BIO-156 General Biology for Allied Health - Cochise College

BIO 156Tasneem AshrafCourse syllabus Fall 20093. Laboratory: (15 % of the course grade) you are expected to come to laboratory having read that day’sexperiments and having a general idea of what you will be doing. The detail lab write‐ups/data sheetsare due the next weekday following the completion of the experiment. If you miss any part of myintroduction to a given experiment, which I consider important to your (and my) safety, then you willnot be permitted to do that experiment. If you leave early during a lab and do not complete yourexperiment, then you will receive a zero for that experiment. Laboratory data sheets turned in late willhave 10% of the grade deducted. When final grades are calculated, I will drop 1 lab grade.4. Classroom response system for participation (5% of the course grade): We will use clickers in class on adaily basis‐ even on test days. You will also need them to take quizzes, as well during classparticipation and responses in‐class questions. Therefore, you must remember to bring clickers to classevery day.• If you forget to bring your clickers on the day of the quiz or exams, you will be allowed on twooccasions only to turn in handwritten sheets, which I will grade manually. If you forget to bringyour clicker on the day for class participation, you will not be allowed to submit handwritten sheets.• You will receive points for class participation, with your clicker throughout the semester and willearn a total number of points, out of 30 semester’s end for participation. You will receive points fortrying to answer the question and not be penalized for incorrect answer.5. Final project: (5 % of the course grade) you may pick from any one of the following delivery mode todemonstrate your understanding of any topic that interests you during the semester. You will work in agroup of three, and plan your projects accordingly. The group will lead class towards discussion andexplanation for the assigned week’s topic. A grading rubric will also be provided.• Presentation:You will be required to use the library to research a human genetic disease thought to be caused by amutation in a single gene. Ask me if you want to do this, I will give you a handout as guidance on thissection. The topic should cover key concepts or models or hypothesis or theories and facts which youhave learned during this class.• Experimental Design:You will be required to design and carry out a scientific experiment then present the results to the class.The presentation is structured similar to a journal article and have of six parts: an abstract, introduction,materials and methods, results (experimental design only), discussion, and reference section.• Interactive Model:You will be required to design an interactive model of one of the concepts we will be learning about inclass this semester. In addition you will be required to turn in an outline and present your model to theclass.MAKE‐UPS TESTS: If you miss an Exam, your missed grade will be substituted by the lowest pointsearned from the other given exams.• Your ONE lowest Exam grade will be dropped at the time when Final Grades are calculated.ACADEMIC HONESTY: Cheating and plagiarism are unethical. Students are expected to do their ownwork. Students must present ideas in their own words or give proper credit to original sources if text is4