HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - BIOLOGY 155Instructor: Patricia Visser Email: [email protected] Office hours: Mon/Wed. 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. (Room 117A) Tues. 1:30 – 5:30 (Main campus – JM 234A) Phone: (517) 796-8533 (Please leave a message; I can check messages from any location).Text: Tortora & Grabowski - PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 11th Ed.Lab Manual: Tortora & Tallitsch - LAB EXERCISES IN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY, 7th ed.Recommended Optional Materials: A & P Lecture Outlines, Loose-leaf notebook, PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS FOR THE A & P LABORATORY, and Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 5th Ed.Grade: The grade you earn in this course will be based upon total points accumulated on: 1) Scheduled exams (l00 pts. each) 4) Take Home Quizzes (5 pts. each) 2) Unannounced (Pop) quizzes (5 pts. each) 5) Laboratory participation grade (25 pts.) 3) Lab Practicals (l0-50 pts. each)The grading scale is: 4.0 (A) 95-l00%; 3.5 (A- /B+ ) 90-94%; 3.0 (B) 85-89%; 2.5 (B- /C+ ) 80-84%; 2.0 (C) 75-79%; l.5 (C- /D+ ) 70-74%; l.0 (D) 65-69%; 0.5 (D - ) 60-64%. You will be expected to keep a record of your scores so that you may calculate your grade at any time. Final grades will be posted online via E-services. For the first two exams only, those scoring below a 2.0 will have the opportunity to retake that exam -- at the scheduled time only -- with the average of the two scores being recorded. Absence Policy: You are responsible for all assignments, handouts, and materials covered in lecture and in labexercises. If you must miss a lab exercise or an exam, it is your responsibility to arrange make-up. The privilege of making-up exams and lab practicals will be extended only in the case of emergency, illness, or previously authorized business. Please let me know in advance whenever possible. Make-up exams will be different; the second (and subsequent) make-up’s point value will be 80% of your actual score. Lab work can be made-up by attending other lab sections or by doing the work on your own. Unannounced quizzes can not be made up.General Philosophy: You are an adult and a college student. As such you are expected to be able to work and learn independently, and to be responsible for all assignments and materials. This is a difficult course, and will cover a tremendous amount of material; it will require a lot of hard work and discipline. You will need to keep up, as the pace of the class is fast and will increase as we cover the last few chapters and begin consolidating and reviewing the material we’ve already covered. There are no quick, easy ways to succeed; what you learn here will be directly proportional to the amount of effort you have expended. You’re also expected to be considerate of the rights of others and not to interfere with those who are trying to study, workand learn.Miscellaneous:1. You are expected to keep a complete and well-organized notebook of lecture notes, assignments, grades, and other material covered in lecture or lab. This will not be collected or graded but will be for your benefit since it will provide your main source of information. Always bring your complete notebook to any help session.2. It is expected that problems that occur because you feel an error has been made, you disagree with what has been done, or you feel that you have been treated unfairly, will be brought to my immediate attention so that they can be resolved promptly.3. Supplemental materials may be used on your home computer or in one of the campus computer labs. The Student Companion Website (see details in the front of the textbook), contains a pronouncing dictionary, activities, quizzes and practice tests for each chapter. 4. Student tutors will be available on a need basis, at no cost to the student being tutored. Arrangements can be made with the Center for Student Success at 796-8415 (123 Bert Walker Hall at main campus).5. Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact Center for Student Success at 796-8415 as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations can be implemented in a timely fashion.6. A student found to be cheating or plagiarizing information will either receive a score of zero on that exam or assignment, or a grade of 0.0 in the course. The JCC Academic Honesty Policy can be found online at: http://www.jccmi.edu/administration/deanoffaculty/academicHonestypolicy.htm .7. This course supports the following JCC Associate Degree Outcomes (ADOs) 2: The ability to comprehend and use information including written and oral forms: Acquire the skills necessary to understand the nomenclature of anatomy, as well as to comprehend complex physiological processes; 4: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Students will discuss and develop a position defending resolution of a current problem that relates to the health profession. The ability to use data and information to arrive at alogical solution will be evaluated; 5: Work Productively with Others: Students will work cooperatively, in groups of 2-4 students to identify and solve problems, as well as to work together to master the understandingof the course; 6: Scientific Reasoning: Students will develop an appreciation of the use of observations and data to formulate scientific processes; 7:Use of Computers and Other Technology: Use computers to survey information from the internet, as well as for announcements, lecture supplements and grades that will be provided on Educator; and 11: A knowledge of Science and Technology: Explain complex scientific issues in a language that can be understood by a non-science audience. Written explanations will be graded upon accuracy, clear explanations, and the absence of technical terms.LABORATORY PROCEDURE: Lab is a very important learning component of this course, and I expect cooperation with other students and the instructor in keeping the lab orderly and clean. Please observe the following lab guidelines, and encourage your partners to do the same.1. Lab assignments and specific instructions will be given at the beginning of each lab period. You will be expected to complete all the assignments that require dissection or lab apparatus during this time. If you run out of time, some of the questions, plus the practical exercises at the end of each unit can be answered later using standard reference books.2. You will be expected to return all materials, apparatus, and