Missed Lectures

If you will miss, or have missed, one meeting of the course, then at the discretion of the course instructor it is still possible to get credit for completion by submitting an alternate assignment to substitute for the missed class. While it is possible to make-up for missing two meetings of the course, it is necessary that at least one of the make-up assignments consist of attending the equivalent course meeting in another section of the course.

NOTE: All make-up assignments must be completed by the end of the day of the last day of class (unless otherwise approved by the instructor).

To determine which assignment(s) you must complete, contact the course instructor as soon as you know that you will miss one or more course meetings. 

Options for make-up assignments:

1. If at all possible, the instructor and student will identify a relevant equivalent/replacement experience (e.g., the same session in another section of the current course or some other ethics seminar or workshop.)
2. Select one of the readings recently published in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, or an equivalent, agreed to by the course instructor, and write a brief (500 words) commentary on the reading.
3. Find and read at least 2 sources relevant to the session missed, frame 2-3 relevant questions, address those questions to 2 or more people (PI, other faculty, other students) as agreed to with the instructor, and provide a brief report (no more than 500 words) summarizing what was found and commenting appropriately.
4. Submit a case study and analysis as described below and submit to the course instructor no later than the end of the day on the last day of the course.

• Review all readings, if any, assigned for the session missed.
• Find an appropriate case study (e.g., cases are included under the discussion tab for each of the topics at Research Ethics Topics) If the session does not match to a particular topic, then you may write your own case or find another case relevant to any topic covered in the class. If you write your own case, it should be no more than 500 words. If you use someone else’s case, you must give credit to the author of the case.
• Write an analysis of the case that addresses the factors summarized in the document: Guidelines for Discussion
• Your analysis must be original and based on your own ideas. It should be no more than 500 words and should be submitted to the course instructor by e-mail.