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** Please turn off cell phones, pagers, nextels, etc. before the beginning of each class**

Instructor:      Dr. Stan Schneider
                        288-A Woodward
                        704-687-8527
                        sschnedr@uncc.edu

Objectives: (1) to survey the systems of insects, with an emphasis on the similarities among the divergent insect groups; (2) to examine the life-cycles and ecology of the major insect taxa; (3) to explore the principles of insect behavior; (4) to examine the economic and medical importance of insects.

Tests: There will be four exams, each worth 100 points, and a comprehensive final, worth 200 points. All tests will be multiple choice and short answer. The tentative exam schedule is as follows:

                                                                Exam 1:             July 13      Exam 3:         July 29
                                                                Exam 2:             July 21      Exam 4:         Aug. 7

Grading: Your grade in this course will be based on 400 possible points (if you choose not to take the optional comprehensive
final) or 600 points (if you choose to take the final exa)

                                            4 Lecture Exams (100 pts. each)             400 pts.
                                            Final Exam (Optional; Comprehensive)    200 pts.

The grading scale for the course is: 90-100% = A; 80-89% = B; 70-79% = C; 60-69% = D; <60% = F.

** The comprehensive final exam is optional, unless you miss a regular exam. At the end of the course, if you are satisfied with the grade you have, then you can choose to not take the final exam. If you miss an exam (even if the absence is excused), then you MUST take the comprehensive final. If you take the comprehensive final, you can request that the grade on the test replace your lowest existing exam grade, but only if you have not missed any regularly scheduled exams. If you choose to take the comprehensive final, your grade in the course will be based on a total of 600 possible points. If you choose not to take the comprehensive final, your grade in the course will be based on a total of 400 possible points.

Make up exams are not given. If a exam is missed, you must provide within two days of the exam date official documentation for the absence (e.g. verification of a doctor's visit; a funeral announcement; etc.). The documentation MUST contain a current phone and/or fax number so that the excuse can be verified. If the absence is excused by Dr. Schneider, then the grade for the comprehensive final will be counted in place of the missed exam. If the absence is not excused than a grade of zero will be recorded for the missed exam. Only one excused absence for an exam is allowed. Students who miss an exam MUST take the comprehensive final. If you miss an exam you CANNOT use the grade on the final exam to replace an existing test grade.

Academic Integrity: Students have the responsibility to know and observe the requirements of the UNCC Code of Student Academic Integrity, outlined in the catalog.

CODE OF STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

THE UNC CHARLOTTE CODE OF STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY governs the responsibility of students to maintain integrity in academic work, defines violations of the standards, describes procedures for handling alleged violations of the standards, and lists applicable penalties. The following conduct is prohibited in that Code as violating those standards:

A. Cheating. Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices in any academic exercise. This definition includes unauthorized communication of information during an academic exercise.

B. Fabrication and Falsification. Intentional and unauthorized alteration or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise. Falsification is a matter of altering information, while fabrication is a matter of inventing or counterfeiting information for use in any academic exercise.

C. Multiple Submission. The submission of substantial portions of the same academic work (including oral reports) for credit more than once without authorization.

D. Plagiarism. Intentionally or knowingly presenting the work of another as one's own (i.e., without proper acknowledgment of the source). The sole exception to the requirement of acknowledging sources is when the ideas, information, etc., are common knowledge.

E. Abuse of Academic Materials. Intentionally or knowingly destroying, stealing, or making inaccessible library or other academic resource material.

F. Complicity in Academic Dishonesty. Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.

A full explanation of these definitions, and a description of procedures used in cases where student violations are alleged, is found in the complete text of The UNC Charlotte Code of Student Academic Integrity. This Code may be modified from time to time. Students are advised to contact the Office of the Dean of Students or go online to ensure they consult the most recent edition.