HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - BIOLOGY 155 Instructor: Dr. Glenn Fox; Office JM 112 Office hours: MW 11-12:30, 4:30-5:00 Tues 11:30-4:30 Phone (517) 796-8552 (Leave a message if I don't answer) Email: [email protected]; [email protected] (for mail-in assignments only!) Website: http://personal.jccmi.edu/Glenn.Fox/BIO155/BIO155.htm Text: Tortora & Grabowski - PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 11th Ed. Lab Manual: JCC BIO 155 Lab Manual, Van de Graaff & Crawley - PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS FOR THE A & P LABORATORY 5th Edition Recommended Optional Materials: A & P Lecture Outlines, Loose-leaf notebook, 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 grade (25 pts.) 3) Lab Practicals (l0-50 pts. each) 6) Miscellaneous Assignments 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 grades so that you may calculate your grade at any time. Grades will also be posted to the website so you can verify your scores. At the end of the semester your grades will be available online via Services (click Student Tab, view My Transcript, and then login with your JCC user name and password). Those scoring below a 2.0 on the first exam will have the opportunity to retake the exam, at a scheduled time only, with the average grade being recorded. Absence Policy: You are responsible for all assignments, handouts and materials covered in lecture and in lab exercises. 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, and will require proof. Make-up exams will be different; the second (and subsequent) make-ups 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 cannot be made up. General Philosophy: You are now 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; that will require a lot of hard work and discipline. You will need to keep up, as the pace of the class is fast, and it will pick-up as we cover the last few chapters and get into consolidation and review of the material we've already covered. There are no quick, easy ways; 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, work and 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, disagree with what has been done, or feel unfairly treated, will be brought to my immediate attention so that they may be resolved. 3. There will be no extra credit projects for this course, since it is felt that your time will be better allocated in studying the assigned materials.4. Supplemental computer materials may be used on your home computer or in the McDivitt Computer Lab. The Student Companion CD (available online with your access code), contain various activities and study aids. Adam Physiology Modules (for various systems) may be utilized during the appropriate lab period. 5. Student tutors will be available on a need basis, at no cost to the student being tutored. The Center for Student Success in BW 123 is also available to provide resources and help for your classes. 6. Student’s with documented disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Center for Student Success in BW 123 or phone 787-0800, extension 8270 as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. 7. ADO’s for Biology 155 include: ADO # 2 – COMPREHENSION – Demonstrate proficiency in understanding the principles of human anatomy & physiology; ADO #5 – TEAM WORK – Work as members of a team to successfully complete a laboratory practicum; ADO #6 – SCIENTIFIC REASONING – Demonstrate knowledge of the scientific process; and ADO #11 – SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – Critique current scientific issues through a review of current articles and/or issues in the field. 8. All students are expected to comply with JCC Academic Honesty Policy. The policy can be viewed at <http://www.jccmi.edu/administration/deanoffaculty/academicHonestypolicy.htm> Any students caught or believed to be cheating will receive a 0% for the assignment, and all Academic Deans will be notified of the incident. 9. Your progress and behavior in this class may be shared with members of other JCC programs or other academic programs to which you are applying. Also, if I am contacted for by a prospective employer on your behalf, I will give an honest assessment of your abilities based on your performance in lecture and lab. 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 will be posted on an overhead at the beginning of each lab period. Specific instructions will also be given at this time. 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, apparatti,