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BIOL 230
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BIOL 230
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ATTENDANCE POLICY:
LAB
Since lab provides a critical hands-on component to the understanding of Microbiology, attendance in the majority of labs is essential. Twelve of the lab exercises are considered "core labs" and students will be graded on their mastery of lab techniques for each of these labs. Student performance during each of these 12 core labs is worth 10 points for a total of 120 points. If the core lab involves inoculation and incubation, 5 core points will be accessed for performance during the inoculation lab and 5 points for the results the following lab period. Unless you are able to attend the other lab section that day, there is no way to make up a missed core lab. See "Testing and Grading for Lab" for more detail.
LECTURE
While attendance is not used in directly determining points earned during the course, experience has shown that seldom do students who do not regularly attend lecture and lab successfully complete microbiology. Furthermore, if a student who has regularly attended lecture and lab is borderline for a letter grade (defined as within ONE percentage point of the next higher letter grade), that student will be given the benefit of the doubt and assigned the higher grade.