Recommended: QSCI 381, FISH 497A and QSCI 456 or FISH 456 

The laboratories and homework assignments require knowledge of EXCEL and Visual Basic. Students who are not familar with Visual Basic are strongly encouraged to take FISH 497A (Visual Basic Programming for Aquatic Sciences http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2004/fish.html).

Grading

9 Weekly homework assignments: 70%. 10 points (out of 100) will be deducted for each day that an assignment is submitted late.

Mid-term laboratory assignment: 30%

Plagiarism, cheating, and other misconduct are serious violations of your contract as a student. We expect that you will know and follow the University's policies on cheating and plagiarism. Any suspected cases of academic misconduct will be handled according to University regulations. More information, including definitions and examples of Academic Misconduct, can be found at: http://depts.washington.edu/grading/issue1/honesty.htm

Students with Disabilities

To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206)543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating that you have a disability which requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to the instructor so we can discuss the accommodations needed for this class