Syllabus
BIO425 - Seminar - Spring 2008
Evolutionary Genomics
http://salamander.uky.edu/srvoss/Teaching.htm
Instructor: Randal Voss, BBSRB 453
Place: THM 205, 11:00 am Friday
Format: Student-led presentations, Discussion
Objective: Learn how to present information from a
research paper in a graduate student-like seminar course
Required Book: None. Papers from the
literature will be assigned by the instructor
Undergraduate Student Course Requirements
and Grading (100 points total: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F<60):
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40%
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Forty-minute presentation: Students will independently present results from a
scientific paper. After the presentation, students will field questions from
the audience. Students will be graded on their presentations, the content of
their presentations, and their ability to answer questions.
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40%
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Quizes: A quiz will be given prior
to each class to test students on basic information in the assigned reading. If
you read the papers, you will do well on the quizzes.
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20%
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Attendance: Attendance will be taken on 10
different days (unannounced). For each day you are present, you will receive
2 point.
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POLICY ON MISSED ASSIGNMENTS
The following are defined as
excused absences:
- Significant illness of the student
or serious illness of a member of the student's household (permanent or
campus) or immediate family. The instructor shall have the right to
request appropriate verification.
- The death of a member of the
student's household (permanent or campus) or immediate family. The
instructor shall have the right to request appropriate verification.
- Trips for members of student
organizations sponsored by an academic unit, trips for University classes,
and trips for participation in intercollegiate athletic events. When
feasible, the student must notify the instructor prior to
the occurrence of such absences, but in no case shall such notification
occur more than one week after the absence. Instructors may request formal
notification from appropriate University personnel to document the
student's participation in such trips.
- Major Religious Holidays. Students
are responsible for notifying the instructor in writing
of anticipated absences due to their observance of such holidays no later
than the last day for adding a class.
- Any other circumstance which the
instructor finds reasonable cause for nonattendance.
Students
missing work due to an excused absence bear the responsibility of informing the
instructor about their excused absence within one week following the period of
the excused absence (except where prior notification is required), and of
making up the missed work. The instructor shall give the student an opportunity
to make up the work and/or the exams missed due to an excused absence, and
shall do so, if feasible, during the semester in which the absence occurred.
The student shall be given the opportunity to make up exams missed due to an
excused absence during the semester in which the absence occurred, if feasible.
In those instances where the nature of the course is such that classroom
participation by the student is essential for evaluation, the instructor shall,
if feasible, give the student an opportunity to make up the work missed during
the semester in which the absence occurred.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY, CHEATING, AND PLAGIARISM
Academic honesty
is expected of all students; plagiarism and other forms of cheating are
absolutely unacceptable.
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR
Students are expected to respect the
dignity of others and value differences of opinion.