Basic Info (Location, texts, home page)

Grading

Honor Code

Make-ups

Students with Disabilities

Location:

Lecture and Discussion: TWRF Period 3 (9:35 - 10:25am) or Period 5 (11:45am - 12:35pm), 100 McCarty Hall

Lectures will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Discussion will occur on Friday.  This may be modified for exams and holidays.

Dr. Wohlgemuth will be the instructor for the first half of the semester (i.e., the material covered on the first two exams).
Dr. Osenberg will be the instructor for the second half of the semester (i.e., the material covered on the final two exams).
Ms. Sirot will be the discussion leader.

[**Note -- BSC 2011L is a separate course**]

Course home page:  http://www.bsc.ufl.edu/BSC/BSC2011Fall2000/index.html

Your grade will be based on your performance relative to the mean total score of the top 3% of students in the class (this mean is designated as "X") (A: >90% of X; B+: 85-90% of X; B: 80-85% of X; C+: 75-80% of X; C: 70-75% of X; D+: 65-70% of X; D: 60-65% of X; E: <60%).  In all cases, posted grades are final (except in the case of a clerical error) – no adjustments will be made.  Any requests for corrections of incorrectly graded exams must be made within one week of the return of the graded material to the student.

Final grades and total scores will be based on four equally weighted exams (see the syllabus for a schedule of these exams).  The fourth exam will be scheduled during "finals week", but will be similar in style to the other three exams.  No cumulative exam will be given.  Each exam will consist of 35 multiple choice questions.  The material for each exam will be drawn from the lectures and discussions immediately preceeding the exam.  Although the exams are not cumulative, you may be responsible for information covered in previous exams if that matieral is relevant to the current topics.

We expect all students to adhere to the University of Florida Honor Code.  Those who do not will be brought before the Student Honor Court.  Please note that in the instructors' previous courses, cases of cheating and plagiarism were dealt with by: 1) issuing a failing grade; and 2) placing a letter in the student's permanent file, if not suspension or expulsion from the University.  The following has been copied and adapted from descriptions at several UF web sites:
 
The University of Florida Honor Code was voted on and passed by the Student Body in the Fall 1995 semester. The Honor Code reads as follows:

Preamble: In adopting this Honor Code, the students of the University of Florida recognize that academic honesty and integrity are fundamental values of the University community. Students who enroll at the University commit to holding themselves and their peers to the high standard of honor required by the Honor Code. Any individual who becomes aware of a violation of the Honor Code is bound by honor to take corrective action. A student-run Honor Court and faculty support are crucial to the success of the Honor Code. The quality of a University of Florida education is dependent upon the community acceptance and enforcement of the Honor Code.

The Honor Code: We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied:
"On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment."

For more information about academic honesty, contact, the Office for Student Judicial Affairs, P202 Peabody Hall, 392-1261, or the Student Honor Court, 364 JWRU, 392-1631, ext. 364.

In addition to this general statement of honor, the University has defined the following offenses as Academic Honesty Violations:  Cheating, plagiarism , bribery, misrepresentation, conspiracy, and fabrication.  They have further defined the following terms:

Cheating: The improper taking or tendering of any information or material which shall be used to determine academic credit. Taking of information includes, but is not limited to, copying graded homework assignments from another studetns; working together with another individual on a take-home test or homework when not specifically permitted by the teacher, ... Tendering of information includes, but is not limited to, giving your work to another student to be used or copied ...

Plagiarism: The attempt to represent the work of another as the product of one's own thought, whether the work is published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, quoting oral or written materials without citation on an exam, term paper, homework, ...

Misrepresentation: Any act or omission with intent to deceive a teacher for academic advantage ...

We do, however, encourage students to work together and to help one another master the material.  You can collect data together, help each other in the field, discuss ideas, practice presentations in front of one another, make up practice exams, etc.  Despite this “group learning”, the final product that you turn in for grading must reflect your own work.  Any contribution from another individual must be credited.

No discussion is permitted during exams; nor should any student discuss an exam given in class with a student who is taking a make-up (and has not yet taken the exam).
 

Make-up exams will not be given except in the case of family emergency or with an excuse from a medical doctor.  In such cases, you must contact Dr. Wohlgemuth or Osenberg as soon as possible.  The instructors may use any option to administer make-up exams (including oral examination).

Any absences due to sanctioned university activities (e.g., intercollegiate meets) require an official letter and PRIOR arrangment with the instructors.

Students with a disability that requires special accomodation or assistance should see Dr. Wohlgemuth or Osenberg at the beginning of the semester.