BSCI 230: Cell Biology and Physiology
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Schedule!
The Course Team
Chatting with Dr. Higgins
Please note that
Dr. Higgins will arrive in the lecture hall at approximately 8:45 AM on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. He will be there to answer questions, meet the
students, have coffee, and chat about the meaning of life. He encourages
all students to come early, bring breakfast, coffee, and your questions.
Appointments at other times are rarely required, but he will be available
should the need arise. Call Ms. Donley @301-405-2908.
To email
Dr. Higgins, wh16@umail.umd.edu
Regrade Policy
You may discuss your graded examination
with your Teaching Assistant, but he/she cannot make any changes in your
grade. To request a regrade, you simply sit down with good old Dr. Higgins
before class in the lecture hall and explain your point of view. You must
sit down with specific questions about specific answers. Dr. H will not
look over your exam and hunt for points.
The Higgins Plan for Academic
Success
Critical concept: In
the near future (3 or 4 years!), you will present yourself on paper
for a job or postgraduate work. You must identify the critical elements
of your resume or application and plan NOW to be sure they will be strong.
Your GPA is a critical component of every application, so learn to play
my (i.e., a faculty member's) game!
This course covers a large amount
of material and memorization of facts will not be enough to earn a good
grade.
| 1. |
Go to class - every class.Sit up
front in the same seat every day
Ask questions
Use faculty office hours
For absences, give the prof documentation,
not excuses! Do not take
make up exams unless you are seriously ill. |
| 2. |
Recopy lecture notes
using double column method
Do not rely on the notes of others!
(See the attached figure for a
picture of a lecture notebook
illustrating the double column
method of recopying notes.)
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| 3. |
Obtain and use examinations from
previous semesters |
| 4. |
Group study - esp. for MATH, CHEM,
and other courses requiring problem solving.
This practice is based on the principle that you learn by teaching and
you don't really know something until you can teach it. |
| 5. |
Solve MATH problems and answer
smaple questions at odd moments during the day.
If you can answer it during an odd moment, cold turkey, you really do know
it. |
| 6. |
Writing Center!!! Tutoring!! at
the beginning, not at the end. |
| 7. |
Time management,
- A daily task
- Prioritize, you cannot do everything |
| 8. |
Exam (Game) Day
- Arise early
- Shower
- Dress for winning
- Eat! and minimize caffeine and sugar
- Review only 7 items
- Avoid stress mongers
- Take a seat in examination room only a few minutes early. |
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