syllabus biol 2401 Stafford TR 11-2 14991

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM - SOUTHWEST COLLEGE
Stafford Campus
BIOL 2401: Human Anatomy and Physiology, CRN 14991
Fall 2007

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.  Tuesday - Room # 163
                                                           Thursday - Room # 163 

Highly recommeded:   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: Gerard Tortora, Bryan Derrickson.
                   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 the
                         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 increase 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 throughout their acadeemic career in obtaining a baccalauretae 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 honmework, test-takeing skills, attencance, course participation and opportunities for tutoring or other assistance that might be available. 

Gemeral 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.
 Lab 1: The microscope and its uses.
 Lab 2: Anatomic terminology. 
 Lab 3: Cellular reproduction - Mitosis.
 
WEEK 2

Chapter 5: The integumentary system.
 Lab 4: Tissues
 Lab 5: The integumentary system

WEEK 3 

 FIRST LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 1 - 5) 

WEEK 4 

Chapter 6: Bone tissue.
Chapter 7: The skeletal system: The axial and
                    appendicular skeleton.
 Lab 6: The human skeletal system.

WEEK 5

Chapter 8: Articulations.
 Lab 7: Articulations.

WEEK 6

Chapter 19: Muscle tissue.
Chapter 10: The muscular system.
 Lab 8: The human skeletal muscle system.
 Lab. 9: Cat muscle dissection.

WEEK 7

SECOND LECTURE EXAM (Ch. 6 - 10) 
 
WEEK 8

 LAB EXAM #1 SKELTAL

WEEK 9

Chapter 11: The nervous tissue.
Chapter 15: The brain and cranial nerves.
 Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection

WEEK 10

Chapter 12: The spinal cord and spinal nerves.
 Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection

WEEK 11

Chapter 14: Sensory, Motor and Integrative systems.
 Lab 9: Cat muscle dissection
 
WEEK 12

 LAB EXAM. #2 MUSCULES 

WEEK 13

Chapter 16: The autonomic nervous system.
 Lab 10: The brain and spinal cord (only brain).

WEEK 14 

Chapter 15: The special senses.
 Lab 11: Human reflexes.
 Lab 12: Sensory perceptions.

WEEK 15

 Review and catch-up.

Week 16
  (COMPREHENSIVE) EXAM. (Ch. 1 - 17)
December 11, 2007 (11:00 - 1:00 PM)
two hours only

Important Dates:

Holiday September 3, 2007
 Last day to drop 4:30 p.m. November 8, 2007
 Holiday: Thanksgiving November 22-25, 2007

Instruction ends December 7, 2004.
  
   

THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE SYLABUS AT ANY TIME.

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