Biology 107 Laboratory Policies Page
Animal dissection is required for this course. If you are unwilling to carry out the dissection exercises, you should drop this course. Contact Dr. Johnson if you wish to discuss this further. (Separate Web page) Laboratories begin on Friday, Sept. 3, which follows a MONDAY schedule for all university classes. Students in sections 01 and 02 should attend lab on Friday, Sept. 3, and will not attend lab on Monday Sept. 13 (Labor Day). All other sections will have their first meeting on Tues-Friday, Sep. 7-10.
Since students with Monday labs will miss lab on Columbus Day (Oct. 11), you must attend a special makeup lab as follows. Section 01 (normally Monday 10-1), attend Thursday Oct. 14 from 6-9 p.m. Section 02 (Monday 1:15-4:15) attend Friday Oct. 15 from 1:15-4:15 p.m. If you absolutely cannot attend this make-up, see the instructor for possible reassignment where space permits. You will not have to attend labs on Monday of Thanksgiving week.Attendance in lab is mandatory. This semesterŐs course is enrolled to capacity, and as a result there are at present no vacant seats in lab. You must attend the lab section for which you are registered. If you need to change lab sections, you must do this through the Touch-tone Add-Drop system; your instructors have no control over the availability of seats in lab. There is usually some turnover in lab schedules during the first week, so check the UCLID computer system frequently to see if a space has opened up. If you cannot find an available lab seat that matches your schedule, you should drop the course at this time. Extra lecture and lab sections are being added for the spring of 2000, so you should be able to enroll then.
All labs are changed at the end of every week, so it is not possible to make up a lab once the week has passed. If you must miss a lab for a valid reason, ask the instructor as soon as possible if there are any spaces available in other labs that week. If possible, the instructor will issue you a lab pass to attend a different lab. However, this depends on the availability of a vacant seat, which may not be possible if sections are filled to capacity. No student may attend a different lab without a pass from the instructor. Note that even if you miss a lab, you are still responsible for the material; it will show up on quizzes and/or the practical exam. Biology 107 is one of the "Group 8" General Education Courses in laboratory science. You must complete most of the laboratory activities during scheduled lab times to receive credit. Missing more than 3 laboratories for any reason (including illness) makes you ineligible to receive laboratory course credit, even if your grades are otherwise adequate to pass the course, and will result in a grade of F. If you find yourself in the situation of missing more than three labs, you should drop the course and retake it a later date when you can complete the laboratory.
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