University of North Carolina
at Wilmington

Biology 487 and Geology 458/558
Introduction to Coastal Management
Fall Semester, 2004

Evaluation

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)

Blue (Moby Dick), 1943, Gouache and ink on composition board, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki
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                       Your final grade will be based on your performance on examinations, presentations, manuscripts and laboratory assignments.

Lecture examinations [180 and 180 pts.]    360
Final Examination    280
Coastal Vignette (manuscript and presentation) [60 pts. ea.]    120
Laboratory assignments [5, with varying point value.]    100
Group Presentation     140
Total Points for Course (undergraduate) 1,000

Graduate-level students will have an additional  research assignment valued at 200 points.  The total points for the course for graduate-level students is 1200.  

Grading will be on an A, B, C, D, F scale; no +/- grades will be assigned.   

Academic Honesty:  The departments of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences strongly support the Academic Honor Code as stated in the Student Handbook and Code of Student Life and will not tolerate academic dishonesty.