| This course serves as a showcase for talks by advanced graduate
students or members of the faculty on topics of current interest in
biomathematics. |
| Professor: |
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons |
| Office: |
202B Love |
| Phone: | (850 64)4 2580
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| Email: | mesterto@math.fsu.edu
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| Class meets: |
In 107 LOV on Monday or Wednesday at 15:35—16:50
(3:35—4:50p.m.)
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| Credit: |
1 semester hour |
| Course format: |
Weekly seminar. The schedule is here |
| Grades (S/U): | Attendance will be taken.
Students with an excused absence should attend a make-up seminar or
colloquium and write a report. Students attending all seminars or
make-ups will get an S. |
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University Attendance Policy:
Excused absences include documented illness, deaths in the family and other
documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious
holy days, and official University activities. These absences will be
accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students who have
a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose
dependent children experience serious illness.
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The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the
University's expectations for the integrity of students' academic work, the
procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the
rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the
process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and
for living up to their pledge to ". . . be honest and truthful and . . .
[to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State
University.'' (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy, found at http://fda.fsu.edu/Academics/Academic-Honor-Policy.)
Americans With Disabilities Act:
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should:
(1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability
Resource Center; and
(2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation
and what type. This should be done during the first week of class.
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upon request.
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Syllabus Change Policy
"Except for changes that substantially affect implementation of the
evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course and
is subject to change with advance notice.''