Systemic Physiology
Policies and Procedures
1. Attendance: It is the responsibility
of every student to attend lecture sessions regularly. You are expected
to be in you seat and ready to begin when the class period starts.
Tardiness could result in a lowering of your grade.
If an absence is unavoidable, the student
should try to get the day's notes from another student. If an exam
is missed with an acceptable excuse, the student should see the instructor
for the possibility of make-up work. Acceptable excuses include hospitilization
or serious medical problems, death in the family, etc. All acceptable
excuses must be documented. Nonacceptable excuses include over-sleeping,
lycanthropy, or "tummy ache".
2. Grades: There will be a total of
three (3) examinations in this class. The examinations will be graded
on a percentage basis. A class curve will be made following each
exam and given to the class with the results. Letter grades are assigned
as follows:
A = 90+%, B = 80-89%; C = 70-79%; D = 60-69%; and E is
less than 60%.
In order to receive a grade of "I", a student must have
completed 2/3 of the course work in "passing status" and have an acceptable
reason for missing the rest. This is an Arts and Sciences requirement.
A student cannot receive an I grade if they are failing a course.
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 textbook for
this course is Human Physiology by Stuart Fox. It should
be used to supplement the lecture material not replace it. Use it
as a guide for more complete comprehension of a topic. You are expected
to read the relevant portions of the text that correspond to the lecture
material. Text material may show up on examinations even though it
was not specifically covered in lecture.