1.  Attendance:   It is the responsibility of every student to attend lectures regularly.  If an absence is unavoidable, the student should try to obtain the lecture notes from another student.  If I have handed out any materials when you were out, it is your responsibility to come to my office during office hours to obtain them.  I do not bring extras to class after I have handed them out.  I don't use notes when I lecture so you can't borrow mine.  You are also expected to be in your seat when class begins.  Excessive tardiness may result in a lowering of your class grade.

2.  Grades:   There will be three exams during the course.  They will be graded on a percentage basis.  A class curve will be announced following each exam so you know where you stand. At any time during the course, the student has the option of discussing his/her performance with  me.   Please do not expect to discuss your performance during lecture or immediately after.  All conferences will be scheduled for times outside of class so I can give you my full attention and have  any relevant data available for you.

3.  Extra Credit:  You may elect to do an extra credit project.  The topics and format for these should be selected in consultation with me.  Do not do a project I have not approved!  The project will add a MAXIMUM of 10 points to your final average.  All papers and projects must be fully documented and referenced.  Extra credit projects and papers must be turned in on the date indicated on the syllabus.  Late projects will be penalized!  I will NOT accept projects after the last lecture.

4.  Cheating Policy: It is the policy of the Department of Biology to automatically award a failing grade to any student caught cheating in a course.  The act of cheating includes, but is not limited to, copying another student's paper during an examination, making your exam  paper available to another student, turning in work that is not your own and plagiarism.  I will enforce the University of Miami Honor Code at all times.

5.  Textbook:   The text for this course is Introduction to the Human Body by Tortora.  It should be used to supplement the lecture material, not replace it.  You are expected to read the material in the text which corresponds to the lecture material.  Although exams are written primarily from the lecture  material,  text material may also be encountered.

6.  Examination Policies:
    a. Exams will be computer graded.  You are expected to furnish your own No. 2 pencil.  Make sure you fill in the name and student number spaces on the answer sheet and bubble in the appropriate circles.
    b.  You should bring a picture ID to every exam.
    c.  When you are finished with the exam, you may leave.  Hand in both the answer sheet and the exam paper to me.
    d.  If you arrive late to an exam, you will have less time to take it.  We will not run into the next class period.
    e.  If you are absent from an exam, you must bring an acceptable  excuse.  The University Policy on make-up exams states that they can only be offered:
          1.  if a student has participated in an activity approved by the Dean's Policy Council.
          2.  if a student has attended a field trip of another course.
          3.  if a student has been confined to the Health Center.
Documentation will be required!  Make up exams must be taken before the next scheduled class exam.
    f.  If you miss an exam and do not make it up, you will be given an E for that exam.
    g.  In order to be eligible for an Incomplete for the course you must have passed two of the three exams and have an acceptable excuse (see point e.) for missing the third.  NOTE:  The "I" grade will be counted as an E until it is removed  by a passing grade.  It will be converted into an "E" if not removed in one calendar year or by graduation.
 
 

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