Biology 233    Anatomy & Physiology Ill                                                 Fall 2008

Lecture-Sylvania Campus

Instructor:  Debby Machuca, D.C.                                          Cell Phone: 503-901-9601

Office:  Internet                                                                     

Email : debra.galbamachuca@pcc.edu                                                                                                                       

Website: http://www.pcc.edu/staff/debra.galbamachuca

                http://www.theanatomyacademy.com

 

Lecture CRN    43623        Tuesday  6 pm – 8:50 pm – There are many lab sections available. You may sign up for any of the sections that fit your schedule. You MUST sign up for a lab class to complete this course.

 

Course Description:  Third of a three-term sequence course on the survey of anatomy and physiology. We will cover the respiratory, digestive, metabolism and urinary systems. Acid base balance, male and female reproductive systems, heredity and genetics. Lecture discussions will be complemented by laboratories, which involve microscopy, animal dissection, physiological exercises & computer work including on-line and CD-based exercises.

 

Course Prerequisites:  Successful completion of BIO 232 with a grade of “C” or better.

 

Required Materials:  

  1. Sylvania BI 232 Laboratory Survival Guide Packet :  

      http://spot.pcc.edu/anatomy/lab.htm  Print this packet and bring it to your first lab.

  1. Lecture:  Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, 8th Ed., by Martini
  2. Software is bundled with the Martini Text (“Interactive Physiology 10.”)  The software is very useful for study outside of lab hours.
  3. Laboratory: bring your lecture text and your Sylvania Lab Survival Guide.

 

Lecture Exams: Multiple-choice format plus some “very short answer” questions.   Approximately  two-thirds of the exam questions are related to anatomical and physiological “facts and functions.”  About one-third of the exam questions are problems in which students demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge to real-life issues in human anatomy and physiology. 

 

 

·         Laboratory Quizzes:  Each lab period lasts 3 hours.  Each week (see lab calendar details for exceptions) students will focus on a segment of the Sylvania Laboratory Survival Guide.  During the last 45 minutes of the lab period, a practice quiz is created and taken by the class.  Each student (usually working with others in the lab group) is responsible for contributing two quality questions for the practice quiz.  The question format is flexible; quizzes will be primarily fill-in the blank and “see-it, name it” identification questions, but students have invented alternated formats and you are encouraged to be creative.  When possible, the laboratory instructors will photograph each question and the photos will serve as a review for the laboratory midterms.   (Focus on the Sylvania Laboratory Survival Guide.  Participation in creating, taking, and self-grading quiz: 4 points x 7 weeks = 28 points; plus option for 4 bonus points to be awarded for perfect attendance at all 8 weekly sessions.)

 

 

Recommended (Optional) Resources:

A number of inexpensive atlases, coloring books, flashcard sets, interactive anatomy CDs, etc. are available.  I recommend looking at many, but only purchase one or two that you will use thoroughly and often.

  1. A medical dictionary is very helpful – you will most likely need one for your advanced program anyway. Find out which one your program uses.
  2. Anatomy Coloring Book-Barron’s, for the creatively minded.
  3. The publisher’s web site (See your textbook for access codes) holds an overwhelming number of resources for practicing, some of which are efficient study tools.

 

Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Statement: If you have a diagnosed disability, please notify the disability office before or immediately after your first scheduled class meeting.  After your disability has been verified, your instructor will work with you and Academic Services to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in the course.

 

 

 Academic Honesty: Students are expected to conduct themselves in an honest manner in their academic pursuits. Students are not permitted to engage in acts of academic dishonesty. When a student presents an assignment or an examination which is not the student’s own work, he or she is at violation of school policy. This includes both cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of another’s ideas or words as one’s own and/or the failure to credit accurately the ideas or words of another. Seeking a false grade is an action in opposition to the principles which the college seeks to uphold.

 

 

Quizzes and Midterms:  Quizzes are given at the beginning of class. If you are late, you will not be given extra time to take the quiz. Quizzes are always over the previous weeks lecture material unless otherwise stated. Watch your school email for announcements. Midterms will cover the material as stated on the course schedule.You will forfeit points by not taking the midterms and quizzes when they are scheduled. This could affect your grade in a negative manner. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A MAKE UP QUIZ OR EXAM YOU MUST TELL ME YOU ARE GOING TO MISS A CLASS BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF THE TERM. I may have you make up the exam or quiz in the testing center. The make up exam or quiz may not be the same as the one your classmates took. I reserve the right to have the exam or midterm be oral.

 

Study habits

It is crucial you develop good study habits. We will meet for 3 hours of class time.

It is very likely you will need to spend 2 hrs of study for every hour in class. This course covers a substantial amount of material in a short span of time.

·         You should expect to study at least some material EACH DAY. 

·         Read the assigned chapter before you come to class, so that some of the terminology and concepts will be at least a little bit familiar when we address them in lecture.

·         Attend lectures and pay attention!  If you do not understand something, please ask – you are probably not the only one who needs clarification! 

·         Take notes!  You will have the power point notes for the class, but they are an outline, not the absolute as to what you need to know.  

·         Small study groups can be very helpful, but use them wisely. If you use a study group to divvy up lab questions or otherwise divide the work, you may get the homework done faster but you are likely not to learn the material. In really good study groups, the members quiz each other, discuss things that might be confusing, and support each other.

·         Web resources offer visuals to enhance your understanding of the material, I will have many listed for the course for you to review.

 

Contact Information

 

Be sure to check this mycourses frequently. The power points posted there for each chapter make excellent study guides. They are not totally inclusive but will outline the concepts and principles you will need to know. Changes to the published schedule in terms of material covered, due dates, and maybe other interesting things will be posted there as well. Also, check your e-mail frequently. I will use the school e-mail to send messages to the entire class, or to specific individuals, and I have found this very useful. If you prefer to use another e-mail, you can divert the school email to the one you like. But make sure you are getting your mail, because the things I send out are important.

 We are here at night and the same forms of communication that work in the day may not work at night e.g. lack of staff to answer the phones. I will send out an email if I am unable to make class or feel I will be late due to weather conditions. I advice everyone to sign up for flashalert.net. This service will send a text message to your phone immediately if the school is closed for any reason.

 

Classroom etiquette

 

If you chat with classmates during class, it is very distracting to me and to other students. Our lecture room and is big, but I can hear a lot more than you might think! I don’t like to have to ask people to stop talking, but I WILL do so if I get distracted, or if I see that others students are.

 

Changes to the syllabus

 

Occasionally, for unforeseen circumstances, a change needs to be made to the syllabus, schedule or points available in the course. These are not changed without great consideration and need. The changes could come from the needs of the school (unforeseen closure due to weather, etc.), the instructor or the students as a group (not individual needs).

 

Grades:  Grades are based on earning a minimum percentage of the possible course points.  For the entire course, total possible points = 578 (178 points from lab + 400 points from lecture = 578 total course points)

 

   Note: for students who want to know their grade at some point in the term

PLEASE KEEP TRACK OF YOUR GRADE AND KEEP YOUR QUIZZES AND MIDTERMS. I’m human, I can make mistakes. Let’s work together

It is your responsibility to track the points you earn for quizzes, assignments and exams and calculate your current percentage score:  your points/points offered x 100%.

 

 A = 90% - 100%;    B = 80 % - 89 %;   C = 70% - 79%;    D = 60% - 69%;    F  = less than 60%

 

 

Important: If you fail lab, then you automatically fail the course.  That is, if you earn less than 106 out of 178 possible lab points (<59.5%), then you will not receiving a passing grade for the course even if your point total would otherwise give you a passing grade.

 

 These are the assignments and opportunities to earn the grade points. There are no other possibilities for individuals to improve their grades. Please let me know if you are struggling and need help earning the points that have been presented in the syllabus.

Tentative Lecture Schedule

Fall 2008

 

Class

 

Date

Topics

Lab Schedule

1

9/23

Class Overview                                                  

Chapter 23 – Respiratory system                                       

Respiratory system and spirometry

2

9/30

Lecture Quiz                                                        

Chapter 24 – Resp and start Digestive system                                         

Digestive system

3

10/7

Lecture Quiz    #1                                                     

Chapter 25- Digestive and start Metabolism                                                   

Digestive metabolism

4

10/14

Lecture Quiz   #2

Chapter 25 - Finish metabolism

Urinary Anatomy

 

5

10/21

Midterm

Chapter 26 - Urinary                            

LAB EXAM #1

6

10/28

Chapter 27 – Urinary and

start Fluid/Electrolytes

Urinalysis

7

11/4

Lecture Quiz    #3

Chapter 27 –finish fluid and electrolyte

Male/Female reproductive systems

8

11/11

Midterm - Comprehensive

 Chapter 28– Male reproductive system               .                

Gametogenesis

9

11/18

                     

Chapter 28 – Female reproductive system                                                                      

Embryology

10

11/25

Lecture quiz #4

Chapter 29 – Heredity

Heredity

11

12/2

Lecture Quiz    #5

Catch up

LAB FINAL

12

12/9

FINAL

 

                     

Quizzes  5 @ 15 points each (drop lowest)                  Total      60  points

Exams worth 100 points                                                Total    200  points

Final worth 100 points                                                   Total    100  points

5  points for case histories 8                                         Total       40  points

Lab grade                                                                                Total   178  points         

 

 

Total points for class -  578