BIOL 426 & 626: Approaches to Molecular Biology
Class meetings: Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00 AM to 10:50 PM BS 004
Instructors: Philip Farabaugh (farabaug@umbc.edu) and Ling Cao (cl8@umbc.edu)
Requirements, Prerequisites and Grading
Requirements: Grades for the class will be assigned based on assessment of the written assignments, exams and class participation. Each assignment will be given a grade on a 100 point scale. The grades will be awarded on the basis of a normal scale where 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D and below 60 = F. The final letter grades will be awarded based on this scale.
Calculation of the final course grade will be based on five assignments (the journal, two writing assignment projects and two examinations) and class participation. The weighting of these assignments will be:
Reading responses & homework (5%), participation (5%), writing project (30%), 2 examinations (30% each).