See p. 18 of the Laboratory Manual for a
more detailed list.
1. Food and drink are not allowed in any
of the laboratories.
2. Bare feet, smoking, and rollerblades
(on your feet, as opposed to being carried) are not allowed in the Natural History
Building.
3. You will need your current University
of Illinois photo ID for each lab.
4. Student belongings must be stored away
from the lab benches. Use the hooks provided.
5. Leave the laboratory clean and
organized.
6. James Zahniser and the TAs are in
charge of the orderly conduct of labs and may exclude a student who does not
comply with the lab rules.
7. All students are assumed to have read
and understood the CODE OF POLICIES AND REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL STUDENTS, University
of Illinois, and will be expected to act accordingly. The CODE is available
on-line at http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/policy/code/index.html.
8. The IB 104 faculty and staff are not
responsible for student belongings during labs. Please be careful.
1. Students must attend their scheduled
lab unless they are assigned to a makeup lab.
2. Makeup labs are assigned by the
Laboratory Coordinator, who is in 300 Natural History Building. Only students
who can provide an acceptable and documentable reason for absence will be
eligible to make up a missed lab. Documentation should be dated and presented
in writing to Christina North. Makeup labs are not guaranteed to be available,
as there is a limit to the number of students allowed in a lab session.
3. TAs cannot reschedule students to other
lab sections, including their own.
4. Per the Dean of Students' Office, a
McKinley Health Center Visit Record is not, by itself, acceptable verification
for absence. Students who visit McKinley Health Center must provide
verification through the Office of the Dean of Students (Turner Student Svcs.
Bldg., 610 E. John, 333-0050).
5. Students who have knowledge in advance
of events which conflict with lab attendance in IB 104 should present
acceptable documentation of such events prior to their absence. Quizzes and
assignments which would have been due during the period of absence must be
completed and turned in prior to the studentís absence.
6. Students who wish to have consideration
for religious observances that conflict with labs must present verification in
writing to the Laboratory coordinator within one week of the first lecture, in
compliance with the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students
(Rule 34).
7. Students in evening lab sections who
have evening exams in other courses do not qualify for makeup labs. The Code of
Policies and Regulations states that regularly scheduled classes take priority
over evening exams.
Due to a "Confining Illness":
1. Go to McKinley Health Center and seek
assistance.
2. Call the Laboratory coordinator, James
Zahniser, (244-7350) to report the
problem and arrange make-up work.
3. Contact the Dean of Students' Office
(Turner Student Svcs. Bldg., 610 E. John, 333-0050) and request that
verification of your illness be sent to James Zahniser.
Due to a "Personal Emergency":
1. Call James Zahniser (244-7350) to report the problem, inquire as
to whether it qualifies you for an excusable absence, and arrange makeup work
as needed.
2. Obtain written, dated documentation of
the problem.
3. Contact the Dean of Students' Office
(Turner Student Svcs. Bldg., 610 E. John, 333-0050) and arrange for
verification of your problem to be sent to James Zahniser.
1. Students who miss a quiz should contact
James Zahniser immediately to arrange a make-up quiz. It is the student's
responsibility to make these arrangements in a timely fashion. No make-up
quizzes can be administered once the original quiz has been graded and returned
to other students in the course.
2. Quiz questions are posed in a variety
of short answer formats. Points are not taken off for spelling alone, but the
answers must be recognizeable to your TA on the basis of what is written alone
(not on the basis of what you explain later that you meant to write).
3. Different lab sections are given
different quizzes with questions drawn from a common pool.
4. Questions about quiz grading should be
presented first to the student's lab TA, who will be able to answer questions
about the correct or expected quiz answers. Students may also take quiz
questions to James Zahniser for consideration. As necessary, James Zahniser will
bring questions to the attention of Professor Francis.
Dissection of a fetal pig, as well as
several invertebrate animals, is part of the IB104 laboratory. If you have
concerns about dissection of a vertebrate animal, please talk to Bettina
Francis before the end of the second week of classes, or Friday 5 September at
the latest.
The faculty and staff of IB 104 require
students to hold the highest standards of scientific and academic conduct. Any
form of cheating in this course is unacceptable, and will be dealt with in
accordance with the University-wide standards in the Code of Policies and
Regulations Applying to All Students.