Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Biscayne Bay Campus
OCB2003 – Introduction to Marine Biology
UPDATED 11-20-09
Dr. Richard Brinn
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Email: brinnr@fiu.edu When sending email please include student name and panther ID in the subject.
Webpage : www.fiu.edu/~brinnr
Lecture Notes: All lecture notes will be posted as PowerPoint presentations in CE 6.
Text: There is one text required for this course. Marine Biology By Castro and Huber, 2008 – McGraw Hill – Seventh Edition.
Attendance: Be prepared to participate in ALL the course as scheduled
Help: If you need additional assistance with the information presented in this course, seek the assistance of the professor. If the office hours on the Biscayne Bay Campus are inconvenient, other arrangements can be made.
Sexual Harassment Policy: The Faculty Senate voted to require each professor to include a statement about this in the syllabus. FIU’s sexual harassment policy is available online: http://www.fiu.edu/hr/eop/Forms/Policies/Sexual_harassment.pdf
Cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated!!! : Students caught cheating during an examination or plagiarizing will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and penalties
Exams: There will be 4 major exams and all are mandatory.
Emergency: This section covers situations that prevent you for attending the class. For this course, “Emergency” is determined as an unpreventable event that prevents attendance to class. Emergency situations are:
1.Medical
emergency with Medical Doctor’s note/emergency room.
2.Automobile
accident with police report (lack of ride is NOT an emergency case).
3.Death of
immediate family members.
Emergency also
covers natural events such as hurricanes, floods, or fires that causes
the closure of FIU-BBC
Grades
•Exam
1, 2, 3 and 4
•Other
Activities (participation, article discussion)
Schedule may be subject to change when deemed necessary.
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