1. Welcome to BIOL 1406 - Biology for science and health majors! M 2 PM-5 PM rm 213 W 2 PM-5 PM rm 210 HCC - SW College, Missouri City Center Section # 3541-69788

2. Who Am I? BS in Microbiology from University of Florida, Gainesville Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Post-doctoral studies at Caltech and UCSD Dr. Thomas (Tom) Vida I prefer V-”eye”-duh, not V-”ee”-duh

3. Who Am I? BS in Microbiology from University of Florida, Gainesville PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Post-doctoral studies at Caltech and UCSD

4. Who Am I? on faculty of UT Med School in the Texas Medical Center for 15 years acquired ~$2 million in research funds published many research papers research on lysosome function taught medical and graduate students teaching at HCC and LCSC ratemyprofessor.com

5. SYLLABUS

6. Success in College

7. Communicating with Me Outside of Class thomas.vida@hccs.edu the subject line needs this in every e-mail: BIOL 1406 use an email account that you check often

8. Communicating with Me Outside of Class HCCS email https://webmail.hccs.edu first name.last name@hccs.edu

9. When I Communicate with You HCCS web page http://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/thomas.vida save this bookmark!!! check it often for new information all lectures are available as PowerPoint files use your preferred e-mail address

10. First Assignment send an e-mail to: thomas.vida@hccs.edu Introduce yourself: Tell me why you are taking this course, your career plans, your background, and what grade you are shooting for

11. A Word About E-mail to Me be professional use (Hello, Dear, Hi) Dr. (or Professor Vida do not use (Hello, Dear, Hi) Sir use proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling do not use text message jargon like u, b/c, 2, etc.

12. A Word About E-mail to Me “mr vida, i cant complete my online assignments because im at work and i dont have nobody to give me my student id number...because i cant see my assignments i click on current assignment and it wont give me nothing im really flipping out.…”

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36. Student Conduct behave as an adult NOT a dolt!dolt! use respect for all

37. Student Conduct cell phone use use freely throughout class time use the loudest ring tone possible send text messages whenever you wish click

38. Student Conduct laptop use use freely throughout class time (seriously) follow lecture and take good notes (seriously) stay connected to FaceBook (uh… right)

39. Student Conduct recording the lecture its fine my voice may eventually be in your head cannot use it against me

40. Student Conduct One last item I have zero tolerance for overly loud yawns overly loud yawns

41. What Can I do to Get an A in this course?

42. hack into the HCC database and change your grade What Can I do to Get an A in This Course? pay the instructor $1,000 cheat on every exam, quiz and online assignment pay the instructor $1,000

43. Pay the instructor $1,000! as of 8/28/10: 30 students $30,000 paypal.com account # no_respect.no_integrity.wtf!

44. read over the lecture notes (before class) What Can I Really do to Get an A in This Course? read the textbook (before class) attend class take notes in class pay attention in class ask questions in class

45. study everyday (7 days a week) What Can I Really do to Get an A in This Course? have mature study habits spend 2-3 hours outside of class for every hour in class 12-18 hours per week 103-154 minutes per day

46. studying and exam preparation are two different tasks!!! What Can I Really do to Get an A in This Course? have mature study habits Click 1 Click 2

47. multiple-choice exams What Can I Really do to Get an A in This Course? have experienced exam skills ridiculously easy maddeningly difficult

48. Multiple-choice exams Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Choose the ONE alternative that BEST completes the statement or answers the question.

49. Multiple-choice exams Which of the following squares is filled with the color red? (A) (B)(C)(D)(E) ridiculously easy! Which of the following squares is filled with the color red?

50. Multiple-choice exams Which of the following squares is filled with the color red? somewhat easy (A) (B)(C)(D)(E)

51. Multiple-choice exams Which of the following squares is filled with the color red? somewhat difficult (A) (B)(C)(D)(E)

52. Multiple-choice exams Which of the following squares is filled with the color red? very difficult (A) (B)(C)(D)(E)