Back to Semester in Environmental Science SES Courses Overview SES Faculty 2024 SES Calendar 2024 SES Syllabus Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series SES Research Symposium Home Educational Opportunities Undergraduate Programs Semester in Environmental Science (SES) SES Courses 2024 SES Syllabus Grades and Granting Credit in SES 2024 The SES program will distribute a "Recommendation for grades and credit" to your colleges. Your grades will be based on written lab reports (both group and individual) or problem sets, exams, class participation and oral presentations and final papers/projects. Aquatic Ecosystem Aquatic Core Lecture 50% Class participation 10% *Mid-term exam (10/7) 15% *Final exam (11/4) 25% Aquatic Core Lab 50% Water Profiles (Foreman) Problem Set 10% Biomass and Primary Production (Foreman) Group report and presentation 10% Trophic Pyramids & Secondary Prod. (Lloret) Group report and presentation 10% Biogeochemistry, Stoichiometry/Fate of Organic Matter (Giblin) Group report and presentation 10% Cross-System Flux & Nutrient Budgets** (McClelland/Lloret) Group report and presentation 10% Food Webs (Lloret) Discussion*** * This exam is a combined Aquatic and Terrestrial Exam ** Combined aquatic and terrestrial lab report and presentation *** Counted as part of Trophic Pyramids Terrestrial Ecosystem Terrestrial Core Lecture 50% Class participation 10% *Mid-term exam (10/7) 15% *Final exam (11/4) 25% Terrestrial Core Lab 50% Terrestrial Biomass (Cardon) Group Data Entry 5% Biomass and Primary Production (Cardon) Group Presentations 15% Photosynthesis and Primary Production Individual problem sets 5% Biogeochemistry, Soil Respiration & Decomposition (Koop-Jakobsen) Group report and group presentation 12.5% Cross-System Flux & Nutrient Budgets** (McClelland/Lloret) Group report and presentation 12.5% Project Projects will be graded by your Mentor. Each student will receive an individual grade. Concept Paper of project proposal ungraded Oral proposal - 10% Final written proposal - 20% Oral presentation of results - 25% Final written paper* - 45%*must include electronic file copies of all data, PowerPoints and final Word document Math Modeling Elective Homework - 7.5% Quizzes - 7.5% Class Participation - 15% Modeling Project Presentation - 25% Modeling Project paper - 45% Microbial Methods Elective Problem Sets - 95% Participation - 5% Final - If the problem sets are done independently, there will not be a final exam. Science Writing Seminar* Writing assignments - 75% SES Seminar Speaker Discussions - 15% Participation - 10%*Certificate of Completion will be provided for students when credit is not granted by home institution.