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Month & Days	III. Genetic Metabolism	Reading Assignment
April 14,16,18	Lipid Structure, ß Oxidation	Ch. 12
21,23,25	Nucleic Acids	Ch. 9
28,30, May 2	Replication	Ch. 10, 11
5 (7 study day)	Transcription & The Genetic Code	Ch. 12, Ch. 11.2
May 9	Final Exam (Friday, HECO 138,	8 AM - 10:30 AM)

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Grading

Hourly Exams	2 x 100 pts. = 200 pts.	Scale: 90-100%	A
Final Exam	200 pts.	80-89%	B
Research Paper & Class Work & Quizzes	100 pts.	70-79%	C
Laboratory Evaluations	200 pts.	60-69%	D
	Total: 700 pts.	0-59%	E

You may earn up to 35 points for extra credit problem sets given throughout the semester. Tests have 10% more points than listed so I can challenge the best.

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
January 17,18	Form Groups, Check In, Plan Analysis	1-Oral Progress Rpt.
24,25	#1 Lab Solutions Analysis	1-Prop. (draft 1/22,23),
31, February 1	Lab Solutions Analysis	1-2nd Proposal (1/29,30)
7,8	Solutions Analysis Reports #2 Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	1-Oral Rpt., Peer Evaluation 2-Oral Progress Rpt.
14,15	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	1-Final Rpt. (2/15)  2-Proposal (2/12,13)

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
21,22	Spring Break - No labs
28,29	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	2-2nd Proposal (2/26,27)
March 6,7	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	2-3rd Proposal (3/4,5)
13,14	Enzyme Reactions Report #3 Cholesterol Analysis	2-Oral Rpt., Final Rpt. 3/21. 3-1st Proposal (3/18,19)
20,21	Cholesterol Analysis	3-2nd Proposal (4/1,2)

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
27,28	Spring Break - No labs
April 3,4	Cholesterol Analysis	3-2nd Proposal (4/1,2)
10,11	Cholesterol Analysis Report Vitamin C in Foods	3-Oral Rpt., 4-Proposal (4/15,16)
17,18	Vitamin C in Foods	4-Proposal (4/22,23)
24,25	Vitamin C in Foods	3-Final Rpt. (4/18)
May 1,2	Vitamin C in Foods Report The Gene Game (Check Out)	4-Oral Rpt., Final Rpt. (5/7)
May 9	Final Exam (Friday, HECO 138,	8 AM - 10:30 AM)

Grading Policies:
    Your point total for lab quizzes, proposals, written and oral reports will be divided by the total possible for a % of 200 points. The proposal with objective, experimental plan with detailed procedures/flow diagram, references, MSDSs and safety notes (which proves you are prepared to do each experiment safely), must be accepted by your instructor before you will be allowed to do the lab (submit on email no later than the Tuesday or Wednesday before the lab). One point /day will be subtracted for reports submitted after due dates.
    Notebooks may be collected after the labs at the instructor's whim.

• Please note: You are to use your notebook to prepare for each lab with suitable notes on procedures, flow charts, tables for data, etc.; to make notes and take data during the lab; and to do calculations and write your results and conclusions after the lab. Each of these parts will be evaluated.

Written Reports must be typed, spaced >1.5 lines, and signed by all group members to verify that they have proofread it and agree to accept the resulting grade. They must contain team member names and job titles (note major author), an objective, introduction, flow diagram/procedure, safety notes, results (essay describing data tables, diagrams and plots), discussion and reference sections. You must be credited as the major author of at least one (1) lab report during the semester. This grade will be counted individually for the author and added to the lab total for your group. (See grading below.) One point /day will be subtracted for reports submitted after due dates.
Attendance:
    You must be credited as the major author of at least 1 lab report and score 60% on lab evaluations to pass the course. If you miss more than 1/3 of the labs, you will earn an E for the course, no matter what your test scores total. Plagiarism (see your Handbook) will not be tolerated. College and departmental policies apply to this course.

1st Week, Thursday/Friday lab:

Oral (group) report from prior project in 1st hour. Peer evaluation of other teams' presentations.
Receive and study the next project. Groups work on the procedures and techniques they will need, including doing trials with known materials. Ask for demonstrations of equipment and techniques. Last 1/2 hour, teams do oral brainstorming on how they will attack the problem. Turn in requests for materials, equipment needed.

2nd & 3rd Week:

On Tuesday/Wednesday, submit the group's proposal for the problem (objective (why), procedure, flow chart (how), safety and how to handle data) by e-mail. Must be accepted by management before you can do the lab!  - 1 point/day off project total for late or inadequate proposals.

On Friday, turn in typed, final report on prior project. (The major author must be clearly shown.)

• On Thursday/Friday: Do the experimental work in the laboratory. Turn in notebooks at end of lab, if requested.
• On Tuesday/Wednesday, submit the group's proposal for the next lab period (objective (why), progress made last week (data, graphs, conclusions), and procedure, flow chart (how), safety and how to handle data) by e-mail. Must be accepted by management before you can do the lab!  - 1 point/day off project total for late or inadequate proposals.

• On Thursday/Friday: Give oral report on results (peer groups and instructor evaluations averaged (100 points). Both individual and group sections evaluated). Use feedback from forms and other team reports to produce a final, typed, group report.
• Friday: turn in typed, final report on project (each member of the group signs it to indicate they have proofread it and accept responsibility and credit for the work = 100 points).

If you must miss a class, lab or group meeting, you must inform your group and instructor. Your group should decide how you can repay your responsibilities to the group. Options might be to do extra library research, proposal or report writing, computer searches or whatever the group decides is adequate repayment for the loss of your participation. If the group decides your excuse was not valid, they may consider a loss of credit as appropriate punishment, and should so inform you and the instructor. A group can fire a member who is uncooperative or unproductive. It is that member's responsibility, then, to join another team or to do all the projects alone.

Penalties, generally -1 point for each day group reports are late, will be deducted from the primary author's grade for that report, not the other group members' grades, if requested by the group in writing or by e-mail.