Your grade is based on a preliminary exam, 3 lecture/reading exams, 2 lab practical exams, a lab notebook composed of worksheets and drawings, and 2 writing assignments. Your final grade is based on a curve done on the grades compiled at the end, with the mean in the B-/C+ range. (The curve can only benefit students.) Exceptional improvement will be rewarded. Active participation in office hours, lecture and lab can be a positive factor in cases where your final course grade is near a boundary.
Exercise
Due date and place
Coverage
% grade
Notes
“Preliminary” Exam
take home, end of week 3
Lecture Units 1-5
Labs A-C
1
a
Midterm Exam I
Lab Practical Exam I
F Feb 9, in lab (GML 101)
Lecture units 1-7
Labs A-D
10
6
b
Midterm EXAM II
Lab Practical Exam II
F Mar 30, in lab (GML 101)
Units 8-15
Labs E-I
12
8
b
Final Exam
T May 1, 8 AM (SSMB 138)
“cumulative”
20
c
Lab attendance and worksheets
by Tuesday’s lecture after lab
week’s lab material
20
d
RFB reference/topic
F Feb 2 by email, start of lab
0.5
e
RFB report
F Feb 16 by email, start of lab
see Writing webpage
11
f
Invertebyte ref/topic
“M Mar 26” by email
0.5
e
Invertebyte blog post
F Apr 6 by email, start of lab
see Writing webpage
11
f
Invertebrate concept map
at each exam
see ICM webpage
x-credit
g
Questionnaire
T May 1, at final exam
course evaluation
x-credit
Active participation
lecture and lab
all course material
bump
h
Notes:
a. Preliminary EXAM will give you experience with the format of questions used in lecture and lab exams. It will be a take-home exam that must be completed in one sitting.
b. Midterm EXAMS will include a lab practical exam and a separate lecture/reading exam, given in succession during a single lab period. (Note that 1st Midterm EXAM covers some of the same material as the Preliminary EXAM.)
c. Final EXAM does not involve a lab practical. This “cumulative” exam will cover lecture/reading material and written information from laboratory covered in the last few weeks of course, but will also assume knowledge of general information from earlier lectures.
d. Laboratory exercise sheets are due by the start of Tuesday lecture following the lab.
e. Topic and reference must be submitted for review in appropriate OAKS Dropbox. Include all of the information listed on the assignment web page.
f. Assignment must be submitted as an MSWord document in the appropriate OAKS Dropbox (RFB) or as a blog entry (Invertebyte). Follow format described on the assignment web page.
g. See website for details and suggestions about how to complete an Invertebrate Concept Map.
h. Exceptional participation in lecture and lab could bump your grade up if it is near a boundary.
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