This class is 90% SELF-PACED.  YOU, the student, are responsible for creating a schedule for the class and achieving that schedule. 

At the Midterm, you must have completed (read and tested) Chapters 1, 2, 3, 17, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.  The Midterm Lab will cover these topics.

At the Final, you must have completed (read and tested) Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20, and review Chapter 17.

There are approximately 20 Lecture Exams in the class.  In a regular Fall or Spring semester, the student will have about 16 weeks to complete the course and in a summer semester, about 12 weeks.

There is a lecture exam for each chapter or section.  The student may take as few or as many lecture exams as desired on each login.  Each exam will require 15 to 25 minutes to complete.  Again, this is designed to give the student the maximum flexibility of schedule.

Here is a breakdown of the amount of TIME that I believe the student with at least some biology or chemistry background should spend with each chapter.  A student without a background in either biology or chemistry would perhaps increase the time per chapter by about 50%.  Once the student has studied the online notes and verified the concepts with the text book text and illustrations, the student should quickly review the online notes and go take the test.

There are a couple of different ways to get the studying done.

1.  Just make sure that the Chapters 1 - 9, and 17 have been read, and the lecture exams
      finished by the Midterm Lab.  This will have the added benefit of preparing the student
      for the lab.

2. Create a schedule that studies a set number of chapters each week, and stick to it as
    closely as possible.

Here are SUGGESTED schedules for:
    a regular 16 week semester (Fall or Spring),
    a 12 week summer semester
 

Above all, remember - there are 20 chapters and either 16 weeks or 12 weeks in which to finish all of them.  You MUST complete 2 or 3 chapters in one week - at least a couple times.

16 Week SUGGESTED schedule

FINALS WEEK - This is the week in which you will compete with all other students for computer time at the Testing Center.  Have all your work complete before this week.
 

12 Week SUGGESTED schedule