TESTING:

Tests 1-3 = 45 points; Final exam = 20 points; class exercizes = 10 points; research paper = 25 points

ALL tests and THE FINAL must be taken on the DATES and TIMES shown in the syllabus. There will be NO MAKE-UP TESTS. Maximum grade boundaries A = 90, B=80, C=70, D=60.

SPECIAL NEEDS

Special Needs:Students requiring special accommodation for learning, or who have special needs, please visit with the instructor as soon as possible.

ACADEMIC CONDUCT

Students are responsible for submitting their own work. Students who cooperate on oral or written examinations or work without authorization share the responsibility for violation of academic principles and the students are subject to disciplinary action even when one of the students is not enrolled in the course where the violation occurred (from <http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/policy/335.htm>)

BULLETIN DESCRIPTION

Biotic responses to climate changes; the role of adaptation, extinction, and dispersal in response to the climatic changes of the Quaternary.