Resources for this class:

•Most important! Attend & mentally participate in lecture and discussion sections.

•Keep up with the topics – this is a fast-paced class; if you don't understand, ask questions – in lectures, during discussion sections, in office hours, in study groups, or by email. Don’t wait until it’s too late.

•Handouts include learning objetives, details of upcoming reading assignments (including significant figures, concept check and selfquiz) Use handouts in lectures and as you read.

•Email bioQ&A. Send specific questions to Dr. Buskirk (rbuskirk@mail.utexas.edu) with a subject line that begins "311D". Eery few days I will compile questions and answer them, then send an email to the class (or post Q&A on Blackboard) with the compiled questions and answers.

•Blackboard page for this class contains the syllabus, brief class lecture outlines (slides) posted after the class, homework assignments, lecture and discussion handouts, old exam questions for practice. (http://courses.utexas.edu) Login with your eid and select Bio 311D.

•Posting class grades: Graded exams will be handed back in class. Subsequently, individual grades will be posted on Blackboard, accessible by individuals only by using their UT EID. The cutoff values for letter grades will be announced after each exam.

•Free Study Groups in the Academic Communities program (Sunday-Thursday evenings, JES and KIN). Residential Hall Study Groups Meet fellow students at the College of Natural Sciences study table area in Jester City Limits or Kinsolving to study biology, chemistry or calculus.

• Mastering Biology website. New copies of the Campbell textbook have a password for use of their web site (Mastering Biology). Obtain a login code and go to www.masteringbiology.com/

• UT Sanger Learning & Career Center (JES A115) offers free drop-in tutoring (one-on-one tutoring is also available), a professional staff, and many online resources. www.lifelearning.utexas.edu

• Students with disabililities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity & Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, (SSB 4.104, 471-6259; TTY 471-4641).

• Religious holy days sometimes conflict with class and examination schedules, and students who miss class on a holy day have the opportunity to complete the work after the absence. UT Austin policy states that a student must notify each instructor at least 14 days prior to such an absence.