Biology 9 Summer 2009
MTWTF 8:30 - 11:45 A.M.

Conditions and Expectations

Due to the nature of the course some touching and physical contact may occur. If you feel uncomfortable about this, discuss it with the instructor.

Enrollment in the class is the student's responsibility. The student must notify the registrar of any and all changes of enrollment.

Participants are expected to arrive at the beginning of class; sign-in is before lecture and otherwise, to prevent disruption, wait for a break before entering. The college and department require attendance at all classes. Attendance counts. Be sure to sign-out as you leave. A participant who exceeds the maximum number of absences will be dropped from the Class. Late enrollment is permitted only after completion of the department's Late enrollment form.

Participants are expected to arrive for class prepared! Pre-lecture preparation include reading the Big Picture and Impact Issues stated in the text at the beginning of each chapter. You should flip through the chapter looking at the boldfaced words, examining the figures, and reading the figure captions. This should only take 5 - 10 minutes and is essential in order to be prepared for the lecture. Do not! try to read the chapter ahead of class. Wait until after the class and then read the chapter. After reading the chapter, do the Revierw Questions and Self Quiz until you understand all of the answers. Complete the current Chapter's worksheets in the "Student Interactive Workbook",, tear these out, staple them together in the upper left hand corner, and write your name in the uppper left hand corners. Turn these in at the beginning of the next class. You should then explore the Critical Thinking exercizes. You should read and understand the laboratory assignments before class. There is not enough time to both read and comprehend the laboratory exercizes and complete the lab assignments during class.

The classroom comes with a good supply of models and aids. You will need to learn and know the models of material associated with the lecture topic. You need to learn and know the microscopic anatomy of the materials associated with the lecture topics. You should make use of the time before and after class, lecture, and lab, to review and learn these materials. You should correlate the review diagrams, worksheets, vocabulary and study guide questions with the available models and slides.

Any questions you may have about the lab should be expressed after the lecture and before the lab. You may either speak to me individually or raise question during the brief introduction before the lab. Because the labs are graded, it is not fair for me to provide only one person with the correct answers to the laboratory exercises.

This is a college class. It is expected that you will need to devote 2 - 3 hours outside of class for every hour in class, FOR AN AVERAGE GRADE. For a better grade, it is expected that you need to devote more time. It is highly recommended that you take no other courses concurrently.