Course Objective: Understanding the human body. This course is an introduction to the structure and function of the normal human body. This course includes, but is not limited to, information needed by persons preparing for careers in areas such as Nursing, Physical Education, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Elementary Education, Health Education, Medicine, Athletic Training, Medical Technology, Psychology, and Biology.
Because of the large volume of material covered in this course, it is important that you keep up on a day to day basis. The general expectation for college level courses is that you will spend 2-3 hours outside of class for each scheduled class and laboratory session. For this course, that would work out to 8-12 hours per week.
To aid you in your studies, the book has chapter outlines, chapter objectives, chapter summaries, and lists of key words. There is also a computer program (MEDTERM) available to help you learn medical terminology. Questions from this program will be included on the first quiz and the first test. (See below for information about running this program.)
1. Lectures: Lectures will cover textbook material. See the lecture schedule for information about subjects and chapters to be covered on specific dates.
2. Laboratory: Laboratory sessions will cover selected exercises from the laboratory manual. See the laboratory schedule for more information about the topics to be covered on specific dates.
3. Report: Each student will read an article on recent research that relates to a human disease and write a brief report. Please see the report instructions for details.
There will be four tests throughout the course and one comprehensive final examination. There will also be four quizzes. Laboratory work will be evaluated separately by three practicals. The final evaluation will be determined as follows:
| Weight | Course Average | Course Average | ||
| Four Tests | >=90% | |||
| Final Exam | 80-90% | |||
| Quizzes | 70-80% | |||
| Practicals | 60-70% | |||
| Reports | >60% | |||
Total |
Quizzes, tests, and the final exam will cover lecture material. Any material in the text which has not been specifically excluded may also be included, but the emphasis will be on material presented in lecture, or specifically assigned in lecture. For this reason, it is important that you have good lecture notes, and learn them thoroughly. Quizzes and tests will not cover material from the text that is from chapters that have not yet been covered in class. Laboratory material will be covered by the practicals.
Please bring a pencil to all quizzes and tests. Please be on time (or early) for all quizzes and tests. You will not be given ext>ra time to finish if you are late.
If you have a question during class that you think would be of general interest, please raise your hand. For other kinds of questions, please stop after class, or bring them to a review session, or see me in lab or at my office. I'm glad to see you in any of these settings. I am available in my office most of the day when I am not in a class or other meetings. Please feel free to stop by my office or make an appointment by phone. Lab times are also good times to contact me.
1. If you do not have a student account go to Computer Services in the Union building with a valid GC ID card. (If you are able to access E-mail, you already have a student acount.)
2. You may use a PC in either the Union building or the KM student computer center. On the PC's, open the "Internet Stuff" group. In this group select (double click on) "EWAN Telnet -- VAX".
3. If you do not see "USERNAME", then press Return (or Enter). At the USERNAME prompt enter your username, and then enter your password at the PASSWORD prompt. You enter what you have typed by pressing the Return (or Enter) key. You should be able to use either upper or lower case letters without it making any difference.
4. At the $ prompt, enter @BIO:MEDTERM. The medterm program will start running. After entering a name, you can see an introduction by entering 'X' followed by a Return (or Enter).
5. For Human Anatomy & Physiology, you need to do drills 1, 2 and 3. (roots, prefixes, and suffixes)
6. If you want to stop a drill before you get to the end of it, continue until you get to the place where the program says "Press -RETURN- to continue?". At that point, type "EXIT" and press Return (or Enter).
7. When you are not in a drill, you can exit the program by typing "EXIT" and then pressing Return (or Enter).
8. Please exit windows properly when you are done.
9. Leave the terminal on unless instructed otherwise.
1. ATTENDANCE: I do not include attendance in the calculations that determine your class averages. However, I do expect you to attend all classes and labs, and to be on time, unless you are excused by me in advance (except in emergencies). Review sessions are optional. To facilitate taking attendance, I will ask that you sit in the same seat after the first week of classes. If you want to change after that, please see me. In cases of borderline grades, attendance may affect the outcome. The following may be acceptable for approval as an excused absence: - illness (more than a minor cold) - death of a close relative or friend - official school activities (field trips, interscholastic athletics) - other serious personal/interpersonal problems if approved by the instructor
2. GRADING & TESTING: I consider quizzes and tests to be useful not only for evaluating your work, but also as part of the learning process. For that reason, I allow you to leave the class with the quiz or test (EXCEPT NOT the final exam), so that you can immediately look up items that you have questions about, or are curious about. For the same reason, I return the results the next class period if at all possible, so that you get rapid feedback. It is OK to look at old quizzes and tests from previous years if you find that helpful. (Except NOT old final exams - I keep those.) If you would like to look at old quizzes and tests, but don't know where to get any, please ask me.
3. Questions about tests items: If something on a quiz or test seems ambiguous, please feel free to ask me about it during the test. If I can help you without 'giving away' the answer, I will do so. If you have questions about an item on a test after scores are returned, please feel free to ask me about that as well. However, to reserve class time for regular activities, please bring such questions to my attention after class. This can be immediately after class, or during lab, or any other convenient time. If you can convince me that there is a good reason why an answer other than the one I selected should be counted correct, I will give you credit for it. If you think that the computer has incorrectly scored your answer sheet, please see me about that as well. I practice an open gradebook policy. You can at any time see the records that I have for you. I also try to always keep a current average, which you may also see.
4. MAKEUP POLICY
- labs: see instructor or lab assistant
- ordinary lectures: see instructor
- tests & practicals: absences must be made up - see instructor to arrange a time; there will be a penalty for unexcused absences: 10% will be deducted from the grade.
- quizzes: missed quizzes will not be made up; however, you will not be given a zero just for missing a quiz. Instead, the following test will count extra to make up for the quiz. How this is done depends on whether or not the absence is excused or unexcused. a) excused absences: the following test will count for your quiz; specifically, if you get an average test score, you will be given an average quiz score; quiz scores based on higher or lower test results will be calculated in a proportional manner b) unexcused absences: the following test will still count for the missed quiz, as above with, however, a penalty. A 20% penalty will be deducted from the derived quiz score.
1. ATTEND EVERY CLASS AND LAB SESSION - to do well in this class it is necessary to have a complete set of notes about what is covered in class.
2. TAKE CAREFUL, WELL ORGANIZED NOTES IN CLASS - if you are unsure about your note taking skills, please consult with the tutoring office or see me.
3. READ YOUR TEXTBOOK - keep up on your reading on a regular basis; you can't do it all at once!
4. REVIEW YOUR NOTES THROUGHLY BEFORE QUIZZES & TESTS - rather than just rereading your notes several times, it is more helpful if you can put something else into it - at the very least, underlining or highlighting, or better yet typing, or recopying, possibly in a condensed format.
There are various resources available if you are having 'academic difficulty' (failing, not getting a 'C' if that is required in your major, or just not doing as well as you would like). You should consider the following:
A. Factors affecting your studying
-time: are you spending enough time studying? As noted above, you should be spending about 2-3 hrs. per class session, or 8-12 hours per week in this course, in outside of class studying
-concentration: study time can be wasted if you can't concentrate well - factors that can influence this can include noise, psychological stress, career and other motivation factors, interpersonal problems with family or friends, etc. It may help to frequently take short breaks. There are also a variety of different methods of studying that may help. Some counseling services are available through the college if that would be helpful
-study skills: the ability to take good notes, study efficiently, read well, take tests efficiently, etc.
B. Places to get help
-friends: you might check your notes for completeness, discuss study methods, quiz or drill each other, or set up a study group. Some people find this helpful, others do better studying alone
Professor: I will be glad to meet with you to discuss any factors that might be affecting your progress in the course. I can also give you some ideas to try on study methods
-Peer Tutor: Christine Falcone (office in the Ad building) can make arrangements to find a tutor for you (there is no charge for this service) This person can work with you in any way helpful. Christine Falcone's office also has some resources available on developing your study skills.
-Academic advisor