• Instructor: Dr. Joseph Koke. Office hours for this course are 8:30 - 9:20,TH, in SUPP 440. Dr. Koke prefers to interact with students in person or by E-mail (from your Texas State Account only). If you must call, call (512) 245-3355.
• Instructional Assistant (IA): Elizabeth Capalbo. Click here for the LAB SYLLABUS.
• Textbooks and Web Resources: None is required, but the following are suggested as references. The local bookstores do not stock these, but will order if you request. Also, check out Amazon.com or other on-line providers.

• Course Organization is as shown above. In addition to the scheduled lecture,students will meet once each week for lab instruction Tuesday 3:30 p.m. At this time you will receive instruction and arrange times to complete the laboratory task(s) designated for that week. Most of your laboratory work will be done at time other than the scheduled lecture/lab times. This type of scheduling is necessary because much of the lab instruction is one-on-one and requires mastering a skill. If you are a graduate student or an undergraduate student doing research, please meet with Dr. Koke before lab begins so an appropriate lab experience can be taylored to your research project.

• Lab Conduct. During this course you will be working with expensive, delicate equipment, with chemicals some of which are quite toxic, and in research space as well as student instructional space. You will be given appropriate instruction on the proper use, and you will be expected to follow instruction and not abuse equipment. This is to protect you as well as protect the equipment. Students come and go, but the equipment must live on to serve future students as well as the ongoing scientific research - which among other things generated the grant funds to purchase the equipment you will be using. Serious grade penalties may result from repeated episodes of: 1) failing to show up on time for an instruction appointment; 2) disregarding instructions on how to use equipment; 3) disregarding procedural instructions (protocol); 4) failure to clean up after yourself, and 5) using space, equipment, reagents, or computers that you have not been specifically authorized to use.

• Attendance and Grading - Lecture grades will be based on the two exams indicated above, each worth 150 points, for a total of 300 points from lecture. The exams will be given on the dates indicated. If a student must be absent on one of the above dates, arrangements should be made in advance. Laboratory grades will be based on notebook checks and quizzes, and a project to be determined which will culminate in a poster presentation during the last week of class - see the Lab Syllabus. The Overall grade (letter grade) will be assigned on the basis of the percentage of the total points (600) possible that the student earns, where 90% = A, 80% to 89% = B, 70% - 79% = C, and 60% to 69% = D. A grade of W will be given according to Texas State policy. Please remember that the last date to drop with an automatic "W" is also the last day you CAN drop. A grade of I can only be awarded if arrangements are made before the course is substantially completed (in this case, before Thanksgiving).

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