Please read these rules before coming to class. We will discuss them and you will be asked to acknowledge that you understand them and agree to abide by them.

Rules and Regulations for Biology 1411 Laboratory

Grading

1. Your lab grade constitutes 25% of your final grade in Biology 1411. Your lab grade will be determined as follows:
   1. There are 12 lab activities in the semester worth 1300 points; the first 11 labs are worth 100 possible points, the last lab stretches out over a couple of weeks and is worth 200 points. Points will be earned in various ways including pre-lab quizzes, activities during lab and post-lab quizzes.
   2. Your lab grade is an average of the points earned in all labs. All of your scores will be summed and divided by 13. You will receive a zero for any lab you miss. A make-up lab is available once each week (see below).
2. Most weeks you will need to take a prelab quiz on the Blackboard web site (blackboard.angelo.edu). These quizzes are worth 20 points of each week's lab grade. Before you attempt these quizzes you should read the lab material that is posted on the course web site, http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/mdixon/ManEnvironment/manenvlab.htm.

Attendance

3. We expect you to be here every week.
   1. If you are absent you will receive a 0 for the work you missed unless you have an excused absence and you attend the makeup lab.
   2. Excused absences are as defined in the University catalog: personal illness, family emergency, or participation in an authorized University activity (i.e. athletics, band).
   3. Unexcused absences include voluntary medical appointments (when not an emergency) and work conflicts.
   4. If you know that you will have work conflicts with your scheduled lab time you should do one of the following immediately:
      1. Go to the registrar’s office and change your lab section.
      2. Change your work schedule.
      3. Drop this course.
   5. Determination that an absence is excused is at the discretion of your lab instructor.
   6. Only students with excused absences will be allowed to attend the Makeup Lab (see below).
4. We expect you to be on time.
1. If you are late for lab, points will be deducted from your lab grade.
2. Your lab instructor may lock the doors or turn you away
5. We expect you to attend lab alone. No children or other visitors.

Make-up lab

6. There is a single makeup lab available each Friday afternoon from 1:00 to 2:50 pm in Cavness 018. This is the only opportunity to make up a missed lab. It is impossible to makeup a missed lab later in the semester.
7. To attend the makeup lab you must have a signed permission form from your lab instructor.

Dishonesty

8. There are no group quizzes.
   1. Online quizzes are based upon assigned readings. We expect you to read this material before taking these quizzes however it is acceptable to print the readings and refer to them while taking a Blackboard quiz. It is NOT acceptable to take these quizzes with the help of another person.
   2. All quizzes given in class are to assess your understanding of the lab material. You are expected to take these quizzes alone without notes unless otherwise instructed.
9. Most of our lab activities are done in groups. We expect you to work together and discuss answers.
10. We expect all students to understand and abide by the Student Academic Honor Code. The honor code is available at http://www.angelo.edu/cstudent/index.htm.

Other

11. No food, drink, or tobacco are allowed in the laboratory.