BIO 250 - HUMAN ANATOMY Fall 2004

INSTRUCTOR:                            Dr. Dodenhoff LAB INSTRUCTOR: Dr. McBride

OFFICE:                                        Sci I – 213 OFFICE:    Sci I – 126                   

OFFICE HOURS:                         MW   1:30-3:30 p.m OFFICE HOURS: To be Announced

T 1:00 pm.-2:00 p.m.

                                                       (or by appointment)  

OFFICE TELEPHONE:               664-2225 OFFICE TELEPHONE:   664-3025

EMAIL: ddodenhoff@csub.edu EMAIL: tmcbride@csub.edu

Course website: http://www.csub.edu/~ddodenhoff/anatomy/anatomy.html

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES:

Optional kit supplies:

1- plastic carry case:

1- screw lock scalpel with replacement blades

Waters, John. 2004. Virtual Anatomy Dissection Review CD. McGraw-Hill. version 2

ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend all lectures and laboratories in this class.   Students are not allowed to leave lecture early, except for emergencies [please do not consider lecture as a seminar that you can freely walk in and out of, the disruptions are inconsiderate to the students remaining in lecture]. There are no points given for attending class, however there is a lot of information contained in the text and laboratory assignments, so a lack of attendance will increase your workload. Students are responsible for knowing the material for each exam, therefore no information missed during lectures and labs that clarify the material that will be emphasized during the course will not be repeated or made available electronically. Laboratory is your chance for a "hands on" experience, which cannot be duplicated by reading the text or laboratory manual. The laboratory practical exams will utilize models and specimens, not the color photographs in the textbook. You may not bring food, beverages, or children to lectures or the laboratory. If you converse during lecture, you will be asked to leave the lecture. Turn off all cell phones during lab and lecture; if your use your cell phone during a lecture or lab the instructor will ask you to leave the class [if you have a job or a circumstance that requires your cell phone to be on during class you must provide the instructor with proof of this requirement]. Cell phones or any other electronic devices are not allowed to used during exams; no exceptions without the instructors permission. Any conversation between students or use of electronic devices during an exam will be considered academic misconduct and handled according the rules outlined in the university catalog. Students with disabilities, who need special accommodations to participate fully in the class, please see me to discuss your needs.

EVALUATION: Both lecture (except the lecture final) and laboratory examinations will be given in the laboratory [Sci I -208].   All tests are to be taken on the scheduled date and during your registered lab section. You may NOT leave the room during an examination. Accurate spelling is an integral part of this course.   Excessive misspelling will result in loss of credit. Rules for the Laboratory: 1. Slides, books, model, bones, specimens, and microscopes may not be taken out of the laboratory [Please do not even ask……the office of campus security can open the lab for review on weekends]. 2. Treat all models, skeletons, slides and equipment with care and respect. Clean your hands before use to remove oil and dirt. Please do not use pencils and pens as pointers [there are wood sticks available in the lab to use as pointers for the bones and foramen]. 3. Each student must participate in dissections. Anatomy is not a spectator sport. Each student should bring their own dissecting tools to the laboratory [There are laboratory course points that require all students complete their dissections]. 4. There is a lab fee to cover the expense of the cats used for laboratory instruction. Two students are required to share a cat. 5. Dissections can be messy. Please maintain a neat and clean lab…this includes the counters and sink area, as well as the table used for dissection. 6. Lecture and Laboratory material are closely related. Do not ignore lecture material in the laboratory, nor vice versa. Please bring both your laboratory manual and textbook to all laboratory meetings. 7. An incomplete grade and make-up exams will not be given because of the difficulty in setting up practical examinations. 8. Exams may be submitted to correct errors in grading. A written explanation of the problem must accompany the exam copy no later than one week following the day the exams are returned.

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND COMPUTER DOWNLOADS:

The course assignments are voluntary and are only included to aid in learning the course information. [if you do not complete the assignments then it is up to you, as the student, to determine another productive method of learning the course information]. The computer downloads will include the lists of anatomical structures and lab activity worksheets. You are not required to print out the handouts for the course; however, you will be responsible for identifying the anatomical structures in bold print on all of the lists and knowing the information about those structures covered in the handouts. All of this information is contained in the textbook, but it requires more time to learn without the guidance of the worksheets provided. These worksheets will be posted on WEBCT at least one lab prior to lab covering the information. All worksheets will be posted on the WEBCT Lab materials link. Due to possible access difficulties the handouts for the first week of lab [lab 1 and 2] will be provided in the lab; after the first week all handouts must be downloaded before coming to lab, no handouts will be provided in lab after the first week. The exception to this rule will be lists of the terms required which will always be available in the lab [these lists of terms will not contain the worksheet questions]. Since I anticipate difficulties in accessing WEBCT for the first two weeks; if you are not able to login to WEBCT the handouts for weeks 1 and 2 are also posted on the course website at: http://www.csub.edu/~ddodenhoff/anatomy/anatomy.html

ACCESSING WEBCT: webct can be accessed from two websites- the main university page at http://www.csub.edu and use the webct icon or directly at http://www.csub.edu/webct/. Read the directions about how to login. Your login is not necessarily the first letter of your first name and your last name, the correct login is your email address without the @runner.csub.edu…..therefore if your runner email is anderson2@runner.csub.edu then your login is anderson2. If you unable to login and use your password and you have not used webct before please go to the course website and fill out a “I unable access webct” form and email or bring the form to lab or lecture to fix the problem. The worksheets and information available on webct is not required to be completed for your grade assessment in Bio 250, all materials are provided as study aids for the course content. Therefore it is the student’s obligation to learn how to effective use WEBCT. In addition, it is the student’s obligation to inform the instructor of difficulties accessing the information in a timely manner [I will not be able to solve access problems the day before an exam…most accessing problems require 1-2 days for Information and Technology Services to solve].

Grading Scale:
A = 92-100%	C^+ = 76-79 %
A^- = 90-91%	C = 73-75%
B^+ = 86-89%	C^- = 70-72%
B = 83-85%	D = 60-69%
B^- = 80-82%	F < 60%

Exams will NOT be curved. Instead, if the class average on an exam is below 65%, a "curve assignment" will be given [and available only on WEBCT] targeting the area(s) of the exam with the lowest class-wide performance. This extra work will be added to each individual's exam grade. Keep in mind that if you perform well on the exam (as a class), you will not receive extra work. This policy does not apply to the final. Lab exam material should not be curved, therefore any lab practical topics included in any curve assignment will be included on the final practical, which will not be curved or scale adjusted.

Bio 250 Course Schedule Fall 2004

	Lecture Mon	Lab Tues	Lecture Wed	Lab Thurs
week 1 9/14	Holiday	Worksheet I – Axial skeleton	Introduction /learning and memory	Worksheet II – Appendicular skeleton
week 2 9/20	Cells and molecules: Ch 1 & 2	Worksheet III - Tissues	Tissues : Ch 3	Worksheet IV - Joints
week 3 9/27	Skeletal system bones Ch 6	Worksheet V-Muscles [leg, thigh & hip]	Skeletal System –joints Chapter 9	Exam I
week 4 10/4	Muscular system- Ch 11	Worksheet VI – Muscles thoracic, arm, shoulder, & back	Muscle tissue Ch 10 & surface anatomy Ch 12	Worksheet VII- Muscles head and neck
week 5 10/11	Muscular system Ch 11 & Surface anatomy Ch 12	Muscles Review	Muscular system continued	Worksheet VIII – Respiratory & Digestive systems
week 6 10/18	Respiratory and Digestive systems (Ch 24 &25)	Exam II	Heart and Circulatory system –Ch (13 14 & 15)	Worksheet IX- Heart and Superior circulation
week 7 10/25	Lymphatic and immune system - Ch 18	Worksheet X – Inferior circulation- and lymphatic	Urinary system – Ch 26	Worksheet XI – Urinary and Reproductive system
week 8 11/1	The Brain and autonomic nervous system Ch 19 & 20	Worksheet XII – Nervous system	Special and Somatic senses- Ch 21 & 22	Exam III
week 9 11/8	Endocrine system Ch 23	Worksheet XII – Eye and Ear structures	Reproductive system Ch 27	Holiday
week 10 11/15	Reproductive Ch 27 cont	Worksheet XIII - Development	Development Ch 4	Worksheet XIII – Development cont.
week 11 11/22	Development Ch 4 cont.	Lab Final Exam	Reading Day	Holiday
11/29-12/1 Finals			12-1-04 Lecture Final Exam [DDH –102GJ] 11:00am – 1:30pm

This schedule is tentative and subject to change during the quarter. The topics are in an order that will allow you have a chance to read the chapters before attending lecture. Refer to the WEBCT calendar for any changes in the schedule. Exam dates are not subject to change, check WEBCT Exam topics for the material that will be covered for each exam. Exams are administered during your assigned lab sections: you must obtain permission from the lab instructor to attend another lab section exam. If you miss your assigned exam section and the section in which you plan to take the exam is full, then you must find and attend a different non-filled lab section to take the exam. Due to the practical set-up for the exams, there are no make-up exams.

Course Description and Objectives Fall 2004

BIOL 250 Human Anatomy (5) Major structures of the human body with an emphasis on the integration of histology and gross anatomy of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive and endocrine systems. Not acceptable for the major or minor. Three hours lecture and six hours laboratory.

Course Description
Human Anatomy is a sophomore level, pre-professional lecture/lab course that provides an introduction to histology (the study of tissues) and human gross anatomy (study of organs and organ systems), with an emphasis on laboratory experience.  Cat dissection, along with other animal organs, will be used to supplement your study of human anatomy with models.  The overall goal is to provide you with the base of knowledge necessary for further education in health-related fields. This course is designed for non-Biology majors and is not applicable to Biology majors, nor does it satisfy general education requirements.

Course Objectives: upon completion this course, a student should be able to:

· Describe and apply anatomical terminology.

· Describe multicellular organization.

· Identify and describe the structure of the major tissue types, and outline their functions.

· Describe the structure and function of the Integumentary system.

· Identify the structures and describe the functions of the skeletal system.

· Identify the structures and describe the functions of the muscular system.

· Identify the structures and describe the general functions of the nervous system.

· Identify the structures, locations, and regulation of the body’s various endocrine cells and glands.

· Identify the structures and describe the functions of the cardiovascular system.

· Identify the structures and describe the functions of the lymphatic system.

· Identify the structures of the respiratory system and how these structures are involved in breathing.

· Identify the structures of the digestive system.

· Identify the structures of the urinary system.

· Identify the structures and functions of the male and female reproductive systems.

· Describe the various stages of embryonic and fetal development.

Course workload expectations: this course uses written and practical examination as the method of assessing student understanding of the course material. However, there are additional workload requirements that are expected of students to successfully complete and demonstrate understanding the course material.

· Manage your time well. You should expect to devote 2--3 hours of study per week for each hour spent in class, which calculates to approximately 14-20 hours/ week. Although there are no point value assignments for the class you are expected to study the course material even if assignments are not explicitly given.

· Missing a lecture or lab. DON’T! There is simply too much material covered too rapidly to catch up if you get behind. Skipping class and relying on the web-posted notes is a guaranteed recipe for failure. If you miss a lab, get in there and cover the material before the next scheduled session.

· Keep up by studying regularly. This is not the kind of course that you can survive by waiting until the week before an exam to study. You must drill on the material as it is presented. Your nervous system will simply overheat and shut down (perhaps not an anatomically nor physiologically correct explanation) if you try to learn it all the day or two before an exam. 

· Practice! Practice! Practice!  After learning your notes, put yourself in a test situation by answering each chapter’s review questions, the text’s website chapter quizzes, and my sample exams (posted on my website). For lab, force yourself to study in the lab room several times a week over the actual lab materials. Set up sample practical exams with a classmate to quiz yourself.

· If you’re having difficulty, get help early. My job is to help you learn anatomy. The sooner you seek help, the more options we have to improve your learning.