In theory you
should have the first year off but then the fun starts
- Syllabus - depends
on the course, some have them, some don't.
- Photocoping - each
course has a budget, set up the account password on the copying
machines with Scott.
- Ordering texts -
if you want to order texts for a course the bookstore has a
deadline for ordering i.e. Oct 1st for texts for the winter
term
- Books on reserve -
the Woodward library etc. will place books on reserve for you
to be read in the reserve reading room, they will also take
copies of notes or readings that you supply and make them available
to the students for copying. They will reserve one copy of
the text for every 50 students.
- Midterms - entirely
up to you, set by you and held during class hours
- Finals - final exams
are 2.0 or 2.5 hrs long, time and place are set by the university.
- at the beginning of term you'll
receive a form to fill out if you want to set a final
exam
- invigilating - you and your
TAs will be assigned to procter the exams for the entire
2.5 h period.
- show up way before the start
time and set up the chairs and place exams on the desks.
Then you can let the students in the room. No bags are
allowed at the desks. Make them leave them at the side
of the room. You are supposed to check their reg cards
to make sure no substitutions have been made. You will
be given a sheet with the names of the students on it.
Check off each name when they hand in the exam and return
the sheet to the "Biology Office" box in the
main office. Distribute the exams to TAs as necessary
or take them away if you are grading them.
- Filing course grades-
we no longer use special forms to fill out to file the grades,
it is done electronically see http://regi2.adm.ubc.ca/fschtml/SRVFSC.
After the final you have 3-7 days to get the grades in. After
you file a grade with the registrar you can change it using "change" forms
in Kathy Gorkoff's office. The head has to sign the form before
it is handed in to the registrar. It is no longer the policy
to post "unofficial" grades because the grades are
now immediately available through TELEREG. This saves time
and effort on our part because grades are only posted by student
number, the names must be removed.
- Remarking procedures -if
a student is unhappy with the grade on their exam (they are
allowed to see the exam afterwards so you always need a legible
answer key) they must file a petition at the registrar's office,
pay a 25 dollar fee and wait. The form eventually makes it
to you, via Jim Berger, and you can regrade the test. The grade
can go UP or DOWN. If the grade changes, the student gets their
money back. You fill in the form that comes to you and mail
it back to the registrar.
- Makeup exams -
rules have changed for these. The student must file a report
with the Dean's office explaining why they missed the final.
Only then can you give a makeup. When and where you do this
is up to you and the student. Rules are constantly changingÉcheck
out the UBC policy website.
- TAs - if you are
blessed with TAs for your course they are paid to mark as well
as invigilate the final. Sometimes you get a graduate student
you do not know to help you invigilate the final.
- Course Websites----you
can set up your own or set up one through WEBCT. There is a
contact person who will coordinate this. At the moment its
Cyprien Lomas (lomas@zoology.ubc.ca)
Undergraduate
advising. The department maintains groups of advisors
for each of the subdisciplines in the department. You may be
asked to serve in this capacity so you can learn about our
undergraduate program from the deptl website. The biology program
guide is accessible from the depl website (http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bpg/)
and it has all the information you or a student needs about
the courses in the Biology Program. The depts of Zoology, Botany
and Micro/Immunol all contribute to the teaching in the Biology
program. The courses in the program are labelled "BIOL".
Zoology has no other undergrad courses other than those labelled
BIOL. There are a few graduate courses that still have the
ZOOL label. Elective lists are available on our website for
each of the Biology programs.
UNDERGRADUATES
Work study
- a program designed to hire undergraduates
who have shown financial need
- students can be hired as laboratory
assistants, dishwashers etc.
- the program will reimburse you
for the undergraduate such that all you end up spending is
about $2 an hour for the student
- deadline - August 1st, call the
work study office for an applicationÑeverything is now online
- there are more positions than students
so often can't get a work study student for this reason
- the student is only allowed to
work a fixed number of hours
- you must call financial services
to get the forms sent to you initially, after this, the forms
will be sent automatically. The student will fill out time
sheets and Gerri in the finance office will file the proper
paperwork.
Undergraduate
448s - independent study for 3 or 6 credits, during
term or summer. Limit of 6 credits per professor to be counted
for a BSc. 448s can be reading courses or lab courses. It
is entirely up to you what you do. If the student wants elective
credit, permission of the Head of the Biology program is
required
Undergraduate 449 (honors
thesis/defenses) - the student must have a real
thesis at the end of the 6 credits. The student defends the
thesis orally in front of a committee of 3 faculty. It is
like a mini-MSc defense. They get a letter grade for their
efforts. You may be asked to serve on these committees and
judge the student's presentations. There is one chair for
all the honors defenses. It is usually Bill Milsom or Bob
Blake. They sit on all of them in order to better judge the
relative merits of the students.
UAAs -
you can employ undergradutes or recent graduates to do a variety
of tasks. The going rate is 10-11 dollars per hour.
First Job in Science Awards will
reimburse you 1/2 the salary of an individual meeting the requirements.
Employment is limited to 7 months. Check out the application
forms which must be filled in and filed with the office in
Victoria. There is usually a local college that coordinates
the applications. The information changes yearly.
GRADUATE
STUDENTS----Zoology Grad Student's web site and the Department
Web Site
Getting graduate students (many different
ways)
- MSc vs. PhD: your
choice
- How much money they get: the
amount to equal an NSERC studentship)
- What you have to pay: summer
salary about $5000-6000 unless you arrange otherwise.
- TA-ships: almost
all zoology students can TA every term and get their stipend
paid). Two years guaranteed for masters students, 3 years guaranteed
for doctoral students. To get covered for the additional years
you have to take you chances, it depends on what is available.
- Course requirements: 18
credits of graduate courses and a 1st class average. Some 400
level courses are allowed. One course must be a graduate seminar.
Strict rules are available from "Grad Studies Office")
- Committees: 3 faculty
on MSc committees, 4-5 on PhD committees. The rules vary greatly
from department to department and in different programs.
- Oral exams: for
PhD only. Must be taken within 18 months of starting in the
program. Exams only given in March and in Oct. Robert Blake
is the chair.
- UGFs and other awards:
- UGFs are applied for in January. There are other types of
awards as well, the deadlines vary.
- Thesis rules and Defense
rules: see the handout from the Grad Studies website
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