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Month & Days	III. Genetic Metabolism	Reading Assignment
April 12, 14, 16	Lipid Structure, ß Oxidation	Ch. 12
19, 21, 23	Nucleic Acids	Ch. 17
26, 28, 30	Replication	Ch. 18.1, 18.2
May 3, 5, 7, 10	Transcription & The Genetic Code	Ch. 19, Ch. 18.3
May 17	Final Exam (Monday, SCI 1 B9,	8 AM - 10:30 AM)

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Grading

Hourly Exams	2 x 100 pts. = 200 pts.	Scale: 90-100%	A
Final Exam: 3rd & Cumulative	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.

Laboratory Schedule Room: PSci 205 - Tuesday 9-Noon (Dr. Helser), 1-4 PM (w/ Dr. S. Quick) & Thursday 8:25-11:15 AM (w/ Dr. A. Green) Spring, 2010
Required Materials: Graph Ruled Lab Notebook, Safety Goggles

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
January 21	No Lab
26, 28	Form Groups, Check In, Plan Analysis	1-Oral Progress Rpt.
February 2, 4	#1 Lab Solutions Analysis	1-Prop. (draft 1/29, 2/1),
9, 11	Lab Solutions Analysis	1-2nd Proposal (2/12, 2/15)
16, 18	Solutions Analysis Reports #2 Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	1-Oral Rpt., Peer Evaluation 2-Proposal (2/19, 3/1)

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
23-26	Spring Break - No labs
March 2, 4	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	1-Final Rpt. (3/2, 3/4) 2-2nd Proposal (3/5,3/8)
9, 11	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions	2-3rd Proposal (3/12, 3/15)
16, 18	Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions
23, 25	Enzyme Reactions Report #3 Cholesterol Analysis	2-Oral Rpt., Final Rpt. (3/30, 4/1) 3-1st Proposal (3/26, 3/29)

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Month & Days	Laboratory Topic	Evaluation (Due Date)
30, April 1	Cholesterol Analysis	3-2nd Proposal (4/2, 4/12)
April 6-9	Spring Break - No labs
13, 15	Cholesterol Analysis	3-2nd Proposal (4/16, 4/19)
20, 22	Cholesterol Analysis Report Vitamin C in Foods	3-Oral Rpt., 4-Proposal (4/23, 4/26)
27, 29	Vitamin C in Foods	3-Final Rpt. (4/27, 4/29)
May 4, 6	Vitamin C in Foods Report The Gene Game (Check Out)	4-Oral Rpt., Final Rpt. (5/11, 5/13)
May 17	Final Exam (Monday, SCI 1 B9,	8 AM - 10:30 AM)

• 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.

Oral reports earn a maximum of 100 points, of which 80% is for the group's presentation and 20% for the individual's stage presence, poise and participation. Generally, the score is an average of the peer evaluations from other teams and the instructor's. Copies of the printed grading form are available in the library and laboratory.

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 may be added to the lab total for your group. (See grading below.) They are due one week after the oral report is presented. 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.

Classroom Etiquette:
Since you have paid OSC and your instructor dearly for the class time to learn biochemistry, unrelated activities should be avoided. Eating breakfast, drinking your stimulant of choice, chatting or "texting" on PDAs or cell phones, etc. are not only rude and inconsiderate of your colleagues, but also distract you from your purpose here. Please finish bodily needs and turn off and stow all electronic and other distractions before class begins. Portable computer use will be allowed only with prior approval of the instructor, and if you sit in front of the class and type quietly. Exceptions require an Accomodation Plan from Student Disability Services (209 Alumni Hall, x2137).

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 Friday/Monday, submit the group's proposal for the problem (identify your team, members' job titles, your company, 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 your lab day, turn in typed, final report on prior project. (The major author must be clearly shown.)

• On Tuesday/Thursday: Do the experimental work in the laboratory. Turn in notebooks at end of lab, if requested.
• On Friday/Monday, 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 Tuesday/Thursday: 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.
• Monday: 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.