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HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II BIOLOGY 205 Fall 2003 TAKOMA PARK CAMPUS OF MONTGOMERY COLLEGE Department of Biology Karen Benn Marshall, Associate
Professor Section 23233 lectures are on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:20 p.m. Section 20315 lectures are on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. Course Description: As described in the Montgomery College Catalog, this course provides the student with a detailed study of the structure and function of the body, including digestion and metabolism, respiratory system, circulatory system and immunity, excretory system and body fluids, reproductive system, human development and the endocrine system. General Course Information and Specific Outcomes Course Prerequisite/Corequisite: To be enrolled in Human Anatomy and Physiology II (BI 205), you must have previously completed four credits of college biology. BI 204 is strongly recommended. If you participated in the American English Language Program, you must have previously completed EL 104. Within the guidelines of Montgomery College's Academic Regulation 9.65, Professor Marshall will drop students from the course who are unable to provide evidence that they meet these prerequisites. Course Objectives: The Human Anatomy and Physiology student will be able to identify all assigned body parts and explain their physiological mechanisms. The student will be able to explain how life is maintained by integrating the body's structural design with its function. The student will be able to apply the information provided by this course to analyze and explain new situations involving the human body. Specific learning objectives for each chapter will be given to you in individual chapter packets. The lecture sequence will generally follow the sequence of the listed objectives. The lecture and laboratory practicals will focus on the objectives covered in lecture and lab, respectively. Texts: REQUIRED BOOKS (Author: Elaine Marieb) RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS The Visual Dictionary of the Human Body (Author: Dorling Kindersley) A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Student Package, 2nd edition Software: We will use A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy and Physiology during in-class labs. The software is also available in the Math-Science Learning Center in Science North and the Student Technology Center on Fenton Street. Classroom Policies: Attendance: Full attendance in class is essential for mastering course materials. In general, you will earn better exam scores with consistent attendance. Announcements, handouts, and lectures are provided only once. Professor Marshall assumes you will be in class whenever she distributes any form of information. If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain notes and handouts from classmates. Lab activities may be made up in another lab section, if materials for the activity are still available. If you are late to lecture, please be courteous to the rest of the class by quietly and discretely settling into a desk in the back of the room. It is your responsibility to withdraw from class. If you stop attending class, yet fail to complete all necessary paperwork to remove your name from the class roster, you will receive a grade of "F" for the semester. Lecture Behavior: Each and every student is expected to behave in ways that promote a teaching and learning atmosphere. Students have the right to learn; however, they do not have the right to interfere with the freedom of the faculty to teach or the rights of other students to learn. Students will be treated respectfully in return for respectful behavior. All in-class discussions should be carried out in a way that keeps the classroom environment respectful of the rights of others. For example, students should not interrupt someone else who is talking regardless of whether that person is the instructor or another student. Students should not monopolize class time by repeatedly interrupting and asking questions in a manner that hinders the learning process of others. Students are also expected to conduct themselves in ways which create a safe learning and teaching environment that is free from such things as violence, intimidation, and harassment, including sexual harassment. In addition, please silence pagers and cell phones in the classroom and lab. The ringing of electronic devices is disruptive to the academic program. *Please make sure that you obtain and read a copy of the current Student Handbook. In addition, you must obtain a correct copy of the current Student Code of Conduct which can only be accessed through the College Home Page at www.montgomerycollege.com. Students are expected to abide by this Code of Conduct. Lab Behavior: Your lab time is very limited. To complete the labs in the allotted time, you will need to recognize, before coming to lab, the required anatomical structures on the diagrams in the assigned chapter and assigned lab manual activity. Homework should be done at home! For health and cleanliness reasons, there will be no eating, drinking or chewing gum in the lab. You may bring food and beverage containers with you into the lab as long as they stay sealed within the lab room. You are expected to clean up after yourself following lab activities. This means that you must, for example, return models to their correct counters, return prepared slides to their specific slide trays, and wash and dry dissecting tools and then return them to their assigned bins. Auditing: The course instructor will provide students auditing the course with specific course requirements. Support Services: The Math-Science Learning Center, located in SN101 and the Student Technology Center, located at 8561 Fenton Street, Suite 210, have reinforcement materials to support the course, including videos and computer programs. The phone number for the Math-Science Learning Center is 650-1427 and 650-1657 for the Student Technology Center. All computer activities done in class can also be accessed in the Math-Science Learning Center and the Student Technology Center. Student Disability: A student who may need an accommodation due to a disability should make an appointment to see me during my office hours. A letter from Disability Support Services (DSS) authorizing your accommodations may be needed. The DSS office is located in the Student Services Pavilion (ST133) and may be called at 650-1480. The TDD number of hearing impaired is 587-7207. Academic Dishonesty and Misconduct: Health science professionals deal with patients' lives, therefore, honesty and reliability are paramount. All students are expected to achieve their goals with academic honesty. Montgomery College and Professor Marshall are committed to imposing appropriate sanctions for breaches of academic honesty. The Student Code of Conduct in the Student Handbook includes the following on cheating: Students are expected to present their own work in all coursework and examinations. Some examples of cheating as it might occur in examinations are as follows: a.Copying the work of another student during an examination; b.Permitting another student to copy one's work during an examination; c.Using unauthorized notes, crib sheets,
additional sources of information, or other material d.Writing the answer to an exam question outside of class and submitting that answer as part of an in-class exam; e.Taking an examination for another student; f. Having an examination taken by a second party; g. Altering or falsifying examination results after they have been evaluated by the instructor and returned to the student.
Students who engage in any act adjudged by the classroom instructor to constitute academic dishonesty or misconduct are subject to any and all sanctions deemed appropriate by the classroom instructor. Grade sanctions may range from an "F" on the examination in which the dishonesty occurred to the maximum sanction of an "F" in the course. Professor Marshall also has the prerogative of referring a case to the campus Dean of Student Development with the specific request that the Dean consider imposing additional sanctions. Grading: Exam Coverage, Format and Scheduling: Specific instructional objectives will be given to you, primarily in writing, which will direct your studying for the exams. Each exam will cover both lecture and lab objectives. Most of our Anatomy and Physiology students plan careers in Medical/Allied Health fields. In the actual practice of medicine many unusual situations arise that must be quickly dealt with. At those times you may have to apply your knowledge to solve previously unencountered problems. To help you prepare for these situations you will be presented with test questions that require you to apply your knowledge, reasoning, and critical thinking to new situations. Unannounced short quizzes will occasionally be given during the first ten minutes of some lectures. Tardy students will not have additional time after the first ten minutes of lecture to complete a quiz. Exams can include objective questions (multiple choice, matching, true/false), short answer fill-ins, essays, and "practicals" covering your written identification of structures. Course exams have a time limit. Your exam must be turned in by the announced completion time or you will receive zero points, an "F", on that exam. Medical/Allied Health personnel may risk a patient's health and life if a medication, treatment, or diagnosis is altered due to spelling errors or by not correctly following directions. In order to prepare students for Medical/Allied Health careers, assigned structures must be spelled correctly on all coursework, exams and practicals or you may not receive full credit for your answer. For further reinforcement, Professor Marshall may deduct exam points if you do not follow the written and verbal instructions given to you for the exam. Occasionally, unforeseen circumstances require a change in an exam's date or coverage. If this happens, you will receive adequate warning for study purposes. Quiz and Exam Make-ups: Missed quizzes may not be made up. You are expected to take each exam at the scheduled time. When you miss an exam due to a serious and unavoidable circumstance, you may, at Professor Marshall's discretion, be permitted to take another exam. If you provide Professor Marshall with sufficient advance notice that you will unavoidably miss an exam, arrangements can possibly be made to give you the same exam at another time. If you have not made prior arrangements, you must contact me immediately upon your return following the missed exam to discuss the possibility of a make-up exam. You will NOT be permitted to make-up more than one exam. As many lab testing materials are only available to us during a scheduled time period, missed lab practicals may be replaced with structure identification questions which do not utilize the traditional lab practical format. Make-up exams will be ENTIRELY ESSAY covering assigned topics within the missed exam's unit of study. Make-up exams will need to be taken within the week of having missed an exam. However, in adverse cases, there may be some exceptions. The make-up exam will be of equivalent point value to the missed exam. Homework: Homework, in the form of "review sheets" from the lab manual, incredible journeys, and other exercises, will be assigned to help students integrate the concepts studied. Homework is to be done at home. Homework is due at the beginning of lab or the class before an exam on a unit. Each assignment completed on time is worth two - five points. No late work will be accepted. No exceptions. Class Participation: Attendance in class is essential for mastering course materials. Your participation grade is worth 10 points. Students receive all 10 points if they regularly attend class and participate in class activities. Students who have three absences will forfeit their participation grade for the semester. Course Grade: Your course letter grade will be based on the accumulated points you earned from quizzes, exams, practicals, homework and class participation. All graded exams will be given to you to review, you are required to return all graded exams before leaving the classroom. If you fail to return your exam to Professor Marshall, you will LOSE 50% of all points earned on that exam. Your course letter grade will be computed as follows: A = 90% of all possible points
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