Instructor: Dr. Dana Krempels

email:
Office: SA 110B (in the hallway between the two first year labs)
Office Hours
Workshops: Mondays at 5:00pm in various locations (to be assigned) with your group peer leader


Syllabus (subject to slight adjustments)


Week of:

Workshop on Mondays at 5:00 pm:

1/19

Martin Luther King Holiday: No Workshops

1/26

Mandatory organizational Meeting with Peer Leaders - SA 126

2/2

Microevolution
Mandatory readings for this workshop:

2/9

Macroevolution

2/16

No Workshops: Exam I

2/23

The Origin of Life

3/2

Alternation of Generations

3/9

No Workshops: Exam II

3/16

Spring Break!

3/23

Kingdom Fungi

3/30

Animal Body Plans

4/6

Animal Form and Function

4/13

No Workshop: Exam III

4/20

Predation

4/27

Population Ecology

WORKSHOP COURSE AND GRADING POLICIES

Required Readings: Workshop handouts, available by clicking on the title of each workshop in the syllabus above.

Attendance: Attendance at weekly workshops is mandatory. You will receive points on a relatively objective scale, awarded by your workshop leader. Your point total will be given to Dr. Krempels at the end of the semester, and will be part of your final grade. The scale is as follows:

0 - absent
1 - present, but obviously unprepared and inattentive
2 - present, but unprepared
3 - present and mentally involved, though not actively involved in discussion
4 - mentally and actively involved in discussions
5 - outstanding involvement in discussions, with excellent grasp of materials

Keeping Contact: At the first organizational meeting, you will sign a roll sheet for your workshop leader, including your name, email address and phone number. In turn, you should carefully record the following:

Workshop Leader's Name:

Workshop Leader's email:

Workshop Location:

Workshop day and time, if other than Wednesdays at 5:00 pm:

You are responsible for maintaining contact with your workshop leader and knowing where meetings are held each week. If you are having trouble contacting your workshop leader, or are having other administrative problems with your workshop, please see Dr. Krempels as soon as possible, or email her at .

Did you enjoy the workshop experience you had this semester? If so, and if you did well in BIL 150 and BIL 160, please consider applying to be a Workshop Leader in Biology next semester.
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