The goals and purpose of the course will be discussed and presented throughout the semester. In general, this is a survey course of biological diversity and how it evolved, plant and animal structure and function, and interactions between living organisms and their environment. Dr. D. Alexander Wait Rm. Students are responsible for all course announcements, course changes, lecture handouts, and in-class assignments. Attendance is probably the most significant factor leading to high grades.
Attendance is required in the laboratory.
The laboratory instructor supervising the open laboratory must verify the completion of the work. Students who miss a laboratory period and fail to make up the laboratory work will not receive credit on their laboratory assignment for that laboratory period. However, if more than one laboratory period is missed, and that laboratory is not made up, a penalty of 50 points will be assessed. This 50 point penalty will also be assessed for each subsequent laboratory missed and not made up. For example, a student who missed three laboratory periods and failed to make them up would be assessed a total of 100 penalty points.