HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Biology 2010 - 12

Spring 2008 - Syllabus

Instructor: James F. Thompson, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)

Office Hours: 10:10 -11:05 AM M - W - F, and By Appointment

Office: Sundquist SC B210 Phone: 931-221-6286

E-mail: thompsonj@apsu.edu

Class Periods:

Lectures: Tuesdays & Thursday, 2:20 to 3:45 PM, Sundquist SC E208


Credit Hours: Biology 2010 (lecture) = 3, Biology 2011 (lab) = 1.  You may register for lecture without registering for lab and vice versa, but if this is the first time you are taking the course we strongly recommend you register for both.


Course Description: Designed for students in health and human performance, psychology, nursing, and allied health programs.  Structure and function of the human body with emphasis on cellular structure and function, tissues, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and endocrine systems.


Please ask questions whenever you have any problems with the material of the course. If you need extra help or have a question outside of class, please send an E-mail or make a phone call or an appointment.


Information that is not in the text or lab manuals may be introduced in class for which students will be responsible on exams.  Laboratory instruction may include material that augments lecture which is not explicitly required by your lecture instructor.


Attendance: Required for all lecture and laboratory sessions. Punctuality will be appreciated. Any material missed will be the responsibility of the student. It is the responsibility of the student to report absences and the reasons for any absences, before the fact when possible, when they occur.  No one may be present in the classroom or lab who is not enrolled in the course. 

Academic and Classroom Misconduct:  Students are expected to conduct themselves appropriately at all times.  Academic and classroom misconduct will not be tolerated.  Students must read the Code of Student Conduct in the new Student Handbook for an understanding of what will be expected of them within the academic setting.


Electronic Devices: All beepers, cell phones, and other outside communication devices MUST be turned to silent or to off during class.  Their intrusion and use during class are disruptive to the conduct of the lecture and to the learning process for your fellow students.  You may have a laptop computer in class, but if so, it may only be used for purposes associated with the course.  No other computing activities are permitted.


Students with Disabilities: Any student who has a condition that may affect his/her academic performance is encouraged to make an appointment with me to discuss the matter, or you may contact Disability Services; telephone 221-6230 or (V/TTY) 221-6278.

Policy on Minors on Campus:  According to APSU policy #3:032, minors (defined as any non-student under the age of 18) accompanying staff, faculty, students or visitors are not permitted in classrooms.  While I recognize that extenuating circumstances occur and make it difficult for some students to attend without bringing children with them on occasion, I must enforce University policy and thus will deny any request for a child in my classroom.  You should also be aware that minors are not allowed in academic labs, computer labs, science labs, or the library.  Further, children cannot be left in halls outside classrooms. Please be aware that the policy on unattended minors is for the purpose of ensuring that our classrooms are conducive to learning and for the safety and protection of minors.  For additional information on minors on campus, contact the Office of Student Affairs in the Morgan University Center.


Textbooks

Required Texts: Marieb, E. N. 2007. Human Anatomy and Physiology, 7th ed. Benjamin/ Cummins Publishing Company, Inc.

Marieb, E. N. 2002. Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual, Cat Version, 8th ed./Update Benjamin/Cummins Publishing Company, Inc.


Note: Copies of the text and lab manual may be purchased "bundled" with a package of computer software, Interactive Physiology, that provides an excellent tutorial to several of the body systems covered in the course.  Students are encouraged to purchase this option because of its great economic and learning value.


Optional Texts: Marieb: E. N. Human Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide; Van De Graaff, K.M. and Crawley, J. L. A Photographic Atlas for the Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory; Eroschenko, V. P. Difiore's Atlas of Histology; Rust, T. G. A Guide to the Anatomy and Physiology Lab and A Photographic Atlas of Histology, M.J. Leboffe.


Course Objectives/Goals


1. To learn basic human anatomy and physiology in preparation for careers in various health professions.

2. To provide clinical material required for predicting and understanding problems which arise when normal anatomy and physiology fail.

3. To present and identify the concept of health and wellness.

4. To stimulate skills of inquiry and logical thinking.

5. To develop literacy in writing, reading, listening, and arithmetic skills.

6. To understand the scientific method.


Computer Assisted Learning

The Human Anatomy and Physiology courses at APSU provide computers and numerous computer based tools to help students learn the central concepts of this discipline.  You will find additional course review material and useful links elsewhere on Dr. Thompson's, Dr. Taylor's, Dr. Schillers', and Dr. Pitts'  web site. 

Dr. Taylor's A&P web page provides links used in Dr. Taylor's lectures and labs.  I urge you to explore those links. 

In addition, compact discs are included in the purchase of your textbook (Study Partner) and lab manual (PhysioEx) that provide useful study material (such as practice quizzes, computer simulations, etc.).  The software programs A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy and Practice Practical are also available for use in the A&P labs.  The textbook may be purchased bundled with the A.D.A.M. Interactive Physiology CD package which provides an excellent coverage of some of the most difficult concepts in the subject. 

All of the computer software purchased for A&P may be run on computers in the A&P labs during open lab times. See the schedule of open labs on the bulletin board between SSC C105 and SSC C108.

You should have received a packet called MyA&P bundled with the purchase of a new textbook.  It contains Your access code to the publisher's web site that allows you to access many study tools on-line such as Interactive Physiology, quizzes, reviews, case studies, etc.  Students often find these resources to be helpful.  Follow the log-on instructions under the Anatomy and Physiology Place in your book to log-on, or click on this link: www.anatomyandphysiology.com, and follow instructions 3-10 in your book.

Tutoring

Free tutoring is available for all students for a variety of classes including Human Anatomy & Physiology in the Academic Support Center, ( http://www.apsu.edu/academic_support/ ) - Marks Building,  Room 122 and phone 931-221-6553. Call to check tutoring schedules. Some students may also meet eligibility requirements to receive academic assistance from Student Support Services. For more information contact: Student Support Services Program, Ellington, Room 337, (931) 221-6142.

Grading

A mid-term grade will be reported for all students enrolled in lecture and in lab.  The mid-term grade awarded may not be based on 50% of the course requirements and may or may not differ from the final grade.  Your mid-term grade will be posted on AP Web.

Grading Scale: A = or > 90%, B = or  > 80%, C = or > 70%, D = or > 60%, F = < 60%

Lecture Grade = numerical average of 5 exams

(Note: Exams will include approximately 10% additional "bonus points.")

All regular scheudled lecture exam dates are listed in this syllabus. 

Make-up exams will be permitted for only those students with excused absences. It is the student's obligation to arrange for make-up exams within 48 hours. Make-up exams will not receive the benefit of bonus points. Part of your obligation in this course is "to be prepared" to take the exam on the assigned day. Absence from an exam must be covered by appropriate documentation or it will be counted as unexcused. It is the student's responsibility to complete the appropriate paperwork to obtain excused absence status. Failure "to be prepared" is not a valid excuse.

The student is expected to have read the material assigned before coming to each class session. Then following the class session one should re-read the material and coordinate it with the notes. A short, unscheduled, quiz may be given during any class period.

Withdrawals will be handled in the manner outlined in the APSU Undergraduate Bulletin.

Contact your lab instructor for more information about lab.  2011 Labs do not meet in the first week of spring classes.

Laboratory rules:

1)  Consuming food or drinks in the labs is prohibited.

2)  Dispose of all contaminated or dangerous materials in the appropriate safety disposal containers. The red biohazard containers and the sharps containers (red or clear) around the labs are not for disposal of ordinary trash.

3)   The lab printing facilities are only to print the Anatomy and Physiology laboratory guides and assignments. Printing lecture or lab slides in the laboratories is not allowed.

Each Student is Expected to Read the Assignment in the Text Before it is Presented in Class.

Biology 2010-12 Lecture Schedule, Spring 2008

Tuesday - Thursday  2:20 - 3:45 PM

Date     Topic                                                                                           Chapter to Read

1/15      Introduction to the Course & The Human Body: An Orientation              1

1/17      Chemistry Comes Alive                                                                              2

1/22      Continue: Chemistry

1/24      Cells: The Living Units                                                                                3

1/29       Tissue: The Living Fabric                                                                          4

1/31      The Integumentary System                                                                         5

2/05      Bones and Skeletal Tissues                                                                       6

2/07      Exam 1: Chapters 1 through 4

2/12      Continue:  Bones and Skeletal Tissues

2/14      The Skeleton/Joints                                                                                   7, 8

2/19    Muscles and Muscle Tissue                                                                         9

2/21    Continue Muscles and Muscle Tissue

2/26   Continue Muscles and Muscle Tissue

2/28    The Muscular System                                                                                  10

3/04    *** Spring Break - No Class ***

3/06    *** Spring Break - No Class ***

3/11   Exam 2: Chapters 5 through 8

3/13    Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue                    11

3/18    Continue Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue

3/20    The Central Nervous System: The Brain                                                   12

3/21    Good Friday - No Class

3/25    Continue The Central Nervous System: The Brain       

3/27    Exam 3: Chapters 9 through 11

4/01   The Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord                                        12

4/03    The Peripheral Nervous System                                                                13

4/08    The Autonomic Nervous System                                                                14

4/10    Exam 4: Chapters 12, 13 and 15

4/15    The Special Senses                                                                                    15

4/17    The Endocrine System                                                                                16

4/22    Continue The Endocrine System

4/24    No Classes:  Study Day

4/25   Exam 5: Chapters 14 and 16 -- 1:30 - 3:30 PM (Friday, 1st Day  of Finals Week)

[Note:  The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.]

Biology 2011 Laboratory Schedule, Spring 2008

Dr. Thompson is not teaching any 2011 labs during Spring Semester 2008.  Refer to your lab instructor's lab syllabus within APSU Desire to Learn (D2L).

Remember that you have access to printing at all university computer labs.  You may also print Lab Guides in the Human A&P labs, C105, C108, & B223.  However, you are not to use the computers in the Human A&P labs, C105, C108, & B223 to print anything unrelated to Human A&P labs.  This means you may not print Human A&P lecture Power Point presentations in the Human A&P labs, C105, C108, & B223 because the laboratory budget does not cover that type of expense (use of paper and ink cartridges). 

The End

Last Updated:  January 9, 2008.