Biology 221-03: Genetics

Spring 2015

Dr. Wade Worthen, TNS 171B
wade.worthen@furman.edu
Phone: 294-3390
Office Hrs: by appt

Lecture: 10:00-11:15 T, TH, Plyler 143 (Biology Seminar Room)
Lab: 2:30-5:20, W, TNS 172
Text: Essentials of Genetics, 8th ed., Klug, Cummings, and Spencer.

COURSE OVERVIEW

LECTURE SYLLABUS

ATTENDANCE AND GRADING POLICY

The university's policy, which I will employ in BIO221, is as follows:
"Instructors are expected to establish and announce attendance requirements for their courses. Unless an instructor announces otherwise, the following guidelines are assumed to be in effect: Freshman will be withdrawn from a course if absent, for any reason, 15 percent of the class meetings (No more than 5 for this class). Other students will be withrawn from a course if absent 25 percent of the class meetings (no more than 7 for this class). In both cases, a failing grade (F) will be recorded unless the absences were due to providential reasons, in which case a grade of W may be assigned after consultation with the Associate Academic Dean" (University Catalog).

Attendance at lab is mandatory; you cannot take another section's lab unless prior arrangements are made, and only in the most unusual circumstances.
If you have a disability and you need academic accomodations, you should contact the Office of Disability Services. Do this in a timely manner, early in the term. Then, you should bring this request to me.

Grading Policy:
I will assign grades in the following manner. There are 700 available points, and letter grades will be assigned such that grades of 90% or above earn at least an "A range" grade, 80%-89% at least a "B range" grade, and so forth. Determination of these letter grade cutoffs will be at the sole discretion of the professor; "curving", if warranted, will be on total points accumulated and not individual assignments. +/- grades will be assigned based on total percentage of points earned, with some subjective modification possible if there is signifiacnt improvement on the final exam.