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Course grades for Biology 03051, Vertebrate Zoology, sections 001R, 002R

Dr. Wilson Crone, Spring 2000. Office: 303 Fitzgibbons.

Office phone: 629-7439 (has a voice mail, so call any time). E-mail: cronewil@hvcc.edu

Web page: http://www.hvcc.edu/academ/faculty/crone/index.html

Office hours: as posted--Mon. 9-11; Thurs. 11-12 (in Bio Study Center, Amstuz 219,

629-7545); Thurs. 12-1; Fri. 9-10; or by appointment

Attendance: you are personally responsible for material covered in lectures, recitations, and laboratories.

As described in the general course handout, the grade in this course is determined as follows:

50% lecture average.

In my sections, this average is determined from the following:

25% lab average.

Laboratory grade information is on a separate handout.

25% final exam.

Comprehensive for the course, with no exemptions. 150 multiple-choice questions (approximately ten per week of course material).

so 1/2 (lecture average) + 1/4 (lab average) + 1/4 (final exam average)= class average, with 100-90 A, 89-80 B, 79-70 C, 69-60 D, 59-0 F.

Please note: anyone caught cheating on a test or lab quiz, or found copying another's homework assignment, laboratory report, or article summary, will be dismissed from the course and/or given the grade of"F."

SCHEDULE OF DUE DATES AND DESCRIPTION OF LECTURE ASSIGNMENTS:

Note: if HVCC is closed on one of the below dates at lecture time (e.g., weather), the HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT will be due the next scheduled class period (the Thursday of that week) and the TEST for the following Tuesday.

1) lecture exams. Their format will be as follows: 35 multiple-choice questions, worth 2 points each, and 2 essays, worth 15 points each. A selection of possible essay topics will be handed out before each exam with a lecture review sheet.

Lecture exam dates:

PLEASE DO NOT MISS EXAMS!!!

A missed hour exam will be given a grade of zero. If you present an acceptable excuse and documentation (e.g., illness with doctor's note, death in the immediate family documentable with a death notice) AND you call me to leave a message before or right after the exam, you may be given the opportunity to take a makeup. "NO MESSAGE, NO MAKEUP." If too much time passes between the test and your return to campus, you will be given an essay makeup test.

2) take-home assignments. Pick up at Tuesday's lecture and due Tuesday two/three weeks later. Three will be given out, best two will be counted. These are to be typed--no handwritten ones will be accepted (you will have plenty of time, so plan ahead for possible printer problems!). Answers will be graded on completeness, accuracy, grammar, and appropriateness of citations. Please use appropriate citations when using the text or other sources. Each part of the questions can be answered in a paragraph or two. Answer the questions thoroughly, yet concisely. The assignment questions/problems are open book. You are free to look at additional sources, although I will be taking them mostly from lectures and the text. Furthermore, you may discuss and work together on the problems. Each student must type/print out his or her own answers, though.

Take-home assignments:

These are due at lecture time on the indicated date. Given the vagaries of weather in the spring semester, you will be allowed one late homework for either #1, #2, or #3, where it is turned in to my office by the next lecture that Thursday, 2/3, 3/1, or 4/6. I will be happy to go over rough drafts of lecture or lab assignments with you during office hours or an appointment; otherwise, I will assume what you hand in is your final draft.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS DURING THE WEEK:

The overall course outline gives you the order of topics. We will have two lectures, one lab, and one recitation per week. The course will cover the same issues in each of the laboratory and recitation sections.

LECTURE:

I hand out my lecture notes so that you are not as pressured for note taking. I still strongly taking notes for your personal reinforcement. You should emphasize drawing and writing what I draw and write on the overhead. I will put the week's readings on the lecture notes, as well as a potentially useful web site that you may find of use for additional exploration. If there is audiovisual material in the HVCC library appropriate for that week, I will try to list it as well. These lecture notes, along with the Internet links, will be available on my web page.

With a large group, lecture works best if there is only one person talking at a time. I encourage questions or commentary, since many of you have experiences in hunting, fishing, or breeding that would help to increase our understanding of these different vertebrates. I DO NOT want people to be noisy and disruptful or disrespectful of classmates. If necessary, I will ask you to leave the class for the rest of the period (or longer).

RECITATION:

Recitation is a time for review and/or to go over the material in a different manner. I try to leave at least half of the time in recitation open for your questions or concerns. The following is a schedule of what I am planning to accomplish in the recitation periods:

I find that videos help to bring the organisms alive in a way that lecture and dissection cannot always achieve. Furthermore, the"Eyewitness" series highlights human/vertebrate interactions that adds to the comparative anatomy emphasis of the course. The informal setting of recitation is appropriate for them. Material from the video review sheets will be considered part of the lecture material for test purposes.

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