Welcome to Biology 102
Principles of Biology
Prof. Shanmugavel Rajendran (Raj)
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Office: LSB 355
Office Phone: 410-462-7645
Science Dept. Phone: 410-462-7645
E-mail: srajendran@gmail.com
Spring 2012 Office Hours
Meeting by prior appointment only
Required Textbook
• Biology by Sylvia S. Mader, 10th Edition,
McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2010.
Customized edition available in BCCC bookstore.
ISBN #0077951905
Custom edition comes packaged with ConnectPlus access.
If you want to order the textbook “on-line” use
ISBN #978-0-07-352543-3. You will have to purchase
ConnectPlus at extra cost.
Laboratory Exercises
and Lab Coat.
• Weekly Laboratory Exercises will be posted
on Blackboard by me. You are responsible
for printing the complete exercise and
bringing it to your laboratory session.
• A laboratory coat must be worn at all times
in the laboratory. No sandals.
Grading
Allocation of Points for Lecture Class:
Exams = 3 including a Comprehensive Final Exam – each unit exam is 20% and the Comprehensive final is 25%
Quizzes = 15%; Home Assignments = 10 %; Class Work, Timelines = 5%
Attendance, Participation and Timeliness
Lecture % =
65%
30%
5%
100%
Allocation of Points for Laboratory Class
Mid-term exam
Comprehensive Final Exam
Weekly quizzes
Lab reports
Attendance, Participation and Timeliness
Laboratory%
Average of final lecture percent and laboratory percent = Final letter grade for course
20%
25%
25%
25%
5%
100%
Blackboard
• Used for posting announcements, course
documents and information.
• Grades are posted in “Gradebook”.
• All registered Bio. 102 students have access
to Blackboard.
• All Bio102 students have a college e-mail
address. If you prefer to use a different email address, please make sure you edit
your e-mail address in Blackboard.
Student Logon and Password
• Students log-on into “Andromeda”.
• Logon is…
– First name initial + middle initial (if any) + first
seven letters of last name + two digit birth
month + two digit day of birth
• Password is...
– Last two digits of birth year + two digit birth
month + two digit day of birth
• If unable to access program, use same
address without the middle initial.
Report accessing problems to..
• Mr. Sabah Ahmed
• 443-885-1708
• Email: selek1@gmail.com
Editing E-mail Address in
Blackboard
• www.bccc.edu → Blackboard portal
• Click on the e-mail tab and follow the
directions on the right side of the screen.
• Enter your e-mail address and also your
cell phone number.
• Click on “submit” when you’re done.
Looking forward to
a “great” semester.
Prof. Rajendran