Attendance Requirements for Chem 4184-4185

General Requirements

Attendance from 2:00-4:05 p.m. on Fridays is mandatory for passing this course. For 4184, students will prepare a written report, present a brief talk to the class using visual aids and evaluate other seminars. For 4185, students will participate in the annual Undergraduate Symposium by making an oral presentation and attending other student presentations. For both courses students will attend and evaluate weekly departmental seminars.

Implementation

The requirement for satisfactory participation in both the 2 pm class meetings and the 3 pm seminar series includes the following:

• For the 2 pm meetings (Fall)
  • Attend regular class meetings
  • Attend a minimum of 75% of the in-class oral presentations and complete the associated evaluation forms.
    • For Fall 2006 there are 10 parallel sessions, 2 on each of 5 Fridays. You should attend one full session each Friday on at least 4 of the 5 Fridays.
• For the 2 pm meetings (Spring)
  • Attend class meetings as scheduled. Class meetings will be announced via email.

   

• For the 3 pm meetings
  • Attend a minimum number of the regularly scheduled seminars.
    • For Fall 2006, attend 10 of the 13 scheduled seminars (75%)
    • For Spring 2007, attend 8 of the 11 scheduled seminars (2/3+) Reduced to 7 out of 10 due to cancellation.
      • Graduate student seminars are usually scheduled in groups of two each Friday. One set of two counts as one seminar
  • Submit a completed "Chemistry Seminar Evaluation Form" immediately following each seminar attended. Evaluation forms that are incomplete or lack content may be rejected.

Exceptions

Exceptions to the attendance requirement for the 3 pm seminar series may be granted under some circumstances by attending a different seminar. The general requirements for replacing the regular 3 pm chemistry seminar with an outside seminar include all of the following:

• Approval must be obtained in advance for each seminar.
• The seminar must have significant chemical content.
• There must be evidence that there is a scheduling conflict involving another required University program that prevents you from regular attendance at the 3 pm chemistry seminar.
• After attending the seminar, submit within one week a written report including the following information
  • details of the seminar (title, speaker, time, place and the name of the program or series sponsoring the seminar). A printed advertisement from the program may be sufficient for this purpose.
  • A brief review (one page) of the seminar inlcuding a summary of the content and its significance in a chemistry/biochemistry context.