| Welcome to the BIO 103 Syllabus Page! |
| This page is intended as a resource page for students enrolled in Jimmy Duke's BIO 103 classes at Calhoun Community College. You are welcome to any information you find here that you consider useful; however, I make no promises to persons NOT enrolled in my classes or at Calhoun Community College. Below is the standard syllabus information for BIO 103. |
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| Day classes begin August 23rd for Fall '04. |
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| The Lecture Topic for the week of September 7th is Biological Chemistry - mostly Chapoter 3, but some in Chapter 2. |
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| Lab tests are an important part of this course. See the full lab schedule! |
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 Biology, 8th Edition, Sylvia S. Mader |
| Visit the Publisher's Website. |
 Lab Manual for Biology, Huffman, et al |
| Visit the BIO 103 Laboratory Website. |
 306-2846 |
| I have an answering machine that works MUCH faster than my ears do - PLEASE speak very slowly, concisely, and keep your messages to the POINT if you want me to call you back. |
 jfd@calhoun.edu |
| I check my e-mail EVERY morning at work. This is a very reliable way to contact me if you need to. |
 233 - Rice Science Center |
| Decatur Campus (MAP) |
| Office Hours for Fall Semester 2005 |
| Monday |
9:00 - 11:30 |
| Tuesday |
9:00 - 11:30 |
| Wednesday |
9:00 - 11:30 |
| Thursday |
9:00 - 11:30 |
| Friday |
9:00 - 11:30 |
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| Student grades for BIO 103 will be determined according to the following method: |
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 Add the scores that you receive on the
FOUR, 100 point, lecture tests and
call this your LECTURE TEST SUBTOTAL. |
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 Add the scores of your LAB TEST 1 (Out of 30) and LAB TEST 2 (Out of 30) and LAB TEST 3 (Out of 40 points), plus the 10 points for EACH signed lab checklist on LABS 1 through 10. DIVIDE this sum by 2 and call the result your LAB SUBTOTAL. |
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| Test I |
86 |
| Test II |
75 |
| Test III |
90 |
| Test IV |
93 |
| LECTURE TEST SUBTOTAL = 344 |
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| Quiz 1 |
23 / 30 |
| Quiz 2 |
20 / 30 |
| Quiz 3 |
32 / 40 |
| Lab 1 |
10 |
| Lab 2 |
10 |
| Lab 3 |
10 |
| Lab 4 |
10 |
| Lab 5 |
10 |
| Lab 6 |
10 |
| Lab 7 |
10 |
| Lab 8 |
10 |
| Lab 9 |
10 |
| Lab 10 |
10 |
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175 |
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175 |
| LAB SUBTOTAL = 175 |
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 Now, add the LECTURE TEST SUBTOTAL to the LAB SUBTOTAL and Topic Quiz Total and Practice Test Average and compare to ranges below: |
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| LECTURE TEST SUBTOTAL = 344 |
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| plus LAB SUBTOTAL = 175 |
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| Topic Quiz = 100 and Practice Average = 100 |
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| Range Total = 719 |
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| This would result in a grade of "B" for the term. |
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| Grade Ranges |
| A Range = 720 - 800 total points |
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These ranges are ABSOLUTE and FINAL - students should NOT expect or assume that the instructor will automatically bump you up a point or two if you get real close - I DON'T DO THAT!
Here are your grade ranges - GO GET 'EM!
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| B Range = 640 - 720 total points |
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| C Range = 552 - 632 total points |
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| D Range = 472 - 552 total points |
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| F Range = Less than 472 total points |
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All dates listed below are tentative and subject to change ! |
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| UNIT 1 - June 16, 2005 - Covers Chapters 1, 2, 3 - Pages 1 to 56 in the Textbook |
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| UNIT 2 - June 30, 2005 - Covers Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Pages 57 to 145 in the Textbook |
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| UNIT 3 - July 14, 2005 - Covers Chapters 9, 10, 50, 51 - Pages 147 to 172 and 893 to 927 |
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| UNIT 4 - July 26, 2005 - Covers Chapters 11, 12, 13, 30 - (Pgs 173 to 220 and 523 - 538) |
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| Students are NOT required to read along in the text for this course. Many students are simply taking too many courses, or are too busy in the labs to read this much material. However, it has been my observation over the years that students who take the time and make the effort to cover the material in the text BEFORE coming into the classroom do significantly better in the class than students who skip the reading altogether. |
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