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Attendance: Lecture and Laboratory (January
3, 2021) General Information Assigned
Seating. For contact tracing purposes, students
shall sit in assigned seats in both the lecture hall and in the
laboratory. Details are provided in
the appropriate sections below. Seating
map links for both the lecture hall and the laboratory are provided here: Lecture Hall
Seating Chart Laboratory Seating
Chart Face
Coverings. As noted in the Coronavirus
Safety Measures section of this syllabus, properly worn face coverings
are required to be worn during lecture and in the laboratory. Recording Attendance. Student attendance of both lecture and
laboratory sessions shall be recorded for contact tracing purposes and the
data will be used only should the need arise.
Attendance
shall be tracked electronically using a feature of the YSU app.
Students should download the YSU
app to their mobile phone and scan the QR code posted next to the door of
the classroom/laboratory. [NOTE:
See attendance policy below for both the lecture and laboratory.] “Excused Absence” Policy. Absence(s) by students will be handled in
accord with the attendance policy adopted by YSU’s Academic Senate and
published in YSU’s eBulletin. In part, this
policy reads as follows: “The
responsibility for work missed during absence rests with the student. The
instructor has no obligation to give make-up graded coursework or to review
other class work missed by a student as a result of absence except under
those specific conditions cited below:
e. Documented personal illness.” NOTE: Vacations
or other types of travel away from campus are not defined as an excused absence
regardless if plans were made prior to or after enrolling in BIOL 3702 or
BIOL 3702L. Exceptions for unanticipated travel is
solely at Dr. Cooper’s discretion. University Cancellation
and Closing Procedures. Due to unforeseen
circumstances (e.g., bad weather, power outage, etc.), YSU may cancel classes
or close the University. Details of
these procedures can be found on the Cancellation and
Closing Procedures web page.
Students are strongly encouraged to not only review this information,
but also consider subscribing to PenguinAlert text
messages. In addition, students may
wish to listen to broadcasts of WYSU-FM 88.5, which is the official radio source
regarding information about University operations. When
the University cancels classes, closes the institution, or invokes the “unscheduled
leave” policy, Dr. Cooper shall amend any impacted lecture or laboratory
activities as appropriate to meet educational objectives while endeavoring to
hold students harmless. Lecture Attendance Lecture
Attendance. The coronavirus pandemic has markedly
affected the lecture delivery of this course.
Hence, students MAY attend lecture, but are not required to do
so. At the time that this syllabus was
written, there were 70 students enrolled in the lecture portion of BIOL
3702. The lecture hall, Ward Beecher
Science Hall, Room 3022 (the auditorium), has a coronavirus capacity of
71. The particular seats have been
numbered and shall be assigned to students (see below). However, students who are not comfortable
with attending lecture shall have access, like all students, to recorded
lectures available through the following link: Lecture/Laboratory
Recordings. NOTE: To clarify, all lectures will be provided as online videos
available via the web page Lecture/Laboratory
Recordings.
Attendance of the lecture is not required, but is
optional. However, students who do
attend a lecture session must be seated in an assigned seat (see below). Lecture
Assigned Seating. With regard to
lecture, a Lecture
Hall Seating Chart is available for the auditorium in Ward Beecher
Science Hall, Room 3022. Prior the
beginning of the semester, students will receive an email from Dr. Cooper
with a seat assignment. Students
requiring special seating accommodations must privately notify Dr.
Cooper by email, preferably before the semester begins, so that proper
arrangements can be made. In
extenuating circumstances, changes in assigned seats may be considered. However, before the end of the second week
of the semester, students may trade assigned seats with one another PROVIDED
that Dr. Cooper is notified by email (not by verbal notification). After this time, there will be no changing
of assigned seats. Starting and Ending Class.
Dr. Cooper actively endeavors to begin the lecture portion of this
course promptly at 10:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays throughout
the semester. With few exceptions, the
lecture shall be concluded by 10:45 AM, leaving 5 minutes for students to
disinfect their seating area (see Coronavirus
Safety Measures). Students are expected to be punctual, if
not early for lecture. Please note
that the lecture section operates on “Dr. Cooper’s Apple iPhone Time”, which may or may not correlate to the time that exists
at other places on campus. When
the weather is agreeable, students shall exit the lecture hall by the doors
at the front of the auditorium.
Students should avoid clustering by the doors prior to and after
class. Also, crowding the doorway
prior to the release of a class meeting before this course’s scheduled time
is discouraged. Expectations. Attendance of lecture sessions is not
required. However, regular and on-time attendance of
the lecture portion of this course is strongly
encouraged. There is no doubt
one’s final course grade can be positively impacted by regular and on-time
attendance. Laboratory Attendance Laboratory Attendance. Students are required
to attend the particular laboratory section in which they are enrolled. Although students have enrolled for two
1.5-hour sessions per week, due to coronavirus restrictions, students will be
assigned to primarily attend only one of these sessions per week. HOWEVER, due to scheduling anomalies,
students must keep the time of the non-assigned session open for required laboratory
activities, i.e., by means of a real example for this sememster,
students assigned the Wednesday 8:00 AM session shall have to attend the
second half of the corresponding laboratory session on Monday during Week 9
(see Lecture/Laboratory
Schedule). Laboratory
Assigned Seating. Due to safety
considerations, no more than 12 students may occupy the laboratory at the
same time. However, at the time of the
writing of this syllabus, no more than 10 students will be assigned to a
particular lab section. With regard to
laboratory seating, a Laboratory Seating
Chart has been established. At the
first laboratory session, a student may choose any seat position to occupy
for the entire semester except seat #1 at the front of the
laboratory. The laboratory instructor
will record which student is sitting in each particular seat. [NOTE: Each seat in the laboratory
has a particular number physically assigned to it, but students should sit
only in the seat as indicated by the number on the Laboratory Seating
Chart.] Starting and Ending Laboratory. Laboratory sessions will begin promptly
at their scheduled times. Students are
expected to be punctual, if not early for laboratory. A student who is tardy shall not have
directions repeated by the laboratory instructor and may not be permitted to
participate in laboratory activities.
The latter may possibly result in the student receiving a score of “0”
for any laboratory activity being conducted that day. Any decision rendered by the laboratory
instructor is final. Laboratory sessions
typically run the entire scheduled time, particularly if a student does not
come prepared to work. Open Laboratory Periods. Throughout
the semester, students enrolled in BIOL 3702L shall need to return to the
laboratory to complete an assignment during an Open
Laboratory Session (click on the previous link to view the schedule of
open laboratory sessions). Students
may also wish to attend an Open
Laboratory Session for independent work/study. The Open
Laboratory Session schedule is also posted in the laboratory. Students should never enter
the laboratory during a period in which another class is scheduled to be
meeting. Important Note: Only 12 students are permitted in the laboratory at a time, even during Open Laboratory Sessions. Expectations. Attendance of the laboratory sessions is absolutely
mandated. A student who is absent during a laboratory
activity is very likely to receive a score of “0”. Exceptions are detailed in the “Excused
Absence” Policy section above. Please
report any “broken” links to Dr.
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