*** In addition to two scheduled lab exams, students will take 3 unannounced quizzes, 10 points each, to be given during the first 10 minutes of selected days. In total, the laboratory portion is worth 200 points, 100 for work handed in and 100 for exams. Your laboratory average will contribute 25% to your course grade.

REQUIRED TEXT: S. Laura Adamkewicz, Genetics Laboratory Manual, 6th edition, Wiley Custom Services, is sold in the GMU Bookstore. All material to be handed in must be on the printed forms provided in the manual.

POLICIES: Laboratory experience is an integral part of education in the sciences. In the lab, you experience the physical reality that underlies the words of your texts and lectures and science is the study of physical reality. You will also increase your technical competence, working toward the day when you will function independently in a laboratory. For these reasons, regular attendance in laboratory is both essential and required.

Late work is not accepted in this course and will receive a grade of zero. If you must miss a lab, obtain your instructor's permission BEFORE the missed day and arrange to make the work up in another section during the same week. No other make-up work is allowed. Inadequate work, of unusually low quality and showing lack of effort, is not accepted in this course. For regular hand-ins, inadequate work will be returned to the student with a grade of zero. If the student presents the work in acceptable form the following week, s/he will receive the average of zero and whatever grade the second effort is awarded. Any hand-in that does not contain a brief report summarizing the results and conclusions of the exercise is automatically judged inadequate. For the Formal Report, inadequate work will be returned ungraded, the student will receive instructions on how to proceed, and a grade of IN will be reported for the course. A student who misses or fails to complete adequately three labs without permission will receive an F in the course regardless of grades on other work.

Students should be aware that they must occasionally perform laboratory tasks outside scheduled class times. The breeding and rearing of fruit flies does not lend itself to rigid schedules. However, each student will determine his/her own schedule for these tasks and will have the assistance of lab partners.

GRADING: The points for each week are given on the schedule. In addition to specific grades for specific exercises, you will have two exams and three unannounced quizzes during the semester. Total points are 200, 100 from quizzes and exams and 100 from work handed in. Your lab grade will contribute 25% to your total grade in the course.

HONOR CODE: The honor code applies to lab as well as lecture. Students will sometimes work individually and sometimes in teams of two or four. When you are on a team, sharing tasks and data is perfectly legitimate. However, each student is responsible for preparing his/her own reports and hand-ins without assistance.

OFFICE HOURS: Your instructor will inform you of his/her office hours. You should record them below so that you can reach your instructor in case of emergency.

Laboratory Instructor's Name:

Office Hours:

Telephone:

Classmates' Names & Telephone Numbers: