Your information processing skills will be developed because of the nature of biology. You will be supplied with a large quantity of information in a very short time, which you must learn in some detail or you will not do well in this course. This will not be wasted effort, however. The ability to digest and incorporate large amounts of information quickly is a valuable skill in most fields of endeavor. Your ability to think and to communicate will be involved in the analysis of lab exercises, class assignments, and test questions.
Students are responsible for attending class and for the material presented in all classes.
There will be no make-ups of missed labs, quizzes, and other assignments. There will be four unit exams, each worth 150 points. The exams will include a mixture of short answer and multiple choice questions. The dates of these exams are included in the attached schedule of lectures. Each student is required to read and summarize articles of interest to biologists.