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I will also offer one 5 point extra credit paper. Extra credit papers need to be two pages in length,
double spaced 12pt font on a topic approved by the instructor. Please do not write a paper
without getting permission on the topic, if you hand in a paper and have not gotten the topic
approved you will not get the credit and you will have to re-write another paper with an
approved topic for credit.
Student E-mail Policy:
Dakota College is increasingly dependent upon e-mail as an official form of communication. A
student’s campus assigned e-mail address will be the only one recognized by the campus for
official mailings. The liability for missing or not acting upon important information conveyed via
campus e-mail rests with the student.
Academic Honesty (per undergraduate catalog):
Honesty and integrity are central to
academic life at DCB. They create a trust necessary in a community of scholars. When that trust
is violated by cheating in any form, the atmosphere of academic freedom is threatened.
Cheating may affect the student in accordance with the faculty member’s grading policy,
and/or it may result in student disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Conduct Policy
(available in the office of Student Affairs)
Lecture:
Attendance at all lectures is simply expected. While there are many strategies for
performing well in coursework, there seems to be no substitute for proper preparation: reading
the material before and after each lecture, taking notes, re-writing these notes in a more coherent
fashion after each lecture, and actively participating in each lecture. If this sounds like at least
two-three hours of preparation for each lecture, then that’s about right.
Study:
To succeed in this class I expect that you will have to spend at least 2 hours on the
course material outside of class for every lecture. You will be responsible for the material in the
text, as well as, that from lecture.
Because microbiology is a large field, which we cannot hope to cover solely in lecture, I
expect you to read the assigned chapters
BEFORE
coming to class. I also strongly encourage
you rewrite your notes in a timely fashion.
Laboratory:
You are responsible for learning the lab material and such material may appear on the regular
lecture exams.
Due to limited resources labs may not be made-up
. You will be allowed to drop one
lab report grade. If you miss a lab the missed lab becomes your dropped lab report grade.
Exams:
Exams are a mixture of multiple choice, true false, fill in the blank and short answer
essays. Multiple choice, true/false, and fill in the blank will be directly from the test bank from
the text. Short answer essay questions will be taken directly from lecture topics.
NOTE:
All make-up exams will be given
after
the regularly scheduled exam and
must be made up
within one week
of the students return to class.