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Principles of Genetics (BIOL 362)Semester: Autumn 2007Credits: 4.0 Prerequisites: BIOL F106X Lectures: MWF 11:45-12:45 Elvey Auditorium Labs: Mon 2:15-5:15 Bunnell 408 (F01: 70399) Tue 2:00-5:00 Bunnell 408 (F02: 70400) Wed 2:15-5:15 Bunnell 408 (F03: 70401) Instructor: Diana Wolf email: diana.wolf@uaf.edu office hours: Mon and Wed 12:45-2 (after class), and by appointment. office location: WRRB 240 office phone: 474-5538 Please feel free to contact me if you need help with course material. Teaching assistants (TAs): Melanie Richter (Monday) email: ftmmr1@uaf.edu Dawn Magness (Tuesday) email: ftdrm@uaf.edu Kelsie Engen Stone (Wednesday) email: kme02@hotmail.com Course readings/materials: Textbook: Hartl, D.L. and Jones, E.W. 2005. Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 6th ed., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., Sudbury, MA ISBN 0-7637-1511-5. Supplementary readings are required and will be provided as appropriate. Textbook web site: http://www.jbpub.com/genetics/6e/ Course description: Principles of inheritance; physiochemical properties of genetic systems. Course covers both Mendelian and molecular genetics, and briefly covers quantitative genetics, population genetics, and molecular evolution. Course goals and learning outcomes: Students will learn the basics of Mendelian and molecular genetics, as well as how these topics are important in everyday life; topics such as genetic diseases, stem cells, forensics and genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Additionally, students will gain experience with critical thinking, problem solving, writing and learn modern laboratory skills. Instructional methods: Students will learn through lecture, hands-on laboratory activities, homework, computer simulations, small group discussion, and by writing research reports and giving a short presentation. Course policies: You are expected to attend all lectures and your appropriate lab period, and to participate in all laboratory activities including discussions and computer simulations. You are also expected to read the textbook chapters and supplemental reading materials. This is a difficult class, with many details to master. You will not be able to master these concepts without reading your textbook. You are expected to arrive at lecture and lab on time. If you cannot attend your regular lab section, you must attend one of the other lab sections. Contact both your regular TA and the TA of the lab you will attend prior to your regularly scheduled lab and the lab you will attend to request permission. You may work on problem sets with a partner, but the work you turn in must be your own. Unless specifically stated in the assignment, all papers, quizzes and exams should be performed by you, by yourself. Please, no cheating on exams or quizzes. You are in school to learn, and I hope that you want to learn. If you resort to cheating, you won't study as hard, and you won't learn as much, so you will be cheating yourself of an education. If you are involved in cheating or plagiarism, you will receive an F in the course, and will be referred to the Associate Dean of Students & Director of Judicial Services for disciplinary action. If you are re-taking this class, please come see me in my office so we can discuss whether you need to redo the lab and how to make sure you can succeed in this class. Exam rescheduling: Under exceptional circumstances (for instance, athletes with meets or games), you may request to take an exam at a different time than scheduled. It may have different questions, it may be more difficult and it may be in a different format from that of the regular exam. It may even be an oral exam. You must request an exam reschedule prior to the regular exam date Points will be deducted from late assignments at a rate of 10% per day. Complaints about grading: Please submit complaints about grading in writing, along with the graded work. If a simple mistake was made in tallying points or scoring, this can be easily corrected. If you have been told that the correct answer is different from your answer, but you believe your answer to be correct, you must submit an explanation which includes references to the textbook, class handouts and/or the scientific literature. Support Services: If you require more assistance than can be provided in class, lab and office hours, you may want to contact Student Support Services (http://www.uaf.edu/sssp/). Disabilities Services: If you have a disability, or think you may have a disability, please contact the Office of Disabilities Services (203 WHIT, 474-7043). We will work with this office to provide reasonable and appropriate accommodation to students with disabilities. Evaluation: Student performance will be evaluated through 4 exams, weekly homework assignments and quizzes, several papers, one short presentation, laboratory reports and lab participation. Grade cutoffs are A:90%, B:80%, C:70%, D:60%, F:<60%. |
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Diana Wolf |