BIOL 122, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES II 

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 2002-2007

Lecture time and location:

Sec 04: Tues, Thurs 10:00 – 11:15 AM, Wall 225

Sec 03: Tues, Thurs 11:30 – 12:45 AM, Sci 106

Sec E1: Tues, Thurs 4:30 – 5:45 AM, Sci 106

Instructor: Dr. Wendy Hood, Office: Science 206B; Phone: 843-349-2208
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 1-3 PM or by appointment
Email: wrhood@coastal.edu, Web page: www.wendyhood.com

The goals of this class:
The goal of this class is to provide you with an introduction to biological principles including evolution, ecology, plant and animal physiology. Specific learning outcomes for each topic will be provided with each topic lecture outline.

Textbook and reading:
Campbell, NA and Reese, JB. Biology. 7th ed, Addison, Benjamin Cummings. Additional readings will be posted on Blackboard.

Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else’s work or opinions as ones own. Plagiarism is unacceptable, even a first offense will earn you a failing grade for the course and could result in further disciplinary action.

Evaluation of your performance:
You will be evaluated based on your performance on 3 lecture exams, a comprehensive final, weekly quizzes and classroom participation.

Your final grade will be based on the following assessment criteria:

	total points	% grade
Exam 1	100	14.3 %
Exam 2	100	14.3 %
Exam 3	100	14.3 %
Final	200	26.6 %
10 Quizzes (10 pts or 1.4 % each)	100	14.3 %
10 In-class participation assignments (10 pts or 1.4 % each)	100	14.3 %
Total points possible	700	100 %

Grading scale:
A 100-90%, B+ 89-87%, B 86-80%, C+ 79-77%, C 76-70%, D+ 69-67%, D 66-60%, F < 59%

Attendance:
Some of the material presented in lecture WILL NOT be in your book, and some of the material in the book WILL NOT be covered in lecture. Therefore, it is essential to attend lecture to do well in this class. You will also be graded on in-class assignments. These assignments will be given randomly and can’t be made up. Dates of exams are subject to change. Make-up exams will not be given except for DOCUMENTED university excused absences (see current university catalog for details). PLEASE contact Dr. Hood BEFORE the exam by phone or email if you are ill or have a conflict.

Topic outlines:
Outlines of material for each chapter covered will be posted on the instructor’s webpage and Blackboard by the Thursday before we start a new topic. These outlines will prepare you to be an active participate in lecture and are intended to help you to focus you efforts while studying for quizzes and exams. Writing out the definitions and answers BEFORE coming to lecture and taking quizzes is strongly encouraged and will be necessary for you to complete the quiz on time. PowerPoint presentations from lecture will generally be made available for download on Blackboard or the instructor’s webpage by 5PM the day before lecture.

Weekly online quizzes:
A quiz will be assigned each week (see the class schedule). The goal of weekly quizzes is to prepare you for new material that will be covered in the coming week and test your comprehension of the previous week’s material. Weekly quizzes will generally be composed of 10 questions that you will have 20 minutes to complete. In general, quizzes will include 5 review questions from the material covered the previous week and 5 questions on new material that will be covered in the following week, in effort to encourage you to prepare for class. Each topic outline will clearly outline the material covered, which will help you to prepare for the quiz. Quizzes must be taken each week on Blackboard between 8 AM Friday and 8 AM on Tuesday. You will not be able to take quizzes outside of the assigned time frame. At least 12 quizzes will be posted during the semester, your highest 10 scores will count toward your grade. You will be able to view your questions and results after each quiz is closed on Tuesday. Previous students have found very valuable to study the quiz questions for the exam. If you don’t take the quiz, you will not be able to view the questions!

If you have any trouble with Blackboard, contact the Blackboard help desk (webct@coastal.edu or 349-2671), if the problem is not resolved email Dr Hood (wrhood@coastal.edu) IMMEDIATELY, before the quiz closes, so that I’m aware of what time you were having problems.

Class participation:
Much of the material in class will be presented in a lecture format. However, you are expected to be an active participant in lecture. Questions will be asked of the class, if you have completed your pre-lecture assignment you will be prepared to address those questions. We will also be regularly working in groups in class. You are expected to participate in group activities. 12 participation assignments will be given, your participation score will be based on your top 10 scores on these assignments.

BIOL 122 - TENTITIVE SCHEDULE
(changes may be made at instructors discretion)