Course Description:
This 1 credit course clusters with Bio 120: Organismal Biology. It introduces freshman students to Biology at Eastern Connecticut State University and helps integrate course work with student life. The purposes are to help students make the transition to college and prepare them for a successful academic career in biology at ECSU by building a community of learners who work comfortably together.

Expectations and Grading:
Grading in this course will be primarily based upon your performance in meeting the following expectations...
You are expected to:

• appear ON TIME to all class meetings; you will be penalized for being late or missing any class/activity
• stay in class, once you are here, for the entire class
• read all assignments prior to class and be prepared for the activity(ies)
• participate in required class activities...including those at alternate day/times
• clear your work, home, or other schedules to permit this!
• hand in all course assignments on time
• check your ECSU email daily for announcements
• silence all cell phones during class/activity
• be courteous to your classmates
• respect points of view different from your own
• be polite while others are talking
• meet with your peer mentor more than once outside of class
• attend at least one meeting of the biology club

Regular Weekly Friday Meetings in Science 331 at 1 PM

9/4 Getting to Know Each Other
9/11 Downtown Scavenger Hunt (bring digital camera, phone w/camera, etc.)
9/18 (Summary Paper on Carlton Seminar Due) Getting Involved on Campus
9/25 How are you doing discussion? Homesick?
10/2 Study Skills and Human Ethology (time log!)
      Ethology
      Time Log
      Time Log Table
      Amplified Abstract
10/9 Using Excel to make a Pie Chart and other Excel issues
10/16 Stress Management (Brian Ahern)
10/23 Preparing for Academic Advising/Registration
10/30 Career Services (Nancy DeCrescenzo)
11/6 1-8:30 PM Behind the Scenes Tour of Yale University's Peabody Museum
      Pick-up is at the Student Center Parking Lot
      Dress for Weather, Comfortable shoes for <1 mile walk, Bring $ for beverage
11/13 Academic Services Center Tour; Discussion with Carrie
11/20 (Summary Paper on Fruit Fly Due) Plagiarism Presentation Carrie
11/27 (no class--Happy Thanksgiving!)
12/4 (H1N1 Website Review Due) Wrapping Up; Celebration in Science 301 (Resource Room)

Special Seminars (Attendance Also Required)

• Wednesday 9/16 3-4 PM University Hour "Marine Biology, Global Ecology, and Ocean Conservation" Dr. James Carlton, Science 104
• Friday 9/25 2-3 PM Invasive Ants: Fire Ants in SE USA Joshua King, Science 104
• Wednesday 10/14 3-4 PM "Are men from mars and women from Venus?" Dr. Paul Kellstedt, Student Center Theatre
  OR (your choice!)
  Wednesday 10/14 3-4 PM "Green Jobs" Laurel Kohl, Goddard 100
• Friday 11/6 1-8:30 PM Behind the Scenes Tour of Yale University's Peabody Museum
  Pick-up is at the Student Center Parking Lot
  Dress for Weather, Comfortable shoes for <1 mile walk, Bring $ for beverage
  
• Thursday 11/19 1 PM "The Fruit Fly" Dr. Marc Freeman, Science 104

Additional Special Seminars (Attendance not required, but can be used to make-up for absence from above)

• Friday 10/16 2-3? PM Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Matt Boser, Science 331
• Friday 10/23 3-4 PM Evicting bed bugs. Dr. Richard Cowles, Science 104

There is no final exam for FYR 174-I

Participation

If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact the Office of AccessAbility Services. Accommodations based upon disability cannot be provided until we receive a letter from the Office of AccessAbility Services.

Students having difficulty in courses are advised to use the office hours of the instructor, to seek the help of the peer mentor, and to use the tutoring, math, and writing support offered by the Academic Services Center.

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