2401 summer syllabus
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM - SOUTHWEST COLLEGE
Stafford Campus
BIOL 2401: Human Anatomy and Physiology I, CRN 2442 Summer I, 2006
Class Hours: 12:00 to 4:45 P.M; MTWR - Room # S103
Instructor: Vernon Wiersema
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Phone: 713/718-7771 (Campus Office); Email: vernon.wiersema@hccs.edu (this is best way to get in touch with me)
Prerequisite: 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 drop this course and go back and take Biol. 1406.
Textbook: Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
Authors: Garard Totora and Bryan Dirrickson
Wiley 11th Edition, 2006
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. Three 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 stating 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 is
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
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: The tissue level of organization.
Chapter 5: The integumentary system.
Lab 1: The microscope and its uses.
Lab 2: Anatomic terminology.
Lab 3: Cellular reproduction - Mitosis Chapter
Lab 4: Tissues
Lab 5: The integumentary system.
FIRST LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 1-5)
WEEK 2
Chapter 6: Bone tissue.
Chapter 7: The skeletal system: The axial skeleton.
Chapter 8: The skeletal system - The appendicular skeleton.
Chapter 9: Articulations
Chapter 10: Muscle tissue.
Chapter 11: The muscular system.
Lab 6: The human skeletal system.
Lab 7: Articulations.
SECOND LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 6-11)
WEEK 3
Chapter 12: The nervous tissue.
LAB EXAM #1 SKELTAL
Chapter 14: The brain and cranial nerves.
Chapter 13: The spinal cord and spinal nerves.
Lab 8: The human skeletal muscle system.
Lab. 9: Cat muscle dissection.
WEEK 4
Chapter 15: Sensory, Motor and Integrative systems.
Chapter 17: The autonomic nervous system.
Chapter 16: The special senses.
Lab 8: The human skeletal muscle system
Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection
LAB EXAM. #2 MUSCULES
Week 5
Lab 10: The brain and spinal cord (only brain).
Lab 11: Human reflexes.
Lab 12: Sensory percepstion
Review and catch-up.
Holiday July 4, 2006
Instruction ends July 6, 2006.
(COMPREHENSIVE) EXAM. (Ch. 1 - 17) July 6, 2006 (12:00-2:00 P.M.)
THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE SYLABUS AT ANY TIME. **********
