prior to scheduled lecture. Two recitation sections are held each week, led by TAs. Weekly graded problems sets and 4 hour exams. No final exam.

Lectures will be held synchronously (MWF, 11 am – 12 pm ET) via Zoom, but recordings of these lectures will also be posted to Canvas to accommodate those in difficult timezones. Office hours and recitations will be given live via Zoom. While recitation attendance is strongly recommended, reasonable exceptions (i.e. internet issues, emergencies, health issues, etc.) will be made. Students should reach out to their TA should these issues arise. We will also arrange a later-evening recitation for those in significantly different timezones.

Lectures will be held synchronously (MWF, 12 pm – 1 pm ET) via Zoom. Recordings will be provided to accommodate those in significantly different timezones, internet issues that arise, etc. Office hours and recitations will be given synchronously via Zoom. We will arrange a later-evening recitation for those in significantly different timezones.

5.310 will take place on campus. Laboratory experiments will be completed in person in the teaching lab either MW or TTh from 1-5 pm. Lectures for the course will take place over Zoom from 12-1pm on Tuesday and Thursday. The lectures will be recorded for asynchronous viewing but synchronous attendance is strongly recommended to participate in active learning activities and prepare for experiments. Some course meetings to revise writing assignments will happen in groups over zoom. Professors and TAs will have weekly office hours and help sessions via Zoom. Students will complete three lab reports, a ten-minute oral presentation, and a paper that will be revised over the course of the semester. There will be an online quiz associated with each lab as well as pre-lab notebook preparation. There is no final exam.

5.352 will take place on-campus with live labs. This course includes a CI-M component all online. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for October 1. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour live labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 2 (5.352) will start on TH/M October 1/5 and end on W/TH October 21/22 with the final presentations scheduled online. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/4338 .

5.361 will take place on-campus with live labs. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for September 8. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 4 (5.361) will start on T/W September 8/9 and end on T/W September 29/30 with the final lab report due online M/T October 5/6. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/5603.

5.362 will take place on-campus with live labs. This course includes a CI-M component. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for September 8. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 5 (5.362) will start on TH/M October 1/5 and end on W/TH October 21/22 with the final mini-review article due F October 30 and the final lab report due T November 3 online. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/5604.

5.363 will take place on-campus with live labs. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for October 27. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 6 (5.363) will start on W/TH October 28/29 and end on TH/F November 19/20 with the final written report due on M December 7 and T December 8. A final oral report will be scheduled online with the TA for the same day you submit your final written report. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/4344 .

5.372 will take place on-campus with live labs. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for September 8. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 8 (5.372) will start on T/W September 8/9 and end on T/W September 29/30. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/4348.

5.373 will take place on-campus with live labs. Lectures will be virtual online, take place over zoom on T & TH at 12:00 PM, with the first course lecture scheduled for October 1. Participation and questions during the lectures are important, so in-person attendance is required. Recordings of the lectures will also be available afterwards. Pre-lab and Post-lab discussions, office hours, presentations, assignments, quizzes will all be online. Students must attend one of the two virtual safety lectures, Tuesday September 1 at 1:00 PM or Wednesday September 2 at 1:00 PM, preferably for the lab section MW or TR that you want to be in. Two four hour labs weekly. Live lab check-in will be on either MW or TR each day from 1:00 to 1:30 PM (students will be emailed their arrival times), the labs ending at 5:00 PM. Experiments for Module 9 (5.373) will start on TH/M October 1/5 and end on M/T October 26/27. https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/4352.

5.43 will be taught in a completely virtual mode. Live lectures will be given at the scheduled time Tu, Th. 9:30-11AM. Office hours will be held Tuesdays at 4PM and meetings can be arranged by appointment. Although the lectures will be recorded, class attendance and participation (there will be questions given in class) will be encouraged by students receiving 1 additional point for each lecture that they answer the questions given at the time given. Three midterms, a series of mini-quizes conducted in real-time over Zoom by the TA, and a problem sets will be used to determine the course grade. There will be no final exam.

5.47 will be fully virtual. Class sessions, which include ten live problem solving discussion sessions, will be held during the month of September. The class is intended primarily for first-year graduate students with a strong interest in organic chemistry. Generally requires at least one semester of advanced undergraduate organic chemistry or equivalent as background. Intensive and fast-paced review of fundamental principles of organic chemistry will total 20 hours of live discussion. Problem sets will be distributed and discussed during the following class sessions. Participation is an essential part of this graduate-level course and in-person attendance is mandatory. There are no exams.

5.511 will be fully virtual. The class is intended primarily for first-year graduate students with a strong interest in organic chemistry. Completion of 5.47 or equivalent is strongly encouraged to ensure appropriate preparation for the fast-pace discussion of advance topics.  A series of important topics in modern synthetic organic chemistry will be presented and discussed. Class sessions will be held in the second half of Fall semester. Participation and live discussion is an essential part of this graduate-level course and critical to virtual presentation and discussion of synthesis proposals. There will be four problem sets, two midterm exams, and a synthesis proposal. There will be no final exam.

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5.53 will be fully virtual. Class sessions, which include pre-recorded lectures, live discussions and student presentations, will be held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time. In-person attendance is mandatory for discussions and presentations. The lectures will be pre-recorded and made available for later viewing. Office hours will be held virtually. Assignments will include weekly readings that are discussed in class, problem sets, student presentations, and a research proposal. Any exams will be untimed and “open book”.

5.54 will be fully virtual. Class sessions, which include live lectures, discussions and student presentations, will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30-12:00 Eastern Time. Participation is an essential part of this graduate-level course, so in-person attendance is mandatory. The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing. Office hours will be held virtually. Assignments will include weekly readings that are discussed in class, two problem sets, student presentations of recent primary literature articles, and a research proposal. There are no exams

5.60 (5.601 and 5.602) in the Fall of 2020 will be fully virtual. 5.601 covers statistical and classical thermodynamics, including the first, second and third laws, heat, work, entropy, and criteria for spontaneity.  5.602 is devoted to essential applications of thermodynamics, such as phase behavior and chemical equilibria, and chemical kinetics.  Live lectures are scheduled for MWF 10:00-11:00 EST, and attendance at the lectures is a strongly recommended part of this undergraduate course.  The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing.  Five virtual recitation sections will meet twice weekly at MW12, TR11, TR12, TR1 and TR2 where lecture material and PSets will be discussed. Assignments include eight PSets for the full course (4 PSets for each half-term course) and 4 exams for the full course (2 exams for each half-term course including a final).

5.60 (5.601 and 5.602) in the Fall of 2020 will be fully virtual. 5.601 covers statistical and classical thermodynamics, including the first, second and third laws, heat, work, entropy, and criteria for spontaneity.  5.602 is devoted to essential applications of thermodynamics, such as phase behavior and chemical equilibria, and chemical kinetics.  Live lectures are scheduled for MWF 10:00-11:00 EST, and attendance at the lectures is a strongly recommended part of this undergraduate course.  The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing.  Five virtual recitation sections will meet twice weekly at MW12, TR11, TR12, TR1 and TR2 where lecture material and PSets will be discussed. Assignments include eight PSets for the full course (4 PSets for each half-term course) and 4 exams for the full course (2 exams for each half-term course including a final).

5.61 (5.611 and 5.612) in Fall 2020 will be fully virtual. Live lectures will be held MWF 11:00-12:00 Eastern Time. Lecture attendance is an essential and required part of this senior undergraduate course. The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing. Two virtual recitation sessions are available, each meeting twice a week. Assignments include eight Psets for the full course (4 Psets for each half-term course) and 4 exams for the full course (2 exams for each half-term course).

5.61 (5.611 and 5.612) in Fall 2020 will be fully virtual. Live lectures will be held MWF 11:00-12:00 Eastern Time. Lecture attendance is an essential and required part of this senior undergraduate course. The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing. Two virtual recitation sessions are available, each meeting twice a week. Assignments include eight Psets for the full course (4 Psets for each half-term course) and 4 exams for the full course (2 exams for each half-term course).

5.70 will be fully virtual. Class sessions will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-11:00 Eastern Time. Participation is an essential part of this graduate-level course, so in-person attendance is strongly recommended. The lectures will be recorded during class and made available for later viewing. Office hours will be held virtually. Assignments will include weekly problem sets, a mid-term and final exam.

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