syllabus57281
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM - SOUTHWEST COLLEGE
Stafford Campus
BIOL 2401: Human Anatomy and Physiology, CRN 57281
Fall 2008
Instructor: Vernon Wiersema.
Phone: 713/718-7771 (Campus Office); Email: vernon.wiersema@hccs.edu
(it is the best to try to get in touch with me by email)
Class Hours: 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. Monday - Room # A227, Wednesday - Room # 162
Prerequisite: Highly Recomended: General Biology, Biol. 1406. You must have passed this course before you can
take Biol. 2401. If you did not get a C or better in Biol. 1406 you will
have difficulty in passing this course, therefore it is best that you drop this course and go
back and take Biol. 1406.
Textbook: Anatomy and Physiology -- The Unity of Form and Function
Kenneth Saladin, 4th Edition 2007. Mcgraw Hill
Lab Manual: Anatomy and Physiology I - Laboratrory Manual. 3th Edition
Editors: Robert J. Keating and Vernon L. Wiersema
Course Intent: This course focuses on normal structure and functions of human body
systems. It is designed primarily for prospective health professionals
and Biology majors.
Course Outline: I. Introduction to the human body.
II. The chemical level of organization
III. The cellular level of organization.
(II & III will not be covered in class, you learned this is Biol. 1406,
it will be on the first exam.)
IV. The tissue level of organization.
V. The integumentary system.
VI. Principles of support and movement.
a. The skeletal system:
1. Bone tissue
2. The axial skeleton
3. The appendicular skeleton
4. Articulations
b. The muscular system:
1. Muscle tissue
2. The muscular system
VII. Control systems of the human body.
a. The nervous system
1. Nervous tissue
2. The brain and cranial nerves.
3. The spinal cord and spinal nerves.
4. Sensory, motor and integrative systems.
5. The autonomic nervous system.
b. The sense organs.
1. Olfactory sense organs.
2. Gustatory sense organs.
3. Eye - Anatomy and Physiology of vision.
4. Ear - Anatomy - Physiology of hearing and equilibrium.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Class attendance is required. Four absences may result in administrative withdrawal from a class. In case of prolonged illness, the Instructor/Department Office should be notified.
2. Smoking, food and drinks are NOT allowed in the lecture room or the lab.
3. Missing lecture tests/quizzes: There will be no make up test or quizzes given. If you miss a test, your final will count more by the equivalent of the test. If you miss a quiz you will get no credit for it.
4. Missing lab practical exam: Regardless of reasons, NO MAKE UP EXAM without a doctors signed statement say that you were ill. The student may make arrangement with the Instructor for the make up lab practical exam before the end of the semester. Missing more than one lab practical exams will result in "F" grade and no make up exams will be allowed.
5. Take-home or open-book exams are never given.
6. Lab exercise and lab reports: Although students sometimes work in groups, individual active participation is expected. Original Lab reports must be completed by each student and turned-in at the time on the next lab. Lab reports are not graded, you will get a + or 0, which means you got credit or no credit. If you get all credits, 4 points will be added to your total overall score for the coarse.
7. Important: If you miss the last exam or the final, a grade of I (incomplete) will be given and you then have until the end of the next semester to make it up or the grade will be changed to F.
8. Laboratory safety rules and regulations must be followed during all lab sessions. Students are responsible for their own personal safety. These rules and regulations can be found in the lab Manuel.
9. All cellular telephones, beepers, and other electronic devices must be set in silent mode during lecture and lab sessions. Any earphone devices must be removed from the ear and placed in the purse, pocket, or backpack.
10. Cheating: Students will receive a letter grade of "F" for the course.
11. STUDENT CONDUCT: Students are expected to conduct them selves on campus and in the classroom in accordance to the rules for Student Conduct published in the Student Handbook. If you do not have one of these, go to the office of the college and pick one up and read it and fallow its rules and regulations.
Student Evaluation: Two Lecture Exams @ 100 points Total 200 points
Two Lab Exams @ 100 points Total 200 points
Final Exam. @ 100 points Total 100 points
ALL TESTS MUST BE TAKEN. NO TEST GRADE IS DROPPED.
Grading formula: A = 90 - 100%, B = 80 - 89%, C = 70 -79%, D = 60 - 69%, F = Below 60%
ADA: If the student has or thinks he or she has a disability which is covered
under the American Disabilities Act. He or she should go to the Disability Services
Office at the respective college. Any student with a documented disability
(e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to
arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office
at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability
Support Services Office.
Repeats: Students who repeat a course a third or more times will face a tuition/fee
increases at HCCS of $50.00 per semester hour. In 2007, the state of Texas passed a
Law limiting new students to no more than six (6) total course withdrawals througout
their academic career in obtaining a baccalaureate degree.
If you are considering course withdrawal because you are not earning passing
grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as possible about your
study habit, reading and writing homework, test-taking sillls, atendance, course
participation and opportunites for tutoring or other assistance that might be available.
General Information:
1. Some laboratory sessions may also be used for lectures or examination purposes.
The day/dates are tentative and may be changed, if necessary.
2. The students are responsible for the entire course content regardless of the
material covered in the class.
3. Quizzes may be given without prior notice.
4. Tests and Scantrons must be returned to the instructor.
5. Test scores will be given to you as soon a possible, most times the next class
period. Final grades are posted on the web.
6. All lecture and lab exams must be taken during the regular class period.
7. Exams may be of any type, multiple choice, matching, labeling, or essay.
All written material must be legible, neat and as grammatically correct as possible.
8. It is NOT the Instructor's responsibility to drop a student from the course.
Tentative lecture/lab schedule
WEEK 1
Introduction and overview of course.
Chapter 1: An introduction to human body.
Chapter 2: The chemical level of organization. (not lectured on)
Chapter 3: The cellular level of organization. (not lectured on)
Chapter 4: Genetics and cellular function. (not lectured on)
Chapter 5: The tissue level of organization.
Lab 1: The microscope and its uses.
Lab 2: Anatomic terminology.
Lab 3: Cellular reproduction - Mitosis.
WEEK 2
Chapter 6: The integumentary system.
Lab 4: Tissues
Lab 5: The integumentary system
WEEK 3
FIRST LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 1 - 6)
WEEK 4
Chapter 7: Bone tissue.
Chapter 8: The skeletal system: The axial skeleton.
Lab 6: The human skeletal system.
WEEK 5
Chapter 8: appendicular skeleton
Lab 7: Articulations.
WEEK 6
Chapter 9: Articulations.
Chapter 10: Muscle tissue.
Chapter 11: The muscular system.
Lab 8: The human skeletal muscle system.
Lab. 9: Cat muscle dissection.
WEEK 7
LAB EXAM #1 SKELTAL
WEEK 8
SECOND LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 7 -11)
WEEK 9
Chapter 12: The nervous tissue.
Chapter 14: The brain and cranial nerves.
Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection
WEEK 10
Chapter 13: The spinal cord and spinal nerves.
Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection
WEEK 11
Chapter 16: Sensory, Motor and Integrative systems.
Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection
WEEK 12
LAB EXAM. #2 MUSCULES
WEEK 13
Chapter 15: The autonomic nervous system.
Lab 10: The brain and spinal cord (only brain).
WEEK 14
Chapter 16: The special senses.
Lab 11: Human reflexes.
Lab 12: Sensory perceptions.
WEEK 15
Review and catch-up.
WEEK 16
(COMPREHENSIVE) EXAM. (Ch. 1 - 16)
December 8, 2008 11:00 - 1:00 pm Two hours only for test
Important dates
HOLIDAYS: September 1, 2008
November 27-30, 2008
Last day to drop 4:30 p.m. November 6, 2008
Instruction ends December 7, 2008
THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE SYLABUS AT ANY TIME.
