Schedule of Lab Topics
Day |
Week |
Topic |
Exercise Assignment |
M |
6/2/08 |
Course information
Laboratory safety.
Microscope |
Proper use of the microscope-wet mounts of Pond water |
T |
6/3/08 |
Nematodes |
Chapter 5. Ask student to bring soil sample tomorrow |
W |
6/4/08 |
Nematodes |
Chapter 5, continue
Ascaris dissection |
R |
6/5/08 |
Nematodes |
Chapter 5, continue
Nematode soil collection |
M |
6/9/08 |
Nematodes |
Nematodes, continue
Review
Quiz #1 |
T |
6/10/08 |
Exam #1 |
Worksheet #1 due |
W |
6/11/08 |
Cestodes |
Chapter 3 |
R |
6/12/08 |
Cestodes |
Chapter 3, continue |
M |
6/16/08 |
Cestodes |
Chapter 3, continue
Quiz #2 |
T |
6/17/08 |
Trematodes |
Chapter 2 |
W |
6/18/08 |
Trematodes |
Chapter 2, continue
Examination of Snails and Cercaria |
R |
6/19/08 |
Trematodes |
Chapter 2, continue
Review
Quiz #3 |
M |
6/23/08 |
Exam #2 |
Worksheet #2 and #3 due |
T |
6/24/08 |
Protozoans |
Chapter 1. |
W |
6/25/08 |
Protozoans |
Chapter 1. Ask student to bring wild fecal sample tomorrow
Fecal smear. |
R |
6/26/08 |
Protozoans |
Chapter 1.
Earthworm-monocystis
Review
Quiz #4 |
M |
6/30/08 |
Exam #3 |
Worksheet #4 due |
T&W |
7/1-7/2/08 |
Case Study |
3 presentations/day |
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LAB GRADE DETERMINATION
Practical Exams 3 @ 50 points 150
Quizzes 4 @ 10 points 40
Worksheets 4 @ 10 points 40
Case study presentation 80 points 80
*In class Participation 20 points 20
330 points (20% of course grade)
*There are 13 working labs and 20 points participation. Particiipation grades are derived from attendance (a timely one!!), laboratory participation and maintaining the lab cleanliness for each lab day.
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TA |
Peer Student graded |
Group mates |
Total pts per category |
Group Poster |
10 |
10 |
-- |
20 |
Individual Presentation |
15 |
15 |
-- |
30 |
Individual Participation |
15 |
-- |
15 |
30 |
Overall |
40 |
25 |
10 |
80 |
Course Information
Parasitology BIOL 4092
Laboratory Biology Room 114
Term Summer Session 1 (5wk) 2008
Laboratory Manual
Essentials of Parasitology, Murray D. Dailey. Sixth Edition
Instructional Laboratory Supervisor
Arland Alberts, BB 348, phone: 369-8683,aalberts@unt.edu
Readings
The laboratory manual is required. Readings will be assigned from thelaboratory manual. These readings are designed to expand class material and help you to understand the laboratory topics discussed in class. It is also advisable to bring your textbook to lab with you.
Suggestion
Most exam and questions will come from notes. Review your laboratory notes after every laboratory. Your TA usually will ask for questions at the beginning of every laboratory, come prepared with your questions. The laboratory is run in an informal manner, please relax and ask questions you might have as material is being presented.
Final Suggestion
Do not miss laboratory, and please be on time for class. Your timely attendance is part of your grade. Attendance after 10 minutes after class has started, will be considered late, and will penalize your participation grade.
Exam and Quiz dates
Exam and quizzes will be given upon completion of a study section. The laboratory syllabus indicates the date for the exams and quizzes. There will be no laboratory makeups or exam makeups. If you miss a Lab, you are responsible for the information covered that day.
Lab policies
It is the student responsibility to be aware of all University of North Texas policies and deadlines for dropping courses or withdrawing
Lab Rules:
- No food or drink allowed in the lab.
- Students are responsible for leaving their workstations clean and orderly for the next lab section. Students should keep in accordance of observation of lab safety and cleanliness-20 pts. The TA should NOT have to pick up after you. Please leave the lab, as it was when you entered. Points are accumulated per individual, but a whole group can be penalized for their group member’s misconduct
- A student may leave the lab after completing all work and checking out with his/her lab instructor.
- All cell phones must be turned off during class
- You will participate in class activities and discussions, but not dominate any discussion or activity, nor will you negatively impact your colleague’s participation. Negative participation will be dealt with immediately and in private.
- You will be prepared to participate in class by having read the assigned readings, and completed any assigned tasks before the class meeting.
- Quizzes and exams must be taken when scheduled.
Policy on Academic Misconduct:
Cheating will NOT be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating (all forms) will receive a grade of zero and the matter will be turned over to the Dean of Students.
Lab groups:
You will work in groups of 3-4. Groups will be assigned at the beginning of the course. All group members are expected to contribute equally to the lab work. It is the responsibility of group members to schedule out of lab work so that all members do their share of the work
Collaboration and Plagiarism:
During the semester you will be generating data as a group, but the actual production of lab reports or any other written work is to be an individual effort and not collaboration with anyone else. We have had instances in the past in which identical lab reports were submitted. These students were given a grade of zero for their reports and were reported to the Dean of Students. You will be risking possibly failing the course and a report of academic dishonesty on you record. The lab coordinator and lab instructors do note the style of writing, it is usually obvious when someone is plagiarizing due to the change in the style of sentence structure.
The following is taken from the Policies Chapter under “Code of Student Conduct and Discipline.” UNT Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2004.
Academic dishonesty - Cheating
- The term ‘cheating’ includes, but is not limited to: Use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations;
- Dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying other assignments;
- The acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty or staff member of the university;
- Dual submission of a paper or project, or resubmission of a paper or project to a different class without express permission from the instructor(s); or
- Any other act designed to give a student an unfair advantage.
Academic dishonesty - Plagiarism
- The term ‘plagiarism’ includes, but is not limited to: The knowing or negligent use by paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; and
- The knowing or negligent unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
Penalties for Academic Misconduct
- First offense: A “0” will be recorded as the score for that activity AND the final course grade reduced by one complete grade
- Second offense” Assignment of F (Fail) for the final course grade
- For grievous infractions such as, but not limited to, a systematic or collaboratory event: An assignment of F (Fail) for the final course grade may be issued in the case of a first offense.
An example of a grievous 1st offense that will result in an “F” in the course would be turning in collections that you have stolen, borrowed, or otherwise not personally collected and try to pass them off as your work.
Policy on Disability Accommodations:
The Department of Biological Sciences, in cooperation with the Office of Disability Accommodations, complies with Section 504 the Americans with Disabilities Act in making reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. Please present your written request before the 12th class day so that necessary arrangements may be made.
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