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MICROBIOLOGY (BIOLSC50LS-080) |
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GENERAL
INFORMATION: Spring Semester 2012, Tu & Th 6-7 pm (lecture)
and 7:00 - 9:50 pm (lab) (First class 1/24/2012) INSTRUCTOR: W. Dirk Sikkema OFFICE HOURS: Tu & Th,
E-MAIL: dsikkema@blacksage.com TEXT: MICROBIOLOGY,
An Introduction by Tortora, Funke
& Case 9th ed or 10th ed LAB MANUAL: Microbiology Lab Manual by D. Hseih MANUAL SUPPL.: A PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS for the Microbiology Laboratory GRADE
CRITERIA: 1. LECTURE EXAMS (x4) 100
pts ea 400 2 LAB PRACTICAL EXAM 160 pts ea 160 3. QUIZZES 10 pts ea ~50 4. LAB TECHNIQUES PRACTICAL 50 pts 50 5. LAB REPORTS (10 to 30 points each) ~300 (If
you are absent on the day that a lab is conducted, you cannot
turn in a lab report for that day) 6. LAB TECHNIQUE OBSERVATIONS (30
points) 30 7. FINAL EXAM (comprehensive) 160 pts 160 APPROXIMATE
TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS ~1120 A 90%-100% B 80%-89% C 70%-79% D 60%-69% F <59% Percentages are rounded e.g. anything
above 89.5% gets rounded to 90% and so on LAB
REPORTS: For each lab exercise, do the
following for a lab report: 1. Cover Sheet: (typed or neatly written and not
torn out of a spiral notebook) in the
following format: a. Purpose: What are you going to learn in this
exercise (one or two sentences). b. Results: Drawings, charts or diagrams of data
obtained from your work. You may use
the pages from your lab manual. c. Conclusion: An explanation of your results and a
discussion of what variables might have affected your results. Should be a
paragraph or two. Discuss what you
think you have learned from this exercise. 2. Questions: A set of questions will be asked for each
lab exercise. On days that there are
more than one lab, you must turn in a separate lab report for each lab
exercise. Lab reports are usually due
one week from the date the experiment was performed in class. Due dates will be assigned in class. Late
lab reports will lose 10% per class period late no matter what the excuse. LAB
TECHNIQUE: The Microbiology Laboratory can be a
dangerous place. It is important to
employ good technique in order to protect yourself and others. Part of your lab grade will be based upon
observations of the instructor regarding how you conduct your experiments. This also includes clean up of your
position and making sure the microscopes are returned (without slides on
stage, oil on the lenses and in the required position). |
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