• 75% Attendance & Active Participation, performance and team work.  You must complete a  minimum of 72 hours, for  100% in this category, any less than this will lower your grade significantly. The reliability, responsibility and quality of work performed during class time contributes to this category of evaluation. You will be required to participate in routine husbandry, general maintenance, equipment servicing, implementation of special projects, as well as data recording for each of the assigned areas:

• Water quality and routine maintenance procedures (including corrective actions)
• Equipment servicing and maintenance, technical outlays and schematics
• Special area of project work (to be assinged)
• Field trips and related events (public information)
• 10% Skills Accessment (tested to observe acquired skills and items will be tagged for identification, function, etc...)
• 15% Notebook + Project Refer to MST 101 Manual, pgs 1-2, "Aquarium Managers Notebook" and "Project Report", pgs 1-2.
•     You must submit your Notebook at the scheduled Final Exam date for this class or it is an automatic Failure.

GENERAL INFORMATION & POLICY: Students are expected to attend classes regularly.  Failure to attend classes may be taken into consideration in assigning grades.  Students who fail to attend the first meeting of any class for which they have officially enrolled may be dropped by the instructor unless prior arrangement has been made with the instructor. Students who officially enroll in a class and never attend will be dropped by the instructor no later than the end of the tenth instructional day of the semester. Instructors may drop
a student from a class when he/she is absent for a total of six cumulative instructional hours. In no case, where the instructor has an option to drop a student, should the student presume he/she has been dropped unless the instructor drop has been officially verified by the Office of Admissions and Records (Calif. Ed. Code, Section 70902).

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:  It is difficult to cheat in this class due to its project focus.  Any attempts to cheat that are detected, however, shall result in IMMEDIATE dismissal and failure in the class and I shall PERSONALLY follow up the case to ensure that the full weight of the College’s penalties is exercised.  Please see the Saddleback College Web site for details on College policy.

USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES:  Please no audible cellular phones or pagers.  If you leave the classroom to answer a call or page, please leave for the entire lecture so as to not constantly disrupt the class.  Photo phones or personal electronic devices such as a Palm Pilots can not be used during a test, not even as a calculator. Student Services: General Student Service Information is available at the Saddleback College Website. General, academic, and service information can be obtained by accessing the Counseling Division and Financial Aid Websites. Individual and small group counseling information such as academic planning and review of transcripts is available by appointment. All other student services are available on
campus during normal business hours.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: This course meets the requirements set forth in the accessibility checklist and universal design grid provided by Special Services. The Web Pages, video presentations, textbooks and class materials used in this course are accessible to students with disabilities. If you have questions on how to make accommodations please contact Special Services, Mike Sauter. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Special Services Office in the Student Services  Center. Requests for accommodation for testing must be done in a reasonable and timely fashion. Accommodated testing is given for lecture exams for students with documentation of need.

CLASS CONDUCT (BP-5401):  Students are expected to conduct themselves with respect for the right of all members of the college community to teach and learn in a safe and academically stimulating environment.  Students shall be held responsible for observing rules and regulations for student conduct promulgated under the authority of this policy by the Board of Trustees or the district's administration.  Violation of such rules shall constitute good cause for imposition of disciplinary action as provided in rules and regulations (Calif. Ed. Code, Section 66300). No food or beverages in the classroom or lab.  Bottled water with a screw top is acceptable.
 
GRADE AND INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED GRIEVANCE (BP-5505):   When a student believes that a district or divisional/school policy or procedure has not been followed, the student should discuss this concern with the course instructor. (excerpt of the official Board Policy - Visit the web site:  www.socccd.org/board/boardpolicies.asp

GRADE GRIEVANCE:  By law, the instructor is solely responsible for the grades assigned; no instructor may be directed to change a grade except in certain narrow circumstances authorized by the Calif. Ed. Code, Section 76224 (a). When a student believes that the district grading policy has not been followed, the student should discuss this concern with the appropriate course instructor.  Prior to filing a grievance, an attempt must be made to solve the problem. The student is expected to contact his/her instructor directly to discuss their differences when grades are available to the student. At this stage most differences will be resolved. This contact should be conducted in the privacy of the instructor's office whenever possible, and the pertinent issues should be well defined so that they may be discussed as objectively as possible.
 
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email. This is the preferred method of contact rather than phone!  I check this at least 3-5 times a day and am on-line much of the time. Expect responses within 6 hours during the hours of 8 am to 9 pm.  Due to the large amount of spam that everyone receives, all of your emails must have MST 10 l in the subject field so that they don’t get trashed.
Office Hours:  I am generally in the Biology Prep area, (Sr. Lab Technician, Biological Sciences) SM 234-6, during the hours of 11:00am - 7:30pm M-Th, Drop-ins can be accommodated most of the time, but I'm not always on campus or in a situation where I can stop working, but do try anyway if drop-ins work best for you.
Voice Mail: You can leave messages at (949) 582-4657, I'll do my best to return your call.
 
 

SIGNATURE SHEET (Student must read, sign and submit this page to the instructor):
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF SYLLABUS: I have read this syllabus and understand the policies outlined in this document along with any elaboration on the part of the
instructor.  Any items unclear to me have been brought to the attention of the instructor and clarified to my satisfaction.  I shall adhere to the policies outlined in this document without
exception and accept any aforementioned penalties as a result of failing to follow these rules.
Furthermore:  I shall behave as a consummate professional as outlined above in section 11 (above) entitled Class Conduct.
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