Brought to you by Dr. Dana Krempels and a Team of Expert Peer Workshop Leaders

  • Workshops meet on Thursdays at 5:00pm in various locations (to be assigned).

  • Attendance at workshop meetings is mandatory. If you have a true emergency and cannot make it to a meeting, please notify your group leader at once via email. WORKSHOPS ARE NOT THE SAME AS LABS!

  • Workshop Locations and Leaders, Spring 2012

    Syllabus

    Date:
    Topic:

    Thursday, Jan 19

    5:00pm: Workshop Group Selection Meeting (Cox 126)

    Thursday, Jan 26

    5:00pm: No workshop meeting this week
    Thursday, Feb 2 Macroevolution

    Thursday, Feb 9

    		 Microevolution
    Mandatory readings for this workshop:
    Thursday, Feb 16 NO WORKSHOPS TODAY.
    EXAM I AT 5:00PM IN COX 126.
    Thursday, Feb 23 The Origin of Life
    Thursday, Mar 1 TBA
    Thursday, Mar 8 NO WORKSHOPS TODAY.
    EXAM II AT 5:00PM IN COX 126.
    Mar 12-16

    Spring Break

    Thursday, Mar 22 TBA
    Thursday, Mar 29 TBA
    Thursday, Apr 5 TBA
    Thursday, Apr 12 NO WORKSHOPS TODAY.
    EXAM III AT 5:00pm IN COX 126.
    Thursday, Apr 19 Community Interactions: Predation
    Thursday, Apr 26 Population Ecology

    WORKSHOP SURVEYS - End of Semester

    After you have done your last workshop, please be sure to complete the Surveys must be completed no later than the day of the final exam for you to receive two points of extra credit.

    WORKSHOP COURSE AND GRADING POLICIES

    Required Readings: Workshop handouts, to be distributed weekly.

    Attendance: Attendance at weekly workshops is MANDATORY. Workshop leaders award points on the following scale:

    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, providing your workshop leader with your

  • name
  • email address
  • telephone number

    Be sure to carefully record the following:

  • Workshop Leader's Name
  • Workshop Leader's email
  • Workshop Regular Location
  • Workshop day and time

    You are responsible for maintaining contact with your workshop leader and making sure you know where meetings are held each week.

    If you are having trouble contacting your workshop leader, or are having other problems with your workshop, please see Dr. Krempels as soon as possible, or email .

    If you do well in this course and in BIL 150, please consider applying to be a Workshop Leader in Biology next semester!

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