CLASS SYLLABUS
DR. LIGHT--SUMMER 1996
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Instructor: Robley J. Light, 204 DLC, 644-3844
Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 M,T,W,Th
or by appointment
Help Sessions: Wednesdays prior to Hour Tests, 5:30-7:00 pm.
Others on request.
Textbook: Lehninger, Nelson and Cox, Principles of
Biochemistry, Second Edition, Worth Publishers, New
York, 1993
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To encourage formation of study groups (4-5 persons),
extra credit will be available for a group assignment. A
take-home, open-book, Pre-Test will be given out on the
Wednesday of the week before each hour test. The test is to
be done by the group and turned in on Monday of the test week.
It will be graded and returned by Wednesday. Persons not
willing to participate in a group, or unable to take part in
one of the exams, will have their Hour Test grade substituted
for the Pre-Test grade. The Hour Test grade will also
substitute if it is higher than the Pre-Test grade.
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There is no provision for final exams during the summer.
There will be a "mini-exam" on the last day of class, with the
length that of an hour test, that will be about 1/2 material
from chapters 14-16, 1/2 material from the earlier chapters.
No make-up tests.
For excused absences, Mini-exam grade will be
substituted.
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Grade will be based on 500 points as follows:
Three Hour Tests and Mini-Exam (100 pts. each)* 400 points
Average of Four Pre-Tests 100 points
* Lowest Hour Test can be replaced by Mini-exam grade
Following are the minimum percentage cut-off's for a
given letter grade, obtained by dividing the total raw score
by 5. Depending on test difficulty and class performance,
these cut-off's might be lowered slightly, but they won't be
raised.
90-100 A or A-
80-89 B or B-
70-79 C or C-
60-69 D or D-BCH 4053--General Biochemistry--Summer 1996 Page 2
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To provide an additional means of communication between
instructor and student and among students, students may obtain
a computer account and register it for the class. You are
encouraged to use this means of asking questions, commenting
on lectures, making appointments for help, etc. A class
bulletin board (newsgroup) will be set up for posting
information and questions and for class members to ask each
other questions. I hope to have a class Web page set up early
in the term. Grades will be distributed by email rather than
by posting. Students will also be encouraged to explore
resources available on the Internet. A separate handout
describes procedures related to obtaining and using the
computer account.
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Students with disabilities needing academic
accommodations should: 1) register with and provide
documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center
(SDRC); 2) bring a letter to the instructor from SDRC
indicating you need academic accommodations. This should be
done within the first week of class.
Academic Honor Code
Students are reminded of the Academic Honor System of the
Florida State University. Collaboration is permitted and
encouraged on the group practice tests, but signing one's name
to the group effort without having participated in it would be
considered a violation of the honor code. Receiving or giving
unauthorized help on the hour tests is a violation.
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