Winter Quarter January 1997 BILD1: THE CELL GENERAL INFORMATION INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Nigel Crawford LECTURES: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:50, PETER 108 OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays 4-5 PM, 3216 Muir Biology TEXTS: Biology, 4th Edition, by Neil Campbell. Books are available at the Price Center Bookstore and the Student Coop General Store. Several copies are on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. DISCUSSION SECTIONS: Section times and locations are as published in the schedule of classes. Questions about the lecture, assigned reading and problem sets will be answered in your section. PROBLEM SETS: Problem sets will be handed out in class and will be due at the end of lecture as shown in syllabus. Sets will be graded, with each set being worth 3% of your grade, & then returned to the North Lobby of the Muir Biology Building. Solutions will be available at soft reserves. EXAMS: There will be one in class Midterm and one Final. The exams are closed book. The Final Exam will be on Wednesday, March 19, 3- 6 PM. There will be no make-ups for the Midterm; if you miss it, the Final will be worth 82% of your grade. No one may take the Final Exam early. GRADES: The homeworks will be worth 18% (6 x 3%), the Midterm will be worth 32% and the Final worth 50% of the grade. The Final is comprehensive. ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS: See Undergraduate Affairs Office, Pacific Hall, Room 1129 for adding class, drop-add, etc. WWW site (URL) for this class is at http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/classes/bild1/