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will receive an engraved plaque and a $100 gift certificate. The winning student's name is alsoengraved on a permanent plaque in the Department of Biochemistry.Copy Statement:Some of the materials in this course are possibly copyrighted. They are intended for use only bystudents registered and enrolled in this course and only for instructional activities associated withand for the duration of the course. They may not be retained in another medium or disseminatedfurther. They are provided in compliance with the provisions of the Teach Act (Section 110(1) ofthe Copyright Act) http://www.copyright.gov/docs/regstat031301.html.Examples of such copyrighted material include examination questions. Examination questions areadministered under the Tulane School of Medicine Honor Code. According to Tulane policy andHonor Code, all exam questions, TBL IRAT/GRAT and Application of Knowledge questions,quizzes, JiTT questions and all other questions used to assess knowledge in this course arecopyrighted and owned by Tulane University School of Medicine and the BiochemistryDepartment. The reproduction of questions by any means, and distribution of these resources isstrictly prohibited, and will be considered a violation of the Tulane University Honor Code. Thatincludes copying the question/answer key on the 6 th floor near your mailboxes.GRADING/EVALUATION:Block exams 1, 2 and 3 are weighted 35%, 39% and 24%, or 98% of the total grade(respectively). The remaining 2% is based on quizzes given during the Muscular Dystrophy TBLin Block 3. As detailed above, an additional 5 points extra credit can be earned, and added to thepotential of 100 percentage points (105% total). Grade determination is summarized as follows:Weighted % ofFinal AverageBlock One Exam: 33%Block Two Exam: 36%Block Three Exam: 24%Wiki: 5%Muscular Dystrophy TBL (Peer Evaluated): 2%Extra Credit: 5%Total Potential Points: 105%ASSIGNMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES:The Muscular Dystrophy TBL is given in the third block. It consists of required pre-readingmaterial prior to the first session. Students are responsible to prelearn this material and beprepared to take readiness assurance quizzes during the TBL sessions. This is the only requiredassignment during the course. For more information about the Muscular Dystrophy TBL, or TBLformat, please see the course director.___________________________________________________________________________________Tulane University School of Medicine - Cellular Biochemistry Syllabus and Course Information8