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Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Undergraduate Office: HJ Patterson
Hall, 405-2766
Lecture Hall: Biosciences Research
Building: Tues and Thurs 11:00-11:50
Laboratories: Microbiology 1201, 1205, 1206
Required texts:
Available in the University Book Store:
Response Innovations Key pad (Clicker)
Bauman, "Microbiology, With Diseases by Taxonomy" ISBN 0321505824
NOTE: There is a cheaper paperback
version of this book available in the Bookstore (ISBN 032149377X). Be
aware that if you buy this version, the bookstore will not buy it back as a
used book. The international version
of this book is virtually identical to the hardback and is acceptable.
Available free, via on-line access:
Lab Manual: Exploring New Cultures, Smith, 2006. The lab
manual is available on line in the ELMS
course area.
Prerequisite: BSCI 105
Course Support:
We have established an on-line learning
center for this course. We encourage you to access this center on a
regular basis for learning opportunities and course information. This
is also a place to communicate with your peers, your TA's and your course
instructors. The BSCI 223 on-line learning center can be found in the
University's closed web system ELMS.
Link
for Login Help
Grading:
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Course Grade - points
out of 100%
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Exam 1
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15
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Exam 2
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15
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Final Exam
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20
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Assignment 1
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10
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Assignment 2
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10
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PAK points
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5
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Laboratory Reports
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5
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Laboratory Midterm
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7
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Laboratory Final
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11
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Clicker Points
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2
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Assignments:
Details for Assignments will be found in the course WebCT space.
Assignments are group assignments and your grade on each assignment will
be subject to peer review. You will work with an assigned group to
complete Assignments 1 and 2. Each assignment will receive a group
grade. Each person in the group will complete a peer review form for each
group assignment. If your group members indicate that you have contributed
100% to the group effort, you will receive the group grade. If your group
members indicate in the peer review that you have not contributed according
to the level decided by the group at the initiation of the assignment, you
will receive a percentage of the group grade that reflects your level of
participation.
Participation/Applied Knowledge (PAK)
Points:
Points will be earned for submission of answers to questions relevant to Case
Studies 1, 2 and 3.
The PAK questions and Case Studies are found in ELMS. The links will be
available in a time sensitive fashion. Answers will be submitted on
line through ELMS. See lecture syllabus for due dates.
Clicker Points:
Students are required to purchase a Response Innovations Key pad (Clicker).
Points will be awarded (0.1 points/lecture) for answering clicker questions
in lecture. Prior to lecture 1 please register your clicker. Note: You must first register your clicker and
then register it in ELMS for this class. See www.clickers.umd.edu for
instructions.
Laboratory Midterm and Final will be given on the days listed in your syllabus during
your regularly scheduled laboratory time, in a room outside of the regular
laboratory. Please look to ELMS for notification of where this exam will be
given.
Course Grade: Your course grade will be determined based upon
the categories listed in the above chart. The grades will be assigned
based upon points earned. See the chart below:
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100-98
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97.9-92
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91.9-90.0
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89.9-88.0
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87.9-82.0
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81.9-80.0
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79.9-78.0
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77.9-72.0
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71.9-70.0
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69.9-68.0
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67.9-62
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61.9-60.0
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59.9 and below
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Grade
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A+
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A
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A-
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B+
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B
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B-
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C+
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C
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C-
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D+
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D
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D-
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F
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Policies and Expectations:
UM has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity . The code sets the standards for
academic integrity at UM for all undergraduates and graduate students. As a
student you are responsible for upholding the standards for this course. It
is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating,
fabrication, facilitation and plagiarism will be enforced in this
course. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the
Student Honor Council visit this link:http://www.studenthonorcouncil.umd.edu/whatis.html
Students will be encouraged to write the Honor
Pledge on exams.
Acts of dishonesty include:
A. Cheating: Intentionally using or attempting to use
unauthorized materials,
information or study aids in any academic exercise.
B. Fabrication: Intentional and unauthorized falsification or
invention of any in
formation or citation in an academic exercise.
C. Facilitating Academic
Dishonesty: Intentionally or knowingly
helping or
attempting to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.
D. Plagiarism: Intentionally or knowingly representing the words
or ideas of
another as one's own in any academic exercise.
Excused
Absences: Students will not be penalized for absence due to:
Religious observance on University sanctioned days.
Illness, when an official physician's note is submitted.
Accident, when confirmable proof is submitted.
Participation in a University Event, when prior notice is given.
In the event of
an absence the student must send an email to the teaching assistant or course
instructor prior to or
on the day of absence.
Exam Make Up Policy: If a student is aware of a conflict that will prohibit
attendance to class on the day of an exam, it is the student's responsibility
to contact the instructor as soon as possible to discuss the options for a
Make Up exam. If a student misses an exam with an excused absence the
option of a Make Up exam is available. On the day of the exam, the
student must call or email the course instructor. The student must
present a written excuse to the course instructor at the first lecture
attended after the absence. At this time the student should also make
arrangements for scheduling the makeup exam. It is the student's
responsibility to contact the instructor to arrange for a make up exam.
Laboratory
Attendance: Laboratory
attendance is mandatory. Three
absences will result in a grade of "F" for the course.
In the event of an excused absence, the student should call or email the
Teaching Assistant. Upon return to lab, the TA will allow the student
to make up missed lab reports. This missed laboratory will still count as an
absence from lab. If a student misses 2 labs they are required to meet with
the Lab instructor prior to returning to lab.
Exam Regrade
Policy: Request for
re-grading of exams or papers must be submitted in writing to your course
instructor within seven days from date when exam/paper was returned. The
submission must include your rationale for a re-grade.
CORE Applicability: BSCI 223 satisfies the Life Sciences Lab course
requirement of the Distributive Studies area of the CORE program. Please note
that students who have not completed the BSCI 105 prerequisite should
consider the course Microbes and Society BSCI 122 as an option for CORE.
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