PBIO 111, w00, Policies

PBIO 111
Winter, 2000

Course Prerequisites PBIO 110 or BIOS 170

Attendance Policy No formal lecture attendance record will be kept, but exams will be heavily based on material presented in lecture, some of which is not covered in the text. Lab attendance is mandatory. Any unexcused absence from lab will result in the lowering of the student's course grade by one notch (e.g., from an A- to a B+). Students will not be permitted to take a quiz based on a lab that they did not attend.

Legitimate reasons for missing a lab include illness, death in the immediate family, religious observance, and involvement in university-sponsored academic activities. Other reasons will be considered on an individual basis. Any absence other than for illness or death in the family must be cleared in advance with the course instructor or the lab instructor. In order to schedule a make-up exam, the student must contact the instructor within 24 hours after an exam missed due to an illness.

Basis for Grade
First Lecture Exam, 20% / Second Lecture Exam, 20% / Lecture Final, 30% / Lab, 30%*

*A student must have a passing grade in lab to pass the course.

Examinations
First Lecture Exam: Thursday, January 27, 11:10 a.m.
Second Lecture Exam: Wednesday, February 16, 11:10 a.m.
Lab Final: Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9 at regular lab time
Lecture Final: Monday, March 13, 10:10 a.m.

There will also be lab quizzes based on material covered in previous labs.

Academic Dishonesty
Any student caught cheating on a quiz, exam, or assignment will fail the course.

Acknowledgments
The pictures on this website were obtained from the botanical image data base maintained at the University of Wisconsin (http://www.wisc.edu/botit/img/bot/130), which is a useful study resource for students in this course. You are encouraged to explore it.

Another useful data base, maintained by Dr. Morgan Vis, contains images of algae and cyanobacteria (http://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu/algaeindex.htm).

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