BIOL 1012 DISCUSSION

Information & Schedule

Goals:

Discussions in this course serve the following purposes:

• Achieve a greater depth of understanding of topics.
• Supplement laboratory projects.
• Provide opportunities to improve writing skills.
• Explore biologically relevant societal issues.

Assessment:

Attendance in discussion is mandatory. If you miss more than three laboratory or discussion sessions, you will not pass the course. Students who miss discussion for unexcused reasons will not be able to make up missed assignment points. If you cannot attend your assigned discussion section one week, you may attend a different section that week if you email both your TA and the TA of the section that you plan to attend IN ADVANCE. Repeatedly attending a different section is not allowed.

Required Materials:

Students are expected to print out copies of lab exercises and bring them to lab each week. Printouts will not be available in discussion. There are blue links to exercises in the schedule below (updated throughout the semester). Use your UMD username and password to access them. You need Adobe Reader to be able to open the files. Campus computers have this program. You can download it for free here.

Discussion Schedule: