Representing someone else's words or thoughts as your own is plagiarism.  

Plagiarism is theft and is considered a serious offense. This includes exchanging answers on homework, and copying from another published or Internet source, by either lifting material directly from a source or borrowing a passage and changing only a few words without attributing it to the source.   In addition quoting excessively from a source that is attributed is also plagiarism. Your work must be your own.

To avoid plagiarizing do not help one another by handing over your work or copying directly from someone else’s paper. To prevent lifting material directly from a source do not write your papers with the source directly in front of you.

CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

Such activities will result in a grade of 0 for that particular exam or assignment. Both parties will receive a 0 if material is copied and may result in failure of the course in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct.

I think ethical behavior is very important and thus I take this very seriously.

Make-Up Work:

Exams are made up only in emergency situations. If you are going to miss an exam I expect a phone call or an e-mail before the test time. If you do not contact me I may not let you make up the test. I will not track you down to remind you about a missed test. The test must be made up during or before the next class. This is your responsibility. Not knowing about an exam or missing the week before are not valid excuses. You will be given one week to make up missed exams.

Late assignments, & papers, are acceptable one lecture period after the due date. This is not to be considered an automatic extension. After that they will lose 10% directly of the top of the papers for every day that they are late. Late papers are expected to have the date that they were turned in on printed at the top of the paper.. Late material will not be accepted after one week. Do not come to me trying to make up material that is several weeks late.

You are expected to attend every lecture for the full amount of time that it is scheduled. Do not schedule any appointments during class. You are responsible for signing the attendance book before the end of the class. Attendance is necessary in order to keep up with the course work. You are responsible for all material assigned. Not knowing something is assigned or forgetting that it was assigned is not a valid excused.

Students may withdrawal from the class without a grade until ------.  -------- is the last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdrawal from the class and receive a grade of W. After this date, students may withdraw and receive a grade of W, WP, WF only with permission of the instructor and only until 12 pm --------.

Drop dates can be found in the school calender

I will sign for a W for any student that has been attending class but cannot complete the course or feels that they need to repeat the course. You must come into my office during office hours so that I can calculate your grade. I will not sign drop slips before or after class.

Please come and talk to me before you make a decision to drop this class. Many students feel that they are failing when they are not

 

Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. That includes talking, sleeping, tardiness, and general messing around. Anyone messing around will be asked to leave. This material is very difficult and it is hard for the people to understand what is being said if other students are talking.

I will grade as a 0 any papers that are turned in that I suspect have been copied and are not the student’s original work.

No cell phones. Turn your phone off when entering the class or the lab. If your phone rings during lecture take your books and leave. Have anyone that needs to reach you call the secretary Barbara Bradley at 686-4632.

Attendance is your responsibility. Do not tell me you were present but forgot to sign the book.

Students must read all pertinent material. I will not tell you to read pages x to z. You are expected to read the entire chapter. Not just the material that is presented in class.

Students need to keep track of their own progress. Talk to me before it is too late to correct your grades. Frequently students do not appreciate all of the factors that affect their grades. I cannot help you is you wait until the final to talk to me.

Students are expected to review all materials frequently.

Student must turn their homework in and turn it in on time.

Students must follow all of the assignments instructions.

Students are expected to turn in professional work

 

Any paper not written in blue or black ink or pencil will not be graded. I do not accept papers written in rainbow colors.

Any number represented without a unit will be marked wrong. (ie. There is a difference between a measurement that is 10 grams or 10 pounds. So don’t tell me the answer was 10.)

Answers that are given in incomplete sentences will be worth only ½ credit. This does not include questions that ask for a single word or a list of characteristics. If you are not sure, err on the side of caution and write a complete sentence.

Science terms that are spelled wrong will be given only ½ credit.

Only ½ credit will be given to papers that do not follow the assignments instructions.

Staple all of papers before handing them in!!!!!!

Make sure that you hand your paper to me at a time that I can put it in a folder. I am not responsible for papers that are left in my mailbox or tossed on top of my lecture overheads.

I will grade as a 0 any papers that are turned in that I suspect have been copied and are not the student’s original work. If it sounds like I am repeating myself it is because this is a serious issue.

Turn your homework in and turn it in on time.

If I cannot read it; I cannot grade, and I will not devote my time to decipher it.

Science: To demonstrate an awareness of one=s interaction with the biological and physical environment.

Understand and make connections between biology and other disciplines such as chemistry, psychology, social sciences, etc. Assessment methods may include discussion on humans as biological vs. sociopsychological being, historical discoveries, and the relevance of chemistry in biology.

Apply the knowledge and concepts learned in biology to understand the chemistry of Life. Assessment methods may include discussions and questions on tests about these aspects.

Identify and solve problems through the logical sequence of steps and analyze the results. Assessment methods may include discussions and questions on tests about these aspects

Critically correlate the complementary of structure and function of the various parts of the cells, tissues, organs, and organism. Assessment methods may include discussion and question on exams.

Make connections between the parts and the whole be studying levels of organizations from cell to organism and be re-assembling the dissectible models. Assessment methods may include questions on levels of organization.

The dates for exams may be changed so that we are free to adjust the amount

of time needed for each topic. You are expected to keep up with test dates as they are established.

Due to time constraints I am limited in the amount of material that I can present. You are expected to fill in the rest by reading the text. You are expected to read the entire chapter.