Bio. 341: The Human Body

Spring 2005

 

Instructor:  Sandra Garver                                                           Office Hours: Mon  1-2pm,  Tues 11-12

Office: LS 225                                                                            Phone:  619-594-8027

email:   sgarver@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

                                                                                   

REQUIRED TEXT: 

                                    The Human Body: Concepts of Anatomy & Physiology; by Wingerd.

                                    Biology 341 - Lecture Note Supplement / Problem Set, by S. Garver

 

SUGGESTED MATERIAL: 

                                    Study Guide to accompany The Human Body, by Bauman  (optional)

 

COURSE OBJECTIVE: 

 

The Human Body (Bio. 341) is an upper division, non-majors, course designed to meet the G.E. Life Science requirement.  Students must be in their Junior or Senior year. 

 

The class meets for 1 hour 15 minutes two times a week (9:30 am - 10:45 am on T/Th). 

 

This course is designed to guide you through an introductory-level survey of the human body and human disease. The objectives include increasing your awareness of the structure of your body and the basic function of your body.  Successful completion of this course will improve your understanding of the human experience in health and disease, and give you insight into current advancements in medical science.  You will gain some of the intellectual tools to allow you to make enlightened and intelligent decisions about maintaining your own health or the health of your loved ones.

 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

 

EXAMS

There will be four (4) Unit Exams and one (1) Comprehensive Final.  Each exam (including the final) is weighted equally at 100 points.  Your course grade will be based on your four(4) BEST exam scores.  Thus, your lowest exam score will be dropped from your course total average.  If you are satisfied with your grade after completion of the first four exams, you may elect NOT to take the final exam.  School policy dictates that you must still attend class.

              

There Are No Makeup Exams!

If you miss one exam, it will become the exam you drop (even for illness).  If you miss more than one exam, you will receive a ZERO for each additional exam missed.  The exam schedule is flexible and may be changed at my discretion.  Please note that it is YOUR responsibility to find out if, and when, exam dates have been changed from the schedule. 

 

ØØØØ    If you arrive to an exam LATE, after the first person has finished the exam and left the room, you will NOT be allowed to take the exam.      ××××

 

LAB EXPERIENCE

There will be a one time optional “Lab Experience” opportunity that will be worth 25 bonus points.  This will allow each student to experience a lab setting for anatomy and physiology.  It will include a cadaver and cat  “tour”, as well as microscope use, lung machine demonstration, dissected brains, etc.  The date of the “Lab Experience” will be listed in the “Human Body Class Schedule” received on the first day of class.  Various times are offered…PLAN AHEAD!

 

LECTURES

Class meetings will be designed on the basis of a standard lecture format.  You will be expected to take complete notes, although a basic format of notes is available in the class “Lecture Note Supplement / Problem Set” that you may purchase.  Since exam questions will be selected from emphasized topics in the lecture, I urge you to attend all class meetings. 

 

The Problem Set is a set of basic questions that could be asked about that day's lecture.  Most Problem Sets will not have direct questions from the exam.  They will, however, contain general questions to help you study for the exams.  These Problem Sets are meant to enhance lectures, NOT replace lectures.  Make sure you stay for the entire lecture!

 

For optimal learning, it is best if you read and review assigned readings from the text prior to class meetings.  As you do so, jot down any concepts you do not understand; questions are welcome during lectures as long as time permits and as long as they are relevant to the topic.  

 

 

 

GRADING:

All Grades are posted outside LS-225 (North Life Science Building.)  Your final grade will be based on the points of your four(4) highest exam scores, AND 25 points from the “Lab Experience”.  A total of 425 points are possible.  The final grade scale is as follows:

 

                                                 100.00% - 84.45%  =   A

                                                   84.44% - 74.45%  =   B

                                                   74.44% - 64.45%  =   C

                                                   64.44% - 54.45%  =   D

                                                   54.44% and below is an F.

 

* plus grades are given if your score is within 2% of next highest grade*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biology 341 – The Human Body 

Course Calendar Spring 2005

T/Th 9:30 - 10:45 in HH-221

 

DATE             DAY                    TOPICS                                                             CHAPTER

 

1/25                 Tues                     Introduction; Body Organization                                    1

1/27                 Thurs                    Homeostasis; Nature of Disease                                    1

2/1                   Tues                     Chemical Basis of Life                                                  2

2/3                   Thurs                    Cells                                                                             3

2/8                   Tues                     Tissues                                                                         4

2/10                 Thurs                    Cancer                                                 Lec/sup

2/15                 Tues                     Integumentary System                                                   6

2/17                 Thurs                   ¨  EXAM  #1  ¨                                                       ¨

2/22                 Tues                     Skeletal System                                                            7

2/24                 Thurs                    Muscular System                                                          8

3/1                   Tues                     Muscular System,                                                         8

3/3                   Thurs                    Nervous System                                                           9

3/8                   Tues                     Nervous System, Intro to Special Senses                      9, 10

3/10                 Thurs                    Special Senses                                                              10

3/15                 Tues                     ¨  EXAM #2  ¨                                                         ¨

3/17                 Thurs                    Endocrine System                                                         11

3/22                 Tues                     The Blood                                                                    12

3/24                 Thurs                    Cardiovascular System I                                               13

 

                        Mar 28 – April 1    Spring Break – No Classes

 

4/5                   Tues                     Cardiovascular System II                                              13

4/7                   Thurs                    Lymphatic System, Immunity                                         14

4/12                 Tues                     AIDS / STDs       (Guest Speaker)                              14

4/14                 Thurs                   ¨  EXAM #3  ¨                                                         ¨

4/19                 Tues                     Respiratory System                                                       15

4/21                 Thurs *                No Class (see Friday lab)

4/22                 *Friday               Human Body Lab (9:00 am or 10:00 am)    Life Science North 223

4/26                 Tues                     Digestive System                                                          16

4/28                 Thurs                    Urinary System                                                             18

5/3                   Tues                     Reproductive System (male)                                         19

5/5                   Thurs                    Reproductive System (female)                                      19

5/10                 Tues                    ¨  EXAM #4  ¨                                                         ¨

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5/17                 Tues                    FINAL EXAM  (cumulative) : 10:30am -12:30 pm in HH-221 

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POLICY ON CHEATING:   Cheating includes (but is not limited to):

•  The receiving of any specific information about a specific exam or quiz prior to you taking it.        

•  The giving of any specific information about a specific exam or quiz prior to someone else taking it.

•  Using any unauthorized information during an exam.  Don’t look at a neighbor’s exam or quiz, don’t write on yourself or any part of your

                clothing,  don't use cheat-sheets.

•  Plagiarism.  Submitting as your own a paper or exam that was authored by another person.

 

* CHEATING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. *

 If you are caught cheating, or I even suspect it, I will report you

to the Academic Judiciary Committee.  The penalty will be stiff - in the past,

this has meant an “F” in the course.