Instructor: Tommi Lou Carosella Office: S250 Phone: 667-3596 e-mail: tcarosel@csustan.edu textbook website: http://www.aw-bc.com/envscience Office Hours: Mon 9:05, Tues 11:15, Wed 10:10, or by appointment Text: Essential Environment 2e. Brennan and Withgott
Check this web page often for updates and assignments!Note: You may take this class for either a letter grade or credit/no credit. Please decide by Mar. 23. As in most science courses; 90% and above = A, 80 – 89% = B, 70 – 79% = C, 60 – 69% = D, below 60% = F. Cr = C or above, NC = D or F. Read the University catalog for rules applying to withdrawal from the course. Those rules will be followed by this instructor, no exceptions. If you are ill, or have a family emergency that causes you to miss a quiz or exam, you must notify the instructor within 24 hours, either by e-mail, phone, or in person. I may ask you for proof before I allow you to take a makeup exam. There will be 3 exams, each worth about100 points. In addition, there will be frequent IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS, where you will work in groups that are assigned by the instructor. For some of these, you will need to prepare at home, the day or night before, or do follow up work to be discussed in the next class period. You should be willing to interact with your peers, and answer questions in class. Therefore, I expect you to be here and be paying attention! Your group will turn in exercises that will be graded. In addition, you will be asked to evaluate your group members. Your individual grade on the assignments will be the group grade multiplied by a % that is the average of the grade your peers give you, for preparedness and participation. For example, your group receives 10/10 points on an exercise. Your group members assign you a 3, which is equivalent to an 85%. Your individual grade for that exercise is 8.5/10. (If you are absent for an exercise, you get zero points for it.) The Peer evaluation scale is as follows: 4 = 100% student is always prepared, makes an excellent contribution to group exercises 3 = 85% student is usually prepared, makes a good contribution to group exercises 2 = 70% sometimes prepared, okay contribution 1 = 55% rarely prepared, little or no contribution to group Please do expect your peers to be honest. If your peer grades are way out of line with your exam grades, or if there appears to be "grade fixing", I will reassign or reshuffle group members. This is a difficult and fast paced course, and like most science courses, it is very content oriented. If you want to do well, DO NOT MISS CLASS! I will not tolerate foul language, disrespect for others, or cheating in my class. Once an exam begins, you may not leave the room until you turn in your exam. Please turn off your cell phone before class. You will not be allowed to answer or check your cell phone once an exam begins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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