Cell Biology Lab

PCB 4023L

Graduate Assistant:   Kalaiselvi Panneerselvam (e-mail: kpanne02@fiu.edu )

Text:

Kerr, JB. (1999) Atlas of Functional Histology.  N.B.   Students will be working in pairs and thus may wish to save money by buying a single text and sharing. The text will not be required for the first lab.

About the course:	Cell Biology Laboratory (PCB 4023L) is divided into two portions. The first part introduces the student to the principles of microscopy and the fundamentals of histological identification. The second portion introduces the student to some basic methods of cell analysis.
	N.B.  Your lab grade will comprise 25% of your final grade in PCB 4023 (Cell Biology). Successful completion of the lab portion will fulfill one of the four labs required for the B.S. in Biological Sciences.

Date		Laboratory Topic
		Click on the laboratory topic to print out that week's lab; the prepatory assignment for each week (to be completed before class) is in each handout.
Jan 11		Introduction to Microscopy
Jan 18		Epithelial Tissue
Jan 25		Connective Tissue I
Feb 01		Connective Tissue II
Feb 02		*** Last day to withdraw from University with refund
Feb 08		Muscle Tissue
Feb 15		Class Canceled
Feb 22		Nervous Tissue
Mar 01		Cell Biology Technique I - Electron Microscopy
Mar 02		*** Last day to drop a course with a DR grade
Mar 08		Organology I - Integument and its derivatives
Mar 15		Organology II - Digestive tract and accessory organs
Mar 22		SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS
Mar 29		Cell Biology Technique II: Tissue Culture
Apr 05		Cell Biology Technique III: Vital Stains & Apotposis
Apr 12		Cell Biology Technique IV: Immunohistochemisty
Apr 19		Cell Biology Technique V

Grading:				Grade Distribution:
	Attendance:	33%			A    =  90-100%
	Handouts*:	33%			B+  =   87-89%
	Quizzes**:	33%			B    =   80-86%
					C+  =   77-79%
					C    =   70-76%
					D+  =   67-69%
					D    =   60-66%
					F    =   0-59%%

*	Completed handouts will be graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory; unsatisfactory reports may be revised and re-submitted once.
**	Quizzes will be given weekly starting the second week

Make-up examinations:  No make-up examinations will be given.

College of Arts and Sciences Policy on Incompletes:  In order to obtain an incomplete grade the majority of the work in the course must be completed. In order to obtain an incomplete, an Assignment of Incomplete Grade Form must be filled out with the instructor prior to the end of the semester. Work to complete the grade must be done within 30 days of the end of the semester otherwise a grade computed from completed work will be submitted.

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