1. ATTENDANCE:  It is the responsibility of every student to attend lecture sessions regularly. If an absence is unavoidable, the student should contact the instructor for make-up work. You are expected to be in your seat when class begins. Excessive tardiness may result in a lowering of your grade.  If you are absent for a lecture exam, in order to be given a make-up you must have a documented acceptable excuse.  Acceptable excuses include a medical emergency, death in the immediate family, or travel on a University sponsored event.  Unacceptable excuses are over-sleeping, lycanthropy, or a "tummy ache."

2. GRADES:  There will be a total of three (3) examinations. The lecture exams will be given in class at the normal time.  Attendance at all examinations is mandatory. The examinations will be graded on a percentage basis. At midterm and the conclusion of the course, the percentages will be averaged, a class curve made and a letter grade assigned.  In order to eligible to receive a grade of "I", a student must complete at least 2/3 of the course in "passing status" and have an acceptable excuse for missing the test.    A student can NOT get an "I" just because they are failing.  This is a Arts and Sciences requirement.

3. 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. The University of Miami Honor Code will be enforced at all times.

4. TEXTBOOK:  The one I ordered at the bookstore is really a med school text called Essential Clinical Anatomy by Moore and Agur. However, there are many human anatomy texts on the market. You may use any of them you desire. Use it as a guide for a more complete comprehension of the topic. The examinations will be based on lecture material.   An anatomy atlas is required for this course. A couple of useful ones are Atlas of Anatomy by Tank and Gest, Color Atlas of Anatomy by Rohen & Yokuchi, or Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter. However any other clinical Atlas of Anatomy can be substituted. You will also find Bermans Color Atlas of Basic Histology very useful.  Another very useful book is An Illustrated Atlas of the Skeletal Muscles by Bowden and Bowden.

5.  There will be diagrams on the web.  You will need to download these diagrams prior to the associated lecture and bring them with you to class.  Just click on the link on the syllabus and you will be taken to the appropriate diagrams.
 

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