Biology 8970, Spring '16

 

Location:	Room 503 Petit Science Center
Intro Lecture:	March 3rd
Time:	Thursday 9:00 am - 10:45 pm
Credit Hours:	1 hr

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Lecturer:	Dr. John Houghton
Office:	520 Petit Science Center
Laboratory:	534 Petit Science Center
email:	jhoughton@gsu.edu
Office Phone:	(404) 413-5390
Office hours:	Tues: 3:45pm - 4:15pm

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Goals of the Course: The intent of this series of seminars / hands-on activities is to familiarize you with the wealth of technology that is available to you, as a graduate student in the departments of Biology and Chemistry. Moreover, it is designed to stimulate you to avail yourself of this technology -either as an academic exercise in an understanding of scientific information or (more preferably) as a specific aid in your research endeavours. There are no exams, per se, but you will be asked to submit a "protocol" that would aid an incoming student researcher in the use of one of the instruments that will be discussed throughout the course.

Course Website:While there is an icollege account associated with this course (Students must use their campus ID and password to log on to the account), there is also a more direct link to all the available information about the course, here (biotech.gsu.edu/home8710.html).

Attendance and Grading:

• Attendance: Students are allowed NO unexcused absence. In the event of such absence, they will be required to submit a 3-page report on the Summary of the presentation on the day they failed to attend. For the second absence a 10-page report will be required. The student will need to drop the class if he/she has THREE absences or receives a grade ‘U'.

• Grading: The course will be graded on an Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) scale. The grade will be based on attendance, reading and PPT assignments, as well as participation and attentiveness during seminars. Students missing more than 3 seminars will receive an automatic “U” for the course.

Ethical considerations: Unless otherwise stated, all written documents that are submitted for evaluation are considered to be the sole property and idea(s) of the individual student that is submiting them. Any student(s) caught copying or cheating will automatically receive zero credit for that particular submission, and possibly be subject to further disciplinary action. All students should be aware of the academic honesty policy (http://deanofstudents.gsu.edu/faculty-staff-resources/academic-honesty/ ).