Lab experience will also help you understand the more complex topics and add to your knowledge and confidence in the classroom. Field work will be an important part of lab. Feel free to ask me for help before or after class or by appointment. The exam is designed as an instructional device so that you may demonstrate your knowledge of the concepts. Each exam and your final will be scored objectively by points and will include many different questions, from multiple choice to essay.
Dates are on the class schedule which follows.
Attendance and participation may also be evaluated for about 30 points. Your lab grade is based on the many exercises and possible quizzes which are a part of each lab session. Read the article and type a one page summary or abstract of that article, attach it to a copy of the article, and hand it in to me. You will find plenty of good journals in our library or at the UCLA Research Library. You may earn a maximum of 7 points for each extra credit completed.