Bio10 Green Sheet – Fall 2011

Intro to Biology - 5 Units

Instructors:  Ann Reisenauer (lecture) and Vickie Annen (lab)

• Lecture: Tu/Th in E35     9:30 - 11:15 pm
• Lab: Tu or Th in S51     11:30 - 2:15 pm

Instructor's Contact Information:

Ann Reisenauer

• email: reisenauerann@deanza.edu
• website: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/reisenauerann
• Office Hours: Tu/Th 11:15 - 11:45 in Science Center 1, 2nd floor, or by appointment

 Vickie Annen

• email: annenvicky@fhda.edu
• website: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/annenvickie

Course Description:

Basic unifying principles of biology with selected application to genetic engineering, ecological crisis, pollution, birth control, overpopulation and health.
Advisory: English Writing 100B, and Reading 100 (or Language Arts 100) or English as a Second Language 24 and 72 (or ESL 4)

Required Text:

• Campbell Essential Biology by Simon, Reece and Dickey; Publisher: Benjamin Cummings, 2010 (4th edition. 3rd edition OK)

Student Learning Outcomes:

Outcome 1:

Evaluate the correlation of structure and function in plants and animals.

Evaluation:

Tests and quizzes will cover lecture, lab and reading materials.

• Lecture = 285 pts
  
  • Best 2 out of 3 exams (100 pts each)
  • Quizzes (5 at 5 pts each = 25 pts)
  • Assignments (3 at 20 pts each = 60 pts)

• Laboratory = 185 pts

• Final Exam = 100 points

Total points possible = 570 pts

• 10 Extra Credit Points are available (not included in Total Possible Points). See this website for details. Extra credit must be turned in by the deadline. Extra Credit will not be accepted from students who have more than 5 absences from lecture.
  
  
• Lecture Exams. Exam questions will be multiple choice, matching and short answer.  Please bring a scantron and a #2 pencil with you to the exams.  I will drop the lowest score of the three exams.  NO make-up exams will be given. 

Letter Grade: Percentage of Points Earned

Your accumulated total points are compared to the total possible points, and your letter grade is determined as follows:

A    90-100%
B    80-89%
C    65-79%
D    55-64%
F    <55%

Lab Assignments

Lab worksheets are available online on the instructor's web page. http://faculty.deanza.edu/annenvickie/ or purchase as a packet at the  De Anza Print Shop

It is the student's responsibility to access these materials PRIOR to lab and bring them to each lab session.

Class Attendance

Attendance and participation in both class and lab is required for students to be successful in this course. If an in-class assignment or quiz is missed, you will receive zero points for that assignment or quiz.

Attendance will be taken randomly in both lab and lecture. Pop quizzes and assignments will be given for credit.  There will be no make up for missed quizzes, and assignments will not be accepted after the deadline. 

CHEATING IS NOT OKAY!!

In the spirit of collegiality, students are encouraged to work together in lab, form study groups and challenge each other. However, written assessments and exams are considered to be the individual and independent work of the student alone.

Students who cheat will receive zero points on that exam, assignment, extra credit or other means of evaluation. A zero score for cheating on an exam will not be dropped as the lowest score and will be included in your grade for the class.  Cell phone use during a test for any reason is considered cheating. Plagiarism, defined as either 1) direct copying of text from a published work or from an online source without appropriate referencing, or 2) use of another student’s work, will result in zero points for that assignment. 

DROP POLICY:

Students who are absent more than 5 times may be dropped from the course by the instructor.  

However, once the college deadline for dropping a class has passed, the instructor cannot drop the student. It is the student's responsibility to formally drop the course with Admissions & Records by the deadline given in the schedule of classes (available online at www.deanza.edu). Students who do not drop the course by this deadline and who stop coming to class will get an F in the course.

other Information Essential Student Materials: Scantrons, number 2 pencil, text book, computer access and email address

Don't own a computer?  Computer Access to instructor's Web page is available on campus at the Science Learning Center (SC1) and Open Media Lab.