There are seven things you need to do to get started in this course. They should be completed by 9:00 PM on Friday February 1, 2008. Here they are:

1. Purchase the textbook at the Eckerd College Bookstore.
2. Be sure you have a calculator for out-of-class assignments, quizzes, and the final exam. It needs to have a "log" function key, so ask if you don't know what that means. The cost is usually $ 10.00 - $ 20.00. It goes without saying that you should know how to use the calculator.
3. Make sure that you have access to a computer. You are free to use those in the chemistry computer room (SHC-205) and elsewhere on campus.
4. Spend about an hour exploring the Web pages for this course. Use of the Web will be an important part of this course.
5. Work through the course "pre-quiz".
6. Get an Eckerd College e-mail address if you don't already have one. If you don't have an Eckerd address, see the Computer Center immediately. Practice logging onto your account and reading, saving, and sending e-mail messages. Do this immediately (translation: "immediately" = "today"). It will be helpful, but not required, to know how to print e-mail messages too. Experience has shown that these skills are easily and quickly acquired so let your instructor know if you need help. You will receive your first e-mail message for this course within a few days. E-mail will be an important part of this course.
7. Finally, send an e-mail message from your Eckerd College address to your instructor (hudsonrl@eckerd.edu) saying that you have, in fact, done all of the things on this list.  You need not send the answers to the pre-quiz.