There will be demonstrations of techniques and materials used in molecular genetics research. All three exams will be about 2 hours long. However, the final exam will cover about twice as much new material as the others, and it has twice the point credit. This course is not graded on a curve. I will set grade equivalents for exam scores after each exam.
Classes differ in their abilities.
Exams will emphasize material since the previous exam. However, they will necessarily be somewhat cumulative because later material builds on earlier material in the course. Exam questions will cover Lecture material, the Reading assignments, the Study Questions and Quiz Sections. The difficulty or perceived difficulty of this year's exams may be different than the difficulty or perceived difficulty of last year's exams. Last year's exams simply provide examples of the kinds of questions I have had on exams in the past.