1 Biology 2960, Principles of Biology I, Spring, 2006 General Course ...

In-term Exams: Reserve the exam evenings noted above (If you are
participating in varsity sports notify your coach now of these dates, and
have the coaches contact the professors immediately, at the beginning of the
semester. No requests will be considered that are submitted less than two weeks prior to
an exam. No allowances will be made for students participating in
student-run or student-sponsored events, regardless of the purpose) NO
MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN AND NO EXAM GRADES WILL BE
DROPPED. THEREFORE, DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY CONFLICTS FOR THE
EVENINGS OF EXAMS.
Grading and Regrades: Exams are graded by separate PhD students that are not TAs
for the course, with each grading the same question(s) for all students, thus assuring
consistency. Any tabulation errors for exams should be brought to the attention of Dr.
Hafer by the regrade deadline (see below). For reevaluation of one of your answers from
any exam, the following procedure must be undertaken:
If you have a clear-cut request, you must return the entire exam with a thorough,
typed regrade request that includes the rationale and justification for your request (with a
citation/page number from the text, if appropriate). This written request is returned to Dr.
Hafer stapled to the exam by the Friday (4pm) after your exam is returned. We will keep
this on file until the end of the semester and if such a regrade might impact your
letter grade, it will be reevaluated at that time (the whole exam will be regraded ).
Remember to make a copy of your exam for yourself as a study tool for the final exam.
This regrade procedure is printed on the cover page of each exam.
IV.Discussion/Problem sessions:
Problem Sets: Problem sets will generally be posted on the web the week before each set
of sessions. Lecture topics specifically relevant to each problem set will be so indicated.
These are an important study tool, providing problems similar to some of those that you
will see on the exams. You should be prepared to discuss the problem set in discussion
sessions.
Discussion / problem sessions, all 7-9pm (All sessions are in Rebstock Hall room
215), (Note: each of the back-to-back sessions will be the same and the purpose is to take
questions and cover the problem sets ).
Jan 30, Jan 31, Feb 1 (Mon, Tues, Wed): each identical covering lecture topics 1-6.
Feb 13, Feb 14 (Mon, Tues): each identical covering lecture topics 7-11.
Feb 28, March 1 ( Tues, Wed): each identical covering lecture topics 12-17.
March 23, March 26 (Thur, Sun): each identical covering lecture topics 18-23.
April 4, April 5 (Tues, Wed): each identical covering lecture topics 24-29.
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