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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: BIOL 1003-001 SPRING 2003 Instructor: Dr. Alan D. Christian Office: LSE 413; Phone: 972-3082 Text: Asking about Life, 2nd edition, by Allan J. Tobin & Jennie Dusheck Lecture: 08:00-08:50 MWF, LSE 219 Office
Hours:
M: 4:00-5:00 T:
8:00-9:00; W:
9:00-11:00 R:
9:00-10:00 Or by appointment
FINAL
EXAM SCHEDULE: 5 May 2003 @ 8:00
a.m.
LAST
DAY TO DROP AN INDIVIDUAL CLASS: 25 March 2003 COURSE
PHILOSOPHY: Biology 1003
provides an introduction to biological terminology, processes and
characteristics unique to living organisms.
Although you are not biology majors, this course should establish a basic
understanding of the biological world and the way humans function as living
organisms and components of the biological world.
My goal is that each of you will complete this course with an enhanced
understanding of the role of humans as part of the living world, and as an
intelligent consumer of biological resources. INSTITUTIONAL/CLASSROOM POLICIES DISABILITY SERVICES: Students who require academic adjustments in the classroom due to a disability must first register with ASU Disability Services. Following registration and within the first two weeks of class, please contact me to discuss appropriate academic accommodations. Appropriate arrangements can be made to ensure equal access to this course. INCLIMATE WEATHER POLICY: The university remains open for academic classes and all other services during inclement weather except in extreme circumstances determined solely by the president of the university. Regional and local news media will publicize the closing. Commuter students are encouraged to use good judgment in deciding whether to drive to campus under this policy, it is the responsibility of the student to immediately contact each of his/her professors upon return to explain the circumstances and to determine the need to complete any missed assignments. The student is responsible for all missed assignments during inclement weather within a time frame to be determined by the professor. See notes about makeup policies and inclement weather below. ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students should attend every lecture session. Students who miss a class session should expect to makeup missed work or receive a failing mark on missed work (see quiz policy). Students who participate in university-sponsored activities will be given reasonable opportunities to make up missed assignments. Students in this course who miss more than six class sessions per semester MAY be assigned an ‘F’ in the course depending on the circumstances discussed in the student handbook (2002-2004 edition, pages 41-42) IDENTIFICATION POLICY: When you take an exam, you must bring a #2 pencil and a photo ID to class. You must show your ID when you turn in your exam. If you forget to bring an ID, your exam will be set aside until you return with your ID. A driver’s license or student ID is acceptable. IF you do not produce identification within 48 hours, then your exam will not be graded. AUDIOTAPING POLICY: You may use a tape recorder to tape the lectures if you feel this is helpful EXAMS, QUIZES AND ASSIGNMENT POLICY: Tentative exam dates are given in the syllabus but are subject to changes. Any changes will be announced at least 1 week before the scheduled exam date. Exam questions will be taken from lecture notes, textbook, other assignments, audiovisuals, and discussion. Exams may include all or any combination of the following types of questions: multiple choice, true/false, short-answer, matching, fill-in-the-blank, draw and label, and essay. To do well on exams, students should not rely solely on memorization, but also understand and be able to use information covered in lecture, discussion and in the text. Quizzes will most likely be given on Blackboard and will be need to be taken within the time frame announced in class and listed on Blackboard. No make up quizzes will be offered. Blackboard, a web based learning tool, information will be discussed or handed out separately MAKE-UP POLICY: Exams must be taken on the date scheduled. Excused absences must be document and consist of illness or other extenuating circumstances. For example, illness must be documented by a written health care providers excuse with contact information, or death in the family must be documented by an obituary. You must contact and present documentation to the instructor no later than the first day of return to class. If you miss an exam due to an excused absence, a make-up exam will be offered; otherwise you shall be given a 0 for that exam. A make-up exam will consist of 10 10-point essay questions and are scheduled during the last week of classes. EXAMS SCHEDULED DURING PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL BE GIVEN AS SCHEDULED, WITH A MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITY OFFERED WHEN NORMAL TRAVEL RESUMES. If the university cancels classes, the exam will be given the next regularly scheduled class period. Do not travel when road conditions are hazardous. COURSE
EVALUATION AND GRADING POLICY: HOURLY EXAMS: 04 @100 points each =400points QUIZES 10 @ 5 points each =050 points COMPREHENSIVE FINAL 01 @ 100 points =100 points TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE =550 POINTS GRADING SCALE: A= 100-90% (550-492 points) B= 89-80% (491-437 points) C= 79-70% (436-382 points) D= 69-60% (381-327 points) F= 59-0% (326-0 points) EXTRA CREDIT POLICY: You will have the opportunity to accumulate up to 20 points extra credit in the course. The first set 10 extra credit points may be earned by clipping or copying and turning in articles with a brief summary from popular newspapers or magazines that relate to biology. Magazines include publications such as Southern Living, Newsweek, and Time etc. and cannot include professional journals such as Science, Nature, or Ecology. Each article, summarized in your own words is worth 5 points and each student may submit up to 2 article summaries. Each summary should consist of 2-3 sentences giving summary of the article. Articles must be recent (published during the semester 9 January – 18 April 2003), turned in at the end of the lecture period, and consist of your name, the section number of your class (i.e. 001) the publication source (e.g. Time), publication date (e.g. 15 January 2003), your personal summary, and a copy of the original article. One article is due by midterm, 3 March 2003 and the other is due by Friday 18 April 2003. Both may be handed in by the midterm date if desired. The second set of 10 points may be earned by logging into blackboard to answer the One Minute Surveys (OMS) that is posted after each class period. If you answer the survey after every class period, you can earn 10 points. You will earn the percentage of times you answer the OMS. For example, if you answer 80% of the OMS throughout the semester, you will get 8 out of 10 points, while if you answer 10% of the OMS during the semester, you will earn 1 out of 10 extra credit points. TENTATIVE LECTURE AND EXAM SCHEDULE
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