2024
COURSE INFORMATION
Dr. Brian Fristensky
Office: 330 Agriculture Tel: 474-6085
Email: brian.fristensky@umanitoba.ca
OFFICE HOURS: 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Mon., Wed.
Teaching Assistants:
Tarin Farhana
MWF, 11:30 - 12:20 Location: Animal Science 107
There is no required textbook. All lecture notes will be
available on the course web site.
Most course materials can be obtained at our Web site:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist/PLNT2530
All work is to be completed independently by the student unless otherwise specified. Students are reminded that academic dishonesty including plagiarism, cheating and examination impersonation is subject to severe academic penalties as described the University Policies on Academic Integrity. All work submitted for assignments, lab reports or exams is presumed to be the work of the student. Use of Artificial Intelligence for composing written submissions or as a source of information, unless explicitly requested by the instructor, is considered a violation of academic integrity.
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Assignments (4 @ 5% each) |
20% |
Due dates for assignments will given for each assignment. Grades on assignments handed in late will be decremented by one point per day late, for a maximum of 5 points. No assignments will be accepted after answers are discussed in class. |
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Midterm |
20% |
In class |
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Laboratory |
20% |
Lab reports due as outlined in lab manual. Lab data can be shared and discussed but all reports must be written independently. Late reports will lose 20% per day late. (Reports submitted 5 days late will receive no marks.) The lab portion of the course must be passed to pass the course. |
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Final Examination |
40% |
The final exam will cover the second half of
the course, ie. material covered after the midterm. However,
it is worth reviewing material from the first half, because
the later material depends upon these technologies. Final examination date, time and location will be scheduled by the instructor. |
Grading is according to the Letter Grade System (Undergraduate Calendar section 2) ranging from 0 to 4.5 or F to A+. Roughly speaking, a C corresponds to understanding of a large portion of the material, the B range encompasses mastery of most of the material, and the A range indicates original thinking and creativity. Put another way:
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Grade Point |
Letter Grade |
Meaning |
comments |
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4.5 (90 - 100%) |
A+ |
Exceptional |
synthesis, ability to put things together from different parts of the course, original and creative thinking |
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4.0 (80 - 89%) |
A |
Excellent |
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3.5 (70 - 79%) |
B+ |
Very good |
learning concepts or inferring them from the
context; working with data eg. Given the results of
an experiment, what does it tell you? Given an
equation, can you use it correctly? |
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3.0 (60 - 69%) |
B |
Good |
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2.5 (50 - 59%) |
C+ |
Satisfactory |
memorization of facts |
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2.0 (40 - 49%) |
C |
Adequate |
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1.5 (30 - 39%) |
D+ |
Marginal |
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1.0 (20 - 29%) |
D |
Marginal |
Due dates for assignments will given for each assignment. Grades on assignments handed in late will be decremented by one point per day late, for a maximum of 5 points. No assignments will be accepted after answers are handed out or discussed in class.
FINAL EXAMINATION TIME AND LOCATION SCHEDULED BY THE UNIVERSITY
Students will have their grades for at least two assignments and
the midterm exam before the University VW date. When considering a
VW, students should be aware that if you withdraw from a course,
you may be given a lower priority in registering for that course
in subsequent academic terms.
Students should familiarize themselves with University
policies regarding academic integrity, student discipline, and
respectful learning environment, for example, and on academic and
student supports that are available, including a statement
regarding mental health with referral information to the Student
Counseling Centre and University Health Services. A summary of
this information can be found at http://umanitoba.ca/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/sites/centre-advancement-teaching-learning/files/2021-05/Text-for-Schedule-A-ROASS-July-27-2020.pdf.
No audio or video recording of lectures or
presentations is allowed in any format, openly or
surreptitiously, in whole or in part without permission of the
Instructor. Course materials (both paper and digital) are
for the participant’s private study and research.
Unless otherwise cited or
referenced, all course content is licensed under the Creative
Commons License Attribution
Share-Alike 2.5 Canada.
It is the general University of Manitoba policy that all technology resources are to be used in a responsible, efficient, ethical and legal manner. The student can use all technology in classroom setting only for educational purposes approved by instructor and/or the University of Manitoba Student Accessibility Services. Student should not participate in personal direct electronic messaging / posting activities (e-mail, texting, video or voice chat, wikis, blogs, social networking (e.g. Facebook) online and offline “gaming” during scheduled class time. If student is on call (emergency) the student should switch his/her cell phone on vibrate mode and leave the classroom before using it. (©S Kondrashov. Used with permission)