LECTURE SYLLABUS
SPRING, 2007
Dr. N. BERNER
Necessary materials | Attendance | Exam dates | Grading | Honor Code | Study Hints
Course meetings: MWF 11:00 - 11:50
Lab meetings: Monday (Section A) or Tuesday (Section B) 1:30 – 4:30 Rm WL 106
Lecture Meeting place: WL 113
Prof's Office: WL 110
Phone: 1172
Office Hours (Dr. Berner): MWF 10 – 11 am, or by appointment. I will be available immediately after class for some questions (or to make an appointment) although I have a noon meeting on Mondays. You can also ask simple questions via email.
Necessary books and materials for this course:
Text: Biology. 7 th Ed. by Solomon, Berg and Martin
Laboratory Manual for Biology 132 lab
Student Survival Guide for Biology Department
Laboratory notebook
Safety glasses or goggles
Attendance policy: You attend or skip class at your own risk (regarding your final understanding of material covered). There will be a role sheet at the front of the classroom for you to initial. I will not turn in absence information in to the Dean of Students Office unless I find that a particular student is having some trouble attending the class and/or with the class work. The attendance record is for my own information. I will, however, follow University attendance policy on no-cut days by turning in the names of all students gone on those days. Having another student initial the role sheet for you (or doing so for someone else) is an HONOR CODE OFFENCE.
Exam dates: The dates of the exams are set. WRITE THEM INTO YOUR CALENDAR TODAY. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF AN ATHLETIC TEAM AND KNOW YOU WILL MISS AN EXAM, LET ME KNOW THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS SO WE CAN SCHEDULE AROUND IT. If you have an excused absence for an exam, you must let me know before the exam, and schedule a makeup time before the exam. If you miss an exam and do not notify me before the exam (not 10 minutes after it has started), regardless of whether or not you went to health services and got an excuse, you will not be allowed to make up the exam (University policy on class attendance, see page 270 of the Catalog and Policies, 2006-07).
EXAM 1: FEBRUARY 5, 2007
EXAM 2: FEBRUARY 23, 2007
EXAM 3: MARCH 30, 2007
EXAM 4: APRIL 18, 2007
FINAL EXAM: SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 2:00 PM
Grading: Your grade in this course is calculated from your grade in the lecture portion of the course (for which this is the syllabus) and from your grade in the laboratory portion of the course. The total number of points in the course is 750 with a possible 500 from lecture and 250 from lab. Each lecture exam is worth 100 points and the final is also worth 100 points. The final is comprehensive over the entire semester. See Lab Info page for lab grading.
Honor code: All work for this course (lecture and lab) comes under the Sewanee Honor Code and you will be required to pledge on all of your work that it is in conformity with the Honor Code. Suspected Honor Code violations will be taken VERY seriously and referred to the Honor Council.
An especially helpful activity will be to get together once per week with others in the class and go over your lecture notes. I strongly urge you to do this although I will not require it in this class. All I’m thinking you need to do is read through the week’s worth of notes out loud to each other. One person would start and if anyone has a question you stop and answer it. This will, at the very least, ensure that your notes are complete. You can do it over a cup of coffee, at McClurg, whatever. If you have any trouble finding someone to do this with let me know and we’ll identify a partner or two for you.
Exams will have fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, maybe matching, shorter answer and longer answer questions (among other possibilities). Fill-in-the-blanks come about directly from the lecture notes available on this web site and cover the bold face terms. If you are inclined to make note cards you could make one for each of those. Study by writing. If there are lists of things, practice writing them out. If there is a process you need to know or things you may need to draw, practice writing them on scrap paper. On an exam you will need to be able to write things so study that way — actually practice. Write out all you can on a process, then read it and fill in the gaps (or have a study partner do it). Then try again. It is much too easy for your brain to be lazy when you study and for you to say "oh, I know that" and move on if you don’t stop and write things. If you were to write it down you must go all the way through and then you are more thorough.
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