Assignments & Grading

NOTE: Please do pay attention to our course ethics code. Ignorance of this code is not an excuse.

Homework:

Weekly homework will consist of online knowledge assessment quizzes and application assignments (a.k.a. “hands-on lab sections” and/or “mini projects”) together with pre-class reading and video screen-casts.

Generally for each class you will submit your completed lab reports or mini-projects as PDFs to GradeScope and complete a GoogleForm based quiz.

Specific grading criteria (assessment rubrics) for each homework will be given at the time of assignment. Weekly grades will be posted online to the class class GradeBook. Each student is responsible for checking to ensure that a grade has been entered for their submissions. Documents submitted by email do not always arrive at their intended destination and late submissions will not be accepted after one week past the original due date. Collectively homework performance will account for 65% of the course grade.

Find a gene project assignment:

A total of 35% of the course grade will be assigned based on the“find-a-gene project assignment”. The purpose of this project assignment is for you to grasp the principles of database searching, sequence analysis, functional annotation and exploratory data analysis with R that we cover in the course

Final Exam:

There will be NO final exam for the Winter 2022 quarter.

Assignment due dates:

A complete listing of class assignments along with anticipated due dates is available here. Typically, assignments are due 12PM San Diego time on the Monday following class. Note that these dates are subject to change and will likely not be updated in the afore linked listing. Please see GradeScope for the most updated listing. As always, “if in doubt, reach out” and contact us on piazza.



Course Director
Prof. Barry J. Grant (Email: bjgrant@ucsd.edu)
Course Syllabus
Winter 2023 (PDF)