Biology 105 – Human Biology

Course Overview and Policy / Session 2015:
Sections:
Class Location:
Days / Time :
Instructor: / Fall
60544 4 Units
838 / 2030
T Th 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM LEC
T 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM LAB
RIDDELL / Fall
64561 4 Units
838 / 2030
T Th 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM LEC
Th 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM LAB
RIDDELL

Contact

Office: 2044NVC Main Campus

Lecture & Lab:NVC St. Helena UVC 1, 3 and 7

Phone: 707 253 3190 Messages

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Course Overview / Objectives / Rational / Policy

A practical and systematic survey of human biology designed to provide the life sciences major and non-major students in a combined lecture and laboratory setting with:

General Course Objectives Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

  • Apply scientific methodology to the study of human biology, (anatomy, and physiology)
  • Apply basic principles of chemistry to human biology.
  • Describe the structure and function of cells and the processes of cell division (mitosis
  • and meiosis)
  • Identify the major microscopic and macroscopic structural features of the human body
  • Provide examples of the relationship between anatomical structures and body

Functions, includingidentification of the eleven majororgan systemsand their respective major components and functions

  • identification and understanding of the structural organization, gross function and levels of integration of the human body with regard to homeostasis
  • Describe the fundamental mechanisms of heredity and perform basic genetic calculations
  • Describe some commonly encountered pathological and genetic conditions
  • Discuss the function of the immune system in health and disease
  • Describe how factors such as age, nutrition, drugs, pollutants, injury, disease and stress can affect human health
  • Utilize the basic vocabulary common to life science and medical professionals
  • Gain a personal inspiration and basis for career selection to generalize or specialize in some area of life science, health care and/or specifically medical practice
  • Practice of cooperative and professional interaction with colleagues in developing a career subject expertise. Working constructively in teams is vital to your success in this course and in you medical career.
  • Increased analytical skills of professional life scientists
  • Greater familiarity with professions within and allied to patient care.
  • Increased intern-personal communication, digital literacy, communication and agility.

Institutional Learning Outcomes Students who receive a degree from Napa Valley College will demonstrate the following:

  • Communication & Collaboration
  • Critical Thinking & Information Competency
  • Global Awareness & Civic Responsibility
  • Personal Responsibility

Student Learning OutcomesThe students will be measured in their individual ability to:

  • Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the majororgan systems in humans.
  • Apply the principles of inquiry based scientific method to the writing of a formallaboratory report

Objectives and Outcomes Measurements

Student achievement will be measured via several reading activities in exam and quiz formats including;

Multiple-choice, matching, fill-in, questions, sentences and classification and data tables;

Identification of anatomical and physiological components of schematics, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and medical digital images;

Student achievement will be measured via several writing activities including;

Compiling, reporting and presenting compendia of anatomical, histological and molecular topics;

Internet researchand using scientific methods, performing laboratory investigations of microscopic, chemical, physiological and genetic data and reporting their findings in approximately 10 formal lab reports;

Student achievement will be measured via at least one oralpresentation activity including;

Researching, and using scientific methods, performing laboratory investigations of genetic modeling to explain processes of inheritance and micro-evolution.

Pre-requisites (Achievement of Proficiency in the following equivalent courses is Strongly recommended):
  • ENGL 100
  • MATH 94
  • CHEM 110
/ Requisite for:
  • Associate Degree in Nursing @ NVC
  • A.S. Degree in Respiratory Care @ NVC
  • A.P. Program for Licensed Vocational Nurses
  • BA / BS Degree in Life Sciences (some)

Texts, Tools, Materials and Resources:

  • Textbooks: Required

Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology 6thed., or later(est)(strongly recommended). Former or Current /other editions of A&P by Martini, Tortora, Mader, Marieb, others that are equivalent are OK.Personally, I think it is best to purchase several used(cheap) A&P books and read / reference them all. The recommended Text includes an Anatomy Atlas as well as access to Mastering A and P, (an on-line tutor and resource set, strongly recommended).

  • Laptop / Tablet Computer: Required

Operating System: MS Windows, 7, 8.1 or 10...or equivalent for MAC.

Productivity Applications: MS Office 2010, 2013 or 365.

Connectivity: WiFi enabled.

Speed: As fasssssssssssst as you can afford.

  • Memory Stick 2 GB Essential…routinely back it up on a secure server, like GoogleTM Drop Box.
  • Smart Phone with a good camera. Essential
  • Lab ActivitiesProvided on the course web site.
  • NotebookNotepad for lecture notes, raw data / drawings, Do-Lists, Team Member contact information,doodling, notes to your BFF, etc.,

100 pages or equivalent, is a good idea

  • Web SiteHome Page/Human Biology

Specimens and Materials: (provided)

  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Various Animals / Specimens for dissection and examination
  • Organ and System Models
  • Human cell and tissue MS slides
  • Illustrations, Tables, Photographs, Charts

Web Resources

  • The instructor maintains a course website that includes the current course syllabus, outlines, and study guides. The site is updated regularly to provide links to current course materials. These resources are provided only for use by students enrolled in this section of this course. See above.
  • Each student will require routine web and eMail access. All Computer resources in the UVC Library, UVC Computer Lab and the Mc CarthyStudy Center are equipped with necessary software and internet access. It is the individual student’s responsibility to secure a personal eMail account. This course is as paperless as is possible and practical. “Only the digitally literate are employable!”

Policy

Safety - See Laboratory Safety Policy (signature required)

Attendance

  • Attendance is an important part of learning Anatomy and Physiology; therefore attendance will be monitored in lab. Attendance may be taken and / or quizzes will be given at any time during the scheduled class period. If you miss a quiz you will not be allowed to make it up.
  • Note: The Napa Valley College Catalog states: “…a student who has been absent for as many times as a class meets each week will have exhausted this provision for unavoidable absences. Further absences may cause the instructor to drop the student from the class.”
  • Note: Doctors appointments, transportation issues, illness and child care issues are considered absences.

Grades

  • Course requirements include regular attendance in lectures and laboratories, successful completion of the lecture and laboratory examinations, and participation in activities. Regular attendance is essential; however, attendance alone does not earn a passing grade. History teaches that every student will need to spend a considerable amount of dedicated study time individually and you’re your team members, outside of class hours in order to earn a grade of C or better.
  • Note: Study, study, study! Study = memorizing! Early, daily and often are good practices! (See Study Practices guide).

Scale

This is an approximation; the actual number of assignments and points may vary and are the discretion of the instructor.

Metric / Pts per Metric / Sub-Total / % of Total Grade / Percentage / Letter Grade / Color Code / Achievement
2 Lecture Exams / 100 / 200 / 13 / > 100% / A+ / Platinum / Brilliant
2 Lab Exams / 100 / 200 / 13 / 90% + / A / Gold / Competitive
Quizzes 6 / 25 / 150 / 10 / 80 - 89% / B / Blue / Successful
Lab Reports / 50 / 500 / 31 / 70 – 79% / C / Green / Safe
Projects / 75 / 150 / 13 / 60 – 69% / D / Red / Danger
1 Final Written and Lab Exam / 150 / 300 / 16 / < 60% / Fail / Purple / Ugh
Oral Presentation / 100 / 100 / 6
Dissection, Lab Maintenance, Initiative, Other / 5-10 / 100 / 6
TOTAL (approx) / ≈ 1700 / 100
  • Your course grade will be based on your performance on lecture exams, laboratory exams, quizzes, and lab reports, team contribution. Grading generally follows the point scale shown above, but adjustments may be made for overall trends in performance (such as improvement/ deterioration during the course) when determining your final course grade.
  • The highest grade achievable by a straight Astudent or any other achievement level student who fails the Final Exams will be a Letter Grade of D for the Course.
  • The highest grade achievable by a straight A student or any other achievement level student who scores a D on the Final Exams will be 1 Letter Grade lower than the overall achievement for the Course.

Examinations and Other Assignments

  • Lecture Exams consist of multiple choice, true/false, short answer and short essay questions. The four midterm lecture exams will emphasize the material covered since the previous exam. The final exam will be cumulative, with greater emphasis on the material covered since the previous exams. As a general rule, lecture exams test only material that is covered in the lectures and Text. Reading assignments from the textbook are important to reinforce lecture material and fill in gaps. However, unless it is stated in class,material in the textbook that is not covered in lectures will not be included on the lecture exams.
  • Laboratory Exams will be given on the dates shown on the schedule. Any changes to this schedule will be announced in class. The lab exams will emphasize identification of gross and microscopic structures on anatomical models, dissected specimens, and microscope slides. Lab exams will include problem solving, and demonstration of your ability to perform, and your understanding of, the lab exercises covering subjects since the previous lab exam. A series of stations will be set up in the lab / classroom. You will have two minutes at each station and will move from one station to the next until you complete the exam. You will not be allowed to return to any previous station in order to check your answers. The lab exams will usually begin 15 - 30 minutes after the normal lab starting time and the lab will be closed prior to the exam to allow for setup. Be on time for lab exams; you will not be allowed to make up missed stations. Generally, you will have a prescribed time limit for completing the practical. This is usually shorter than normal laboratory period.
  • Quizzes[akaQuizzams] will be given from time to time. The quizzes will generally cover the information expected of you from preceding lecture or lab activities. These quizzes may or may not be announced in advance. To prepare for the quizzes and for the lab in general, read the current lab exercise and review your lab notes prior to each lab.
  • You will not be required to submit alaboratory notebookbut it is more thana good idea to keep a digital file of all of your lab reports.[More about your ISLR Portfolio will be provided near the end of the course]. Use a lab book to include your drawings of histological (tissue level) slides and anatomical structures, raw data from labs, all abbreviated, notes and directions for all assignments made in class, directions for projects and lab reports.
  • Use your Smart Phone camera to document all lab activities. Organize everything in a digital Lab Notebook and store that on your Memory Stick in addition to your Lap Top or Tablet. Collect personal contact information for your lab partners, collaborators, colleagues, and study buddies, so you have a source(s)with which to communicate.
  • Students will not be allowed to use cell phones or MP3 players during exams.But, you may use cell phones, digital cameras and MP3 devices during lab assignments to assist you in documenting design, methods, materials, procedures and results. You may not record my voice or picture.
  • Make-up exams, Late Assignments

There are NO possible make-up opportunities for laboratory exams because they are lab practicals!

In rare instances and for extraordinary circumstances, a makeup lecture exam may be required / allowed. You must call (253-3190 Message) or e-mail me @ [] before the exam in order to be allowed to make-up the exam! You will NOT be allowed to make-up a lecture exam if you contact me after the exam. Make-up exams will be given by appointment only. It is your responsibility to make arrangements for scheduling a make-up exam. If you fail to do so, you will receive a zero for the missed exam. Project assignments and lab reports will be accepted for credit after the published upon time and date they are due, but with a tardy penalty of 10% for each week past the due date.There are many excuses, computer /software crashes, inter-net problems, child / family /spouse / job / health, team member communications and dependencies, etc., for turning in an assignment late……..but late is late. It happens.

Ethics

  • Professional Conduct and Communication are expected.

Formal and professional conduct is expected of you at all times in lecture, lab and on campus. Your practice of study, communication, politic, inter-personal and group interaction skills, generally accepted and expected of a medical-professional, begins and / or continuously improves in this class. Pro-actively shared, cooperative assistance is highly valued in the professional setting because it is a critical factor in providing quality health care and quality science. Because unprofessional, disruptive, and / or rude behavior demonstrated by you is harmful to the quality of health care in the professional setting to which you aspire, its demonstration in this educational setting toward anyone, including me, is unacceptable and will result in your immediate discharge from the classroom / lab. Your grade and your continued membership in the course will be negatively affected based upon the severity of the offense.

  • Cheating / Plagiarism - Cheating / Plagiarism are not tolerated in any form.

Cheating defined:

  • Copying, in part or in whole, from another’s test or other evaluation instrument or obtaining answers from another person during the test.
  • Submitting work previously presented in another course, if contrary to the rules of either course.
  • Using or consulting, sources or materials not authorized by the instructor during an examination
  • Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions
  • Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate
  • Any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work, which defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above
  • Talking or consulting during the test with another person
  • Giving / providing in any way, in any for, at any time, any information to other students that allows that/those student(s) an undeserved advantage on an exam or quiz, such as telling a peer what to expect on a make-up exam or prepping a student for a test in another section of the same class.
  • Plagiarism defined:
  • The act of incorporating the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another’s work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one’s own work
  • Representing another’s artistic/scholarly or similar works as one’s own
  • Submitting example work as your own.
  • Plagiarism may either be deliberate or unintentional, but it must be avoided with all due diligence.
  • Consequences of academic dishonesty, un-acceptable behavior:

Upon the first infraction of academic dishonesty, the instructor may do one or more of the following:

  • Give a lower or failing grade on the assignment or exam;
  • Refer the student to the Division chair and /or Vice President of Student Services for student disciplinary action.

In the event of a second infraction, upon consultation with the Division chair, the instructor may do one or more of the following:

  • Give a lower or failing grade on the assignment or exam.
  • Refer the student to the Vice President of Student Services for student disciplinary action including receiving a Fail grade in the course and / or with dismissal from the Course.

Important Dates:

  • SEP 4THLast day to drop a class without receiving a “W”
  • NOV 13THLast day to drop a class with a “W”
  • Note: A letter grade must be assigned for any class not dropped by this date. It is the student’s responsibility to drop a class through the registration office.
  • NOTE: It is the student's responsibility to fill out the appropriate forms in order to be dropped from the course. Do not assume that the instructor will drop you from the course if you stop attending class. If you stop attending the class, and if you fail to officially drop the course by filing for dropwithin the appropriate period, and with the Records Office, you will receive a grade of Fail in the course.

Special Needs:Students in need of accommodations in the college learning environment:

  • Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a learning disability should contact Learning Services in the Library and Learning Resource Center (LLRC), room 1766, phone (707) 256-7442. A Learning Disability Specialist will review your needs and determine appropriate accommodations.
  • If you need accommodations for physical or other types of disabilities, schedule an appointment with DSPS Counselor, Sheryl Fernandez, in the Counseling Department located in the 1300 building, phone (707) 256-7220 for appointment.
  • All information and documentation is confidential.
  • Please feel encouraged to make an appointment with me privately to discuss your specific learning needs in my class.
  • I have read, understand and agree to abide by the above course policy and any additional governing and / or safety direction provided by the instructor.

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