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What is expected of the student:<\/h3>\n\n- Classroom participation is number one.<\/span> \u00a0The best kind of participation stimulates discussion across the whole classroom. \u00a0If you are not talking, you are not participating. \u00a0But if\u00a0you are the only one talking, you are not promoting discussion and need to work on your listening skills! At minimum you should supply\u00a0a comment or question\u00a0each day of the class. \u00a0Jump in!<\/li>\n
- Progress reports.<\/span>\u00a0 We will set various deadlines for our project, and you are expected to describe your progress. \u00a0Willingness to share personal progress at all stages will lend a team atmosphere to the course. \u00a0That is what we are after.<\/li>\n
- Design deadlines<\/span> will be self-imposed. \u00a0We will distribute the work and stay realistically aware of the limited time that we can devote to this course. \u00a0Deadlines may include a) choosing a gene machine and offering a\u00a0preliminary story of how it operates by week three or four, and b) a fictionalized story due about two weeks later. That would bring us to the final half of the course when the group activity takes over. \u00a0The final deadline will be week ten, marked by publication of our scriptwriting.<\/li>\n
- Attendance<\/span>. \u00a0100% classroom attendance is expected\u00a0(aside from excused absences). Please\u00a0realize that your absences detrimentally affect the whole class, not simply you alone. \u00a0The easiest way to lower your letter grade is to miss class!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Grading<\/h3>\n
If a student comes to class, participates in our discussions, and meets each course deadline including the final deadline of producing a protein portrait artwork,\u00a0that effort will be a sufficiently strong performance to merit the receipt of an A letter grade in this 2-credit colloquium course.<\/p>\n
Learning resources<\/h3>\n\n- We will make heavy use of the\u00a0Protein Data Bank<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0affiliated Molecule of the Month<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- The optional\u00a0textbook (for your purchase) is The Machinery of Life<\/span> by David Goodsell (2nd edition, 2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\n- Another optional book is\u00a0Introduction to Protein Structure<\/span>\u00a0by Branden and Tooze (Second edition; 1999; ISBN 0815323050; about $70.) \u00a0If you find a used copy, grab it! \u00a0This is a great book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- I am also happy to lend you a biochemistry textbook if that will help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cost of materials<\/h3>\n
Art materials for storyboarding purposes will probably cost you around $10- $20 at most (glue, tape, wire, other cheap materials). \u00a0Let’s hold down the cost. \u00a0Try to use the stuff you find lying around in the back of your closet. \u00a0Save money.<\/p>\n
Phil McFadden<\/span><\/h3>\nPhil McFadden<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protein Portraits BB407H: Protein stories What the student can expect to learn: We will tell protein stories\u00a0through three main activities. Stories from the world of science. Our\u00a0first activity\u00a0will be to take each other on story-telling tours of the chemistry and … Continue reading
Grading<\/h3>\n
If a student comes to class, participates in our discussions, and meets each course deadline including the final deadline of producing a protein portrait artwork,\u00a0that effort will be a sufficiently strong performance to merit the receipt of an A letter grade in this 2-credit colloquium course.<\/p>\n
Learning resources<\/h3>\n\n- We will make heavy use of the\u00a0Protein Data Bank<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0affiliated Molecule of the Month<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- The optional\u00a0textbook (for your purchase) is The Machinery of Life<\/span> by David Goodsell (2nd edition, 2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\n- Another optional book is\u00a0Introduction to Protein Structure<\/span>\u00a0by Branden and Tooze (Second edition; 1999; ISBN 0815323050; about $70.) \u00a0If you find a used copy, grab it! \u00a0This is a great book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- I am also happy to lend you a biochemistry textbook if that will help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cost of materials<\/h3>\n
Art materials for storyboarding purposes will probably cost you around $10- $20 at most (glue, tape, wire, other cheap materials). \u00a0Let’s hold down the cost. \u00a0Try to use the stuff you find lying around in the back of your closet. \u00a0Save money.<\/p>\n
Phil McFadden<\/span><\/h3>\nPhil McFadden<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protein Portraits BB407H: Protein stories What the student can expect to learn: We will tell protein stories\u00a0through three main activities. Stories from the world of science. Our\u00a0first activity\u00a0will be to take each other on story-telling tours of the chemistry and … Continue reading
Art materials for storyboarding purposes will probably cost you around $10- $20 at most (glue, tape, wire, other cheap materials). \u00a0Let’s hold down the cost. \u00a0Try to use the stuff you find lying around in the back of your closet. \u00a0Save money.<\/p>\n Phil McFadden<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Protein Portraits BB407H: Protein stories What the student can expect to learn: We will tell protein stories\u00a0through three main activities. Stories from the world of science. Our\u00a0first activity\u00a0will be to take each other on story-telling tours of the chemistry and … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n\n
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Cost of materials<\/h3>\n
Phil McFadden<\/span><\/h3>\n