Undergraduate Seminar BSC 4931
Course Requirements
Internet Access
Every FIU student is eligible for a Solix account
- you can make your web page on Solix -
go to signup
page
Computer labs available for your use are listed
here
You can use an independent internet service
provider PROVIDED that YOU can create web sites (home pages).
You can learn a lot by looking through the University
Technology Support web page here
Course Performance
Oral Communication
You will present
two 15 minute oral presentations (see
Course Objectives); You may use either
powerpoint presentations, web postings, or paper
printout visualized with document camera in classroom.
You will evaluate
each classmate's presentation as acceptable or unacceptable.
Written Communication
You will write an
abstract and outline of each oral presentation and post it on the web.
Abstracts must cite at least 5 articles from peer-reviewed scientific literature,
and literature cited must be appended in proper format (see
examples)
You will evaluate
each classmate's abstract/outline as acceptable or unacceptable
Course Attendance
You will be required to attend the oral presentations
by your classmates.
You must be present at the beginning and end
of the presentation to be considered in attendance.
Course Grade
Your performance grade will be based on the proportion
of acceptable evaluations for the oral and written
communication components.
Your attendance grade will be based on the
proportion of presentations attended.
We will also include your score on the standardized
test.
Your final course grade will be the PRODUCT,
not average, of the performance and attendance grades, averaged with your
score (doubled) on the standardized biology knowledge test.
The standard grading scale (90 & up -A; 80s - B; 70s - C) will be used
to assign final grades.