Genetics (Biol 3300)

Fall  2009

 

Lecture—CL 1008                                                            Lab Sections-- SC 358

MW   8:00– 9:15 am                                                               Section 01—Mon 9:30am – 11:30 am

                                                                                         Section 02—Wed 9:30 am – 11:30 am

 

Instructor:          Dr. Estella Chen-Quin

Office:                 324 SC

Office Hours:     Wednesdays 12:00-1, or by appointment

Phone:                678-797-2080

Email:                  Please email me through the GeorgiaView Vista system

 

Class slides, etc for printing

Lecture Policy

Lab Policy and Quiz format

 

 

 

Exams and Grading

University Policy on Academic Dishonesty

 Inclement Weather Policy

 

 

 

Course Syllabus for Printing

(contains all the information on this website)

Course Objectives

Sample Lab Quiz Questions

 

 

Course Materials

GeorgiaView Vista:     Use of GeorgiaView Vista is required.  Grades, announcements, and assignments are given out on GeorgiaView.

Course webpage:        Regular webpage (separate from GeorgiaView) containing lecture slides,

and lecture outlines/study guides.  Link to this page via our GeorgiaView page.

Textbook:                      Genetics, a Conceptual Approach, 3rd ed, B. Pierce

Lab Manual:                 Purchase KSU lab manual for Biol 3300 in bookstore

Virtual Flylab:               Instruction for online Registration with Virtual Fly Lab is on course webpage (online syllabus)

 

Objectives                    Genetics is a foundation course for other divisions of biology.  Genetics (Biol 3300) presents the principles and mechanisms of why living organisms have particular physical traits--how traits are determined at the molecular level, how traits are passed from one generation to the next, and how new traits are generated.  The course also covers how scientists study genes.  The principles in this course will be comprised of classical (transmission) and molecular genetics.

 

The laboratories will explore concepts in both transmission and molecular genetics. Laboratory exercises will demonstrate the principles of segregation and independent assortment. Sex linkage, epistatic relationships, and the principles of human karyotyping will also be examined. Exercises in molecular genetics will introduce students to the process of recombinant DNA technology and will demonstrate the principles involved in molecular separation techniques.

 

Prerequisite: “C” or better grade in BIOL 2108 and CHEM 1212/1212L.

 

Exams and Grading: 

The final grade will be determined according to the following:

 

          3 regular exams                                          each lecture exam - 13% of final course grade

          Cumulative final                                           20% of final course grade

          4 lecture quizzes                                        each lecture quiz – 4% of final course grade                  

          4 lab quizzes                                              each lab quiz – 3% of final course grade

          possible pop lab quiz(zes)                         each pop quiz—3% of final course grade

          lab attendance                                             1% of final course grade (but will cause an F for the course if you miss

 more than 2 labs)

          Lab test                                                        13% of final course grade

 

 

A = 89.5 – 100% of total points                            D = 59.5 – 69.4% of total points

B = 79.5 – 89.4% of total points                           F = below 59.5% of total points

C = 69.5 – 79.4 % of total points

 

Extra Credit:  No extra credit projects are given; the object is to learn the material reflected in the tests. 

 

Grade Information:  Grades are given out in class, by GeorgiaView, or by a visit to the office.  No grade information is given out by telephone or e-mail.

 

 

LECTURE

Attendance:  Attendance of lectures is expected. Students are responsible for all assignments, announcements and materials covered in class, whether presented orally or in assigned readings or handouts.  No exceptions are made for non-attending students.  Attendance of lab is absolutely required.  Missed labs will result in lowered scores or possible failure (see below).

 

Exam and quiz format:  Exam and quiz format may consist of multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and/or essay questions (genetics problems can be tested in all formats).

 

Study guides for lecture material:  an outline/study guide for each lecture is posted as the first slide(s) in each lecture slide set.

 

Missed exams: 

·       Make up exam must be taken at the end of the semester and may be a harder essay exam. 

·       Only the following are accepted for making up a missed lecture exam:  illness, death in the family, family emergency or absence required by government (e.g. jury duty or military orders).  Work conflicts or lack of babysitters are not accepted. 

·       You must contact the instructor within 24 hours of the original exam date to be considered for a makeup exam. 

·       All absences must be supported by documentation (physician’s note, death certificate, police report). 

·       If false or fabricated documentation is discovered, it will result in a zero on the corresponding exam, plus 20 points off another exam.

 

Missed lecture quizzes—no makeups of lecture quizzes are allowed except for government required absences such as jury duty or military rotation.

 

 

LAB

Lab attendance—automatic F for the course if more than two labs are missed.

 

Readings—you are expected to have read the day’s lab exercise BEFORE coming to lab.

 

Lab quiz format:  Lab quizzes will consist of “pre-lab” questions covering that day’s lab, plus harder questions covering the previous week’s lab. Thought questions will follow the format in the lab assignments.  NO MAKEUPS for missed quizzes.

Sample lab quiz problems are available for each lab (look for links in the syllabus webpage).  These are not graded but it is to your benefit to work through these problems thoroughly and on your own (questions during lab or after lab are welcome) because these problems model the problems that will appear in the lab quizzes and on the class tests.  Answers to the assignments are also posted.

 

 

Lab Test

·       Only the following are accepted for making up a missed lab exam:  illness, death in the family, family emergency or absence required by government (e.g. jury duty or military orders).  Work conflicts or lack of babysitters are not accepted. 

·       You must contact the instructor within 24 hours of the original exam date to be considered for a makeup exam. 

·       All absences must be supported by documentation (physician’s note, death certificate, police report). 

·       If false or fabricated documentation is discovered, it will result in a zero on the corresponding exam, plus 20 points off another exam.

 

 

University Policy on Academic Honesty:  (Published in the Undergraduate and Graduate catalogs).  Section II of the Student Code of conduct addresses the University’s policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student ID cards.  All members of the university are responsible for abiding by its tenets.  Lack of knowledge of this policy is not an acceptable defense to any charge of academic dishonesty.  All members of the academic community are expected to report violations of these standards of academic conduct to the appropriate authorities.  Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program.

 

General Policies:  Please be considerate of your fellow student and the instructor.  If there is any disruption due to inappropriate conduct during exams or lectures, you may receive an administrative withdrawal with a “WF” and an annotation on your permanent record as to the reason for this action.

 

 

Dept. Of Biology/Physics Inclement Weather Policy

If the University is CLOSED, there are no classes or labs .

 

If the University is CLOSED sometime after classes begin, and if faculty and staff are being released at that time, then all classes are cancelled effective at that time.  This means that labs in progress must stop.

 

If classes are CANCELLED beginning at a certain time, but faculty and staff are not released to leave early, then labs that are in progress may continue.