Class participation will be an important component of this course. Your participation could be the determining factor of your final grade if your final points fall close to the boundary of two grades. Periodic quizzes, assignments, and surveys will be used to assess class attendance. Regular attendance at all classes for which students are registered is the responsibility of those students. In addition, students are accountable for all work missed because of absence.
Instructor is under no obligation to make special arrangements for students who have been absent.
Therefore, we will use cooperative learning throughout this course to improve your understanding and learning. Each of you will have different perspectives about environmental science based on your own experiences and background. By sharing ideas with your peers you can improve your understanding of as well as approaches to understanding environmental science. Importantly, a group effort is more productive than an individual one IF everyone positively depends on each other and has a personal responsibility and commitment to achieve the group's goals. For your group to succeed, you must make every effort to interact with each other so that you function as effectively as possible.