Evaluation: Your grade will be based on 600 points earned from exams  (four unit exams and one final exam, 100 points each, 500 points total) and your journal article reading assignment (explained later, 100 points). Three points will be deducted from your final score for every unexcused absence over four absences. (Excused absences do not relieve you from the responsibility for the academic work in the class missed.) You will also have the several extra credit opportunities during the year whereby you may raise you final score a maximum of 12 points or 2% of your final average. Extra credit opportunities will be announced throughout the semester. In addition, if you attempt to solve the online practice quiz problems I put on Moodle, you will receive and additional 3 points extra credit. (These extra credit points are not dependent on your quiz score--just that you attempted the problems. You may keep attempting any problem until you get it right.)
Tests: Test dates are listed on the course outline below.  Test material will come primarily from lecture material, but each test may include questions from the assigned text readings  (≤ 5% of the test value).  The five tests, including the comprehensive final (Monday 12/11, 8:00 AM, PH109), will be worth 100 points each. Tests may include problems similar to those assigned from the problems on the tutorials or like problem I place on Moodle. Tests may include the following types of questions: TRUE/FALSE, FILL IN THE BLANK, MULTIPLE CHOICE, MATCHING, DEFINITIONS,  SHORT ANSWER, and DISCUSSION. Each test may have any combination of these types of questions and I will not announce ahead of time what type of questions will be used for any test. Make-up tests will only be given to students who contact me and receive a reply beforehand, except in the case of emergency.
During the Test: Leaving the classroom during the test is not allowed. Be sure you use the restroom just before the test starts. You should be able to make it 65 minutes without using the restroom. EXCEPTIONS: 1) If you are truly ill, then you may stop the test, which will not be graded, and you will be given a make-up test at a later date. 2) If you have already received accommodation consideration from the Disability Resources office (as described below), then this may not apply to you.
Grading: ≥558 points (93%) = A; ≥540 points (90%) = A-; ≥522 points (87%) = B+; ≥498 points (83%) = B; ≥480 points (80%) = B-; ≥462 points (77%) = C+; ≥438 points (73%) = C; ≥420 points (70%) = C-; ≥402 points (67%) = D+; ≥378 points (63%) = D; ≥360 points (60%) = D-; <360 points = F.

Course Outline:

RAVE is the primary method of communication used by Samford University during a campus emergency. If you have not registered for RAVE alerts, please use the link provided below and go to the My Contact Information box on your Portal homepage to update your RAVE Emergency Alert Information. https://connect.samford.edu/group/mycampus/student
Samford University utilizes Samford Alert for desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile devices to provide students with information, procedures, and links about what to do in the event of a variety of emergency situations that could occur on our campus. If you do not already have the Samford Alert app on your mobile device, laptop, desktop, or tablet, please click on this link https://connect.samford.edu/group/mycampus/student and go to the In Case of Emergency box on your Portal homepage for instructions on downloading the App. Once you have downloaded the App, please take time to review the information provided, it is important that you know what to do in the case of a campus emergency.

Americans with Disabilities Act
Students with disabilities who wish to request accommodations should register with Disability Resources (205) 726-4078, disability@samford.edu, University Center Room 205, www.samford.edu/dr.  Students who are registered with Disability Resources are responsible for providing me with a copy of their accommodation letter and scheduling a meeting with me to discuss how their approved accommodations will apply to this course.  Accommodations will not be implemented until we have met to review your accommodation letter.

Title IX
Samford University is committed to the creation and maintenance of a safe learning environment for students and the University community. In accordance with federal policy all University employees are required to report information related to discrimination and harassment which includes, but is not limited to, sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, and sexual harassment. For this reason, if you tell a faculty member about a situation of sexual harassment or sexual violence or other related misconduct, the faculty member must share that information with the University Title IX Coordinator. If you wish to speak with an employee who is not required to report information, you can find a list of confidential resources listed in the online student handbook and the Title IX website or contact the Counseling Center at 205-726-4083 or the Office of Spiritual Life at 205-726-2825.

Communication Resource Center
The Communication Resource Center (CRC) offers free tutoring for Samford students in oral and written communication as well as support for developing and improving critical reading skills. The CRC is in Brooks 222 and is open MTWR 10:00am-6:00pm. Students are encouraged to schedule appointments at samford.mywconline.com. Students in online programs may opt for online appointments through the same appointment link and can upload files for the tutor to review. For more information, visit http://www.samford.edu/departments/communication-resource-center/
Note: The first time you schedule an appointment, you will need to create an account, using your Samford email and password.
We now have a tutor for Genetics. She is Madison Cumby and will be in PH 214 from 2:15-4:30 PM Wednesdays and 9:00-10:45 AM Thursdays. Feel free to drop in.
Inclement Weather
Inclement weather or other events beyond the control of the University that might cause risk or danger to students, faculty and staff may occasionally result in changes to normal University operations, including cancellation of classes or events; the class schedule and/or calendar may be adjusted.

Counseling Services
Students may benefit from meeting with a counselor at some point to discuss difficult issues, gain insight for dealing with stress, or to process and understand events from the past. When a need for counseling arises, students should contact Counseling Services & Wellness Programs. On-site appointments are prepaid through student fees and there is no extra cost to the student. To schedule an appointment, please email counseling@samford.edu, call 205-726-2065, or stop by Dwight Beeson Hall (DBH) room 203.

Faculty Statement on Academic Dishonesty

Students, upon enrollment, enter into voluntary association with Samford University. They must be willing to observe high standards of intellectual integrity; they must respect knowledge and practice academic honesty. Those who cheat on an examination or class assignment are not only academically dishonest, but also completely deficient in the scholarly maturity necessary for college study.
-Value Violations

An academic integrity value violation is defined as the act of lying, cheating or stealing academic information to gain academic advantage for oneself or another. As a Samford University student, one is expected neither to commit nor assist another in committing an academic integrity value violation. Additionally, it is the student's responsibility to report observed academic integrity violations.Violations of the Academic Integrity Values Statement include, but are not limited to:

--Taking Information
---Copying graded assignments
---Working together on a take-home test or assignments when specifically prohibited by the professor
---Looking at another student's paper during an exam
---Looking at your notes when prohibited
---Acquiring a term paper written by someone else
---Taking an exam out of the classroom when prohibited
---Removing resource material from the University Library without authorization
--Tendering Information
---Giving your work to another to be copied
---Giving someone answers to exam questions during the exam
---After taking an exam, informing a person of questions that appeared on the exam
---Giving or selling a term paper or class work to another student
--Plagiarism
---Copying homework answers from your text and handing them in for a grade
---Quoting text or other works on an exam, term paper or homework without citing the source
---Submitting a paper purchased from a term paper service or acquired from any Internet source
---Submitting another's paper/project as your own
---Taking a paper from an organization's files and handing it in as your own
--Conspiracy
---Planning with one or more students to commit a violation of the Academic Integrity Values Statement
---Giving your term paper/project to another student who you know will plagiarize
--Misrepresentation
---Having another person do your computer program, course project or lab experiment
---Lying to a professor to increase your grade