For that reason, each student is allowed three absences without penalty. After that, each absence will cost 10 points in the final grade for class participation. They will be graded with a check system and are designed to help you to focus on important points in readings and to let me know how the course is progressing. The details of this project will be distributed later in the course, but it is never too early to start thinking about issues related to biology which interest you. The posters will be presented on April 30 during class time.
Attendance is mandatory for all students that day.
There will be three hourly exams during class time and one final exam which will be cumulative, covering all material from the entire semester, scheduled during exam week. Exams will ask you to take the information you have learned in class and apply it to answer new questions. Simply memorizing your notes or the textbook will not guarantee success. Learning biology often feels like learning a foreign language, with all the terms you need to understand. If you are having trouble, don t feel discouraged and don t think there is nothing you can do.