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Tim Revell, Ph.D. W 6:30-­‐9:40 (Lab) Bld 7-­‐1108 CRN# 41922 Contact Information: Email: trevell@mtsac .edu Phone: 909-­‐278-­‐4231 Webpage: instruction.mtsac.edu/trevell Office location: building 60-­‐2102 Office Hours: TBA Required Text: A Guide to The Natural World (Krogh, 5th) Life all around us: Lab Manual for Biology 1 Course Description: A non-­‐majors course that covers biological chemistry, cell structure and physiology, biodiversity, evolution, ecology and human environmental impact. Points Possible Lec Assign (14 @ 2) 28 Postings (15 @ 2) 30 Lab Assign (14 @ 5) 70 In class Quizzes (10 @ 20) 240 Final Lab Assign 12 Lec Midterm 100 Lab Midterm 30 Lec Final 150 Lab Final 100 TOTAL 700* subject to change based on holidays or Grading Scale ≥90% A 80-­‐89% B 70-­‐79% C 60-­‐69% D <60% F Important Dates: 9 April – outdoor lab to wildlife sanctuary, wear comfortable clothes and shoes and check weather! 16 April – Lab Midterm 23 April – Lecture Midterm 4 June -­‐ outdoor lab to wildlife sanctuary, wear comfortable clothes and shoes and check weather! 11 June – Lab and Lecture Finals (4:30AM-­‐7PM 3/31 Cesar Chavez Day 5/26 Memorial Day 1) The instructor reserves the right to make The fine print… any necessary changes to this syllabus or to any part of the class w
ithout prior warning. 2) Please notify Dr. Revell immediately if your require special health or disability accommodations. Closed-­‐captioning is available for all v ideos shown in class. 3) The use of cell phones is prohibited in class. 4) SLO’s & GEO’s related to this course can be found at www.mtsac.edu 5) It is the student’s responsibility to officially drop the course should they stop attending. Failure to do so may result in an “F” grade. 6) Incomplete’s are only given in special circumstances; students must meet all requirements as defined by the college before an incomplete is considered. 7) The professor keeps all exams and quizzes. Students may not take pictures or copies of any exam or quiz or the student may receive an “F” in the course. 8) Check your Mt. SAC email often for important messages from the Professor. 9) Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students will receive a zero on any test/quiz/assignment for which cheating was noted. Students may also receive an “F” in the course. 10) Success is highly dependent on student motivation and early intervention. If you are not receiving the grade you would like, seek help IMMEDIATELY AND OFTEN by speaking with the professor. 11) No make-­‐up quizzes, exams, or labs are given. Quizzes are given during the first 10 minutes of class only. If you are late, you will miss the quiz! 12) Labs and assignments are due at the beginning of class. After that time, they are late and worth ½ credit maximally. After one week, no credit will be given for late work. 13) Any grade dispute must be handled within on week upon the return of the quiz, assignment or exam in question. Assignments: Lecture Assignments – Each week you will be required to turn in a lecture assignment. Lecture assignments are posted online by week. Each assignment is due the following week. For example, during the first week of school you should be learning and completing the assignment for week one and you will turn in this assignment at the beginning of week 2. Answers to the questions can be found in the lecture book, assigned readings. Assignments are done every week EVEN WHEN a holiday occurs on the normal meeting time. If class is cancelled due to a holiday, the new assignment plus the previous assignment will be due. Assignments MUST be turned in at the beginning of class. Lab Assignments – Each week you will complete a lab from the Biology 1 Lab Book. The lab will be turned in the following week with your lecture assignment. IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THE LAB YOU DO NOT RECEIVE CREDIT for that lab! Do not turn in a lab if you have missed or this will be considered cheating/plagiarism. You must turn in your own work. Do not Xerox another students lab and attempt to turn it in with your name on it or you may receive an “F” in the course. Lab assignments MUST be turned in at the beginning of class. Also, if you leave early, one point will automatically be deducted from your lab score for that week. Postings-­‐ Every week there will be a posting that is due on the discussion board. The posting is due by the beginning of class (before the start of your lab class time). You can gain 2 points for a post and 2 points for a reply to another persons post. You may only earn a maximum of 4 post points per week! There is also an open discussion forum where students can ask questions and post responses to each other. For general questions related to the class material, please post your questions under the open discussion forum instead of emailing me. There are no make-­‐up postings and late postings will not count for credit. Be professional, scientific, and above all, respectful to your classmates in your discussion postings (and all other interactions for that matter!) In Class Quizzes – Each week you will take a quiz based on the material in the book, short lectures given in lab, lecture assignments, and lab assignments. Each quiz will be worth 20 points and may consist of true/false, multiple choice, matching and short essay style questions. No make up quizzes will be given. All quizzes will be given in the first 10 minutes of class only. If you are late, you will not be allowed to take the quiz. Midterm and Final Exam-­‐The midterm and final exam will be in the same format as the regular class quizzes. The lecture midterm covers up to and including meiosis. The final exams (both lecture and lab) will be cumulative and will therefore cover information from the entire semester. The final exam will be worth 150 points and there will be no make up exams for the final or midterm! Do not miss the final exam or midterm! Check the current Final Exam Schedule for the day and time of your final exam.