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Attendance
You are expected to come to all classes and labs. In-class assignments that are missed because of absence cannot be made up unless a legitimate excuse/note is provided within 24 hours. Only students with a legitimate excuse (such as verified illness, family emergency, religious observance, University sponsored event, etc.) will be given the opportunity for a make-up assignment. Please inform me as early as possible if you are aware of a conflict. Late assignments are not accepted, except in the case of extreme unforeseen events.

Exams
There will be two in-class exams (100 points each) and a comprehensive final exam (200 points).

Problem Sets
There will be two major problems sets (100 points each). You are expected to your own work (i.e., you may not collaborate with other living things), but it is open book. I will provide some class time to ask questions and I will give responses (guidance), but not necessarily "answers".

Paper Outlines
For each paper, there will be a standing assignment to outline the paper and answer some questions about it. At the start of class the outlines will be quickly checked (50 points).

Participation
In lecture, you will be called on repeatedly during the semester. The questions will relate to the assigned readings and your outline of each reading. Points will assigned using the following scheme: 0 = Absent 1 = Present, but unprepared 2 = Any kind of answer that shows some thought and effort 3 = An incredibly great answer or numerous quality contributions. Your participation score will be based on the number of times you are called on times two, as a maximum possible score (then rescaled to 50 total points maximum).

Recitation
During the final exam period, you will present an eight minute presentation to the class. The presentation will take one or two ideas from class and go into greater detail by reviewing the primary or other literature and finding out more. I suggest you go for one of the following:
"wow, that's interesting!"
"wow, you took some seemingly disparate ideas or findings and cleverly showed how they were interrelated!"
"wow, you took some ideas from class and moved way beyond limnology and science and took us to a new place and a new way of understanding!"
"wow, that was really complicated and I'm impressed by your ability to make it clear!"
We will discuss this assignment further as the class progresses (100 points).

Grading

11% - Laboratory and Field Trip assignments
44% - Exams
22% - Problem Sets
11% - Paper Outlines and Discussion
11% - Recitation

All grades will be based on a straight 10 points scale; 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; 70-79 = C, etc.

7. Any student who has a disability and is in need of classroom accommodations, please contact the instructor and Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.

This course helps meet all goals of the baccalaureate degree.