BIOL 1151L - Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory
Course Syllabus – Fall 2011

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COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE

BIOL 1151L - Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory

CREDIT HOURS

1.0 semester credit hours

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Laboratory accompanying BIOL 1151

CO-REQUISITES

BIOL 1151. Withdrawal from BIOL 1151L requires withdrawal from BIOL 1151 and vice versa. Material learned in the laboratory supports learning in the lecture course.  Students who have credit for BIOL 1151 from a prior term are accountable for the information previously learned in the course.  Videos and online resources are available for review. 

NOTEBOOK COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:

Each CSU student is required to have ready access throughout the semester to a notebook computer that meets faculty-approved hardware and software requirements for the student's academic program. Students will sign a statement attesting to such access.  For further information on CSU's Official Notebook Computer Policy, please go to http://itpchoice.clayton.edu/policy.htm.

COMPUTER SKILL PREREQUISITES:

You must be able to use Windows, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express (including attaching and retrieving files via e-mail), a Web browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and Microsoft Excel.

IN-CLASS USE OF STUDENT NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS:

Student notebook computers may be used in the classroom in this course for class assignments. Computers will be required to access course materials, work on assignments outside of class, and to communicate with your instructor.  Students may be permitted to use computers in class for general use at the instructor's discretion. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To provide opportunities for students to reinforce their knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
• To provide opportunities for students to learn human anatomy and physiology from a laboratory perspective.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Biology Outcomes

• Students will display knowledge of the basic principles of major fields of biology.  This lab will focus on the development of a knowledge base in anatomy & physiology.
• Students will display mastery of a broad range of basic lab skills applicable to biology.  BIOL1151L will provide experience with basic dissection skills.
• Students will display the ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear, concise manner.  Class reports will exercise written communication skills.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to collect, evaluate and interpret scientific data, and employ critical thinking to solve problems in biological science.  Use of computer simulations will allow students to gather data and perform experiments.

Nursing Outcomes

• Students will utilize effective communication skills to promote therapeutic nurse-client interactions and good collegial relations.  Communication skills will be demonstrated on class assignments and exams.
• Students will engage in critical thinking by using creative problem solving and making appropriate inferences, based on evidence derived from clinical practice.  Students will use information from lecture and class readings to answer questions on assignments and exams.
• Students will demonstrate competence  in utilizing information technology resources to advance professional practice.  Students will use computer databases to find information relevant to course assignments and exams.
• Students will utilize nursing therapeutics based on a synthesis of critical thinking strategies and a theoretical knowledge base in nursing to provide competent professional care and maximize healthy outcomes.  This course will provide the knowledge base in anatomy & physiology

Dental Hygiene Outcomes

• Students will provide advanced professional and educational services using appropriate interpersonal, written, communication and critical thinking skills required for successful performance and progress in the profession.  Communication skills will be demonstrated on class assignments and exams.
• Students will acquire knowledge in a technologically advanced manner in order to apply principles of sound research design to the critical evaluation of scientific literature related to general and oral health as a foundation for life-long learning.  Students will use computer databases to find information relevant to course assignments and exams.
• Students will put into practice the principles of a sound research methodology in the planning, implementation and evaluation of scientific studies.  Students will use this skill to analyze and interpret information necessary for class assignments and exams.
• Students will assess the need for treatment, then plan, provide, and evaluate treatment for the patient with advanced periodontal disease.  This course will provide students with a background to allow them to determine the difference between healthy and disease conditions.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Dr. Diane Day (CRN 87060, 87064, 89005)
Office: Faculty Hall A 31F/NBS 146 (My office will move sometime during the semester. Currently my office is in Faculty Hall, I will announce when I have moved to BHS room 147)
Phone: (678) 466-4794
E-mail: DianeDay@clayton.edu
Homepage: http://a-s.clayton.edu/dday2/default.html
Office hours: MW 5-6 pm (office); T 2-3 (office) & 7-8 (lab C32); R 10:30-11:30 am (lab C32); 4-5 pm (office); or by appointment
 

Ms. Renee McFarlane (CRN 87062, 87063)
Office: Business and Health Sciences (BHS) Building, Room 158
Phone: (678) 466-4790
E-mail: ReneeMcFarlane@clayton.edu
Homepage: http://a-s.clayton.edu/mcfarlane
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 am, Tuesday 8:30 am to 9:30 am and 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm, and by appointment only
 

Dr. Paul Guy Melvin (CRN 87056, 87058, 87059)
Office: Faculty Hall, Room 21 (My office will move sometime during the semester. Currently my office is in Faculty Hall, I will announce when I have moved to BHS room 150)
Phone: (678) 466-4789
E-mail: PaulMelvin@clayton.edu
Homepage: http://a-s.clayton.edu/pmelvin/pmelvin.htm
Office hours:  TBA

CAMPUS MAP

LAB MEETING TIMES:

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION:

Required text: 

PHYSIOEX version 9.0 lab manual.

Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, 9th edition, 2011, Martini, Nath, and Bartholomew which includes Martini's Atlas of the Human Body.

Dissection Videos on DVD:

 DVDs are on reserve in the library and they can be purchased from media services in the basement of the library.

• Rat dissection
• Sheep brain dissection

Recommended Texts and Materials:

A medical dictionary such as Tabor's or the Medline Plus Medical Dictionary

EVALUATION:

* The total point value for the course will vary depending on the number and types of quizzes and assignments given during the term.

GRADING:

Your final grade will be determined as a percentage of total points earned as follows:

A mid-term grade  typically is not posted for the lab. The last day to withdraw from lab and lecture is Oct 7th.  Students may choose to withdraw from the course and receive a grade of "W."  Students pursuing this option must withdraw from the course using the DUCK or fill out an official withdrawal form, available in the Office of the Registrar, by mid-term, which occurs October 7, 2011.

Tentative Course Schedule*:

The course schedule is listed below.  Be sure to check the schedule often for changes in the due dates of assignments throughout the semester.  Please note that the schedule is tentative and subject to change.  Due dates for assignments may be changed at the instructor's discretion.  You are responsible for keeping track of due dates and turning in your work when it is required.

The course schedule includes a description of each week's laboratory activities, and includes supporting material, reading, and any assignments.  Students are required to review and COMPLETE this material BEFORE each week's laboratory meeting.  It is your responsibility to be prepared for each and every weekly lab meeting, so you should check with your instructor to verify what is required.

*This schedule and is tentative and may change. Tests may be given the week before or the week after the week listed here--or during the week predicted. Specific test dates will be announced approximately one week in advance in class.

Classroom regulations and policies:

Mid-term Progress Report

Due to the relatively small number of laboratory grades that will have been returned by mid-term, no mid-term grade will be reported for this course.  Students making unsatisfactory progress will be contacted individually by the instructor before mid-term.

 The last day to withdraw without academic accountability is Friday October 7, 2011. It is each student's responsibility to keep up with their academic progress in this laboratory. If you have any questions as to whether or not you are making satisfactory progress, contact your instructor BEFORE October 7th, 2011.

Instructions for Withdrawing are provided at this link.

General policies:

• Changes or additions to this syllabus, including readings, exam dates, grading, and course policies can be made at the discretion of the instructor at any time.  If such changes are made, they will be posted on the announcements section of the instructor's web page and/or announced in class.
• General data from this course may be used by the instructor for research on improved methods of teaching, leading to presentation or publication.  Data that would be used for this purpose would consist of anonymous data, with no identifying information from particular students (e.g., the overall average for the course, NOT grades from particular students).  If you do not wish for your instructor to include your data in such studies, fill out the withdrawal of consent form and bring it to your instructor.
• Students must abide by policies in the Clayton State University Student Handbook.  Students are also expected to abide by the guidelines in the Basic Student Responsibilities document on the registrar's web page.
• Students must read and abide by all course policies as stated below and on the first day of class.
• Visitors, including children, are not allowed in the laboratory.
• Proper attire and footwear must be worn in the laboratory at all times.  Inappropriate items include, but are not limited to: shorts or skirts above the knee and shoes that do not cover the feet (e.g., sandals). Students should not wear hanging jewelry and long hair should be tied back during lab.  Students who come to lab without appropriate clothing or footwear will NOT be permitted to take part in lab and will forfeit any points for that day.
• No smoking, other use of tobacco, eating, or drinking is permitted at any time in the laboratory.
• Issues associated with grades on assignments (disputes over points for a question, questions about grading keys, etc.) must be brought to the instructor's attention in a timely manner.  This means that such concerns must be brought to your instructor within one week of the assignment being returned to the class.  Items that are not brought to the instructor in this time period will NOT be addressed.

University Attendance Policy

Students are expected to attend and participate in every class meeting. Instructors establish specific policies relating to absences in their courses and communicate these policies to the students through the course syllabi. Individual instructors, based upon the nature of the course, determine what effect excused and unexcused absences have in determining grades and upon students’ ability to remain enrolled in their courses. The university reserves the right to determine that excessive absences, whether justified or not, are sufficient cause for institutional withdrawals or failing grades.

Course Attendance Policy

• Students are required to attend weekly meetings of the laboratory and will be checked at the beginning of each lab period.
• Students must be present at the beginning of the weekly laboratory meetings (laboratory start times are indicated on this syllabus).  Late arrivals will result in loss of attendance points for that day.
• Students are NOT permitted to attend any section of the laboratory other than the one that they are registered for.  Failure to attend the weekly meeting of the laboratory for the entire 1 hour and 50 minutes will result in loss of attendance and participation points for that day.
• If you miss lab, you are still responsible for the lab material on the lab practical.
• If you are unable to attend a weekly laboratory meeting, written documentation of an unavoidable personal or immediate family emergency from a doctor or other competent authority MUST be presented to your instructor on the first day that you return to laboratory.  This policy applies to both weekly laboratory meetings and lab practicals.  Routine scheduled appointments are not valid excuses for missing lab, so students should not schedule such appointments during laboratory times.
• There are NO exceptions to these rules.  

Missed Work

Unexcused absences from laboratory result in a grade of zero (0) for any graded work that was assigned that week.  You cannot turn in assignments from a lab you missed.  If you have a written excuse from a competent authority (doctor, judge, etc.), the missed points for the laboratory will not count against you.  A valid excuse is defined as the following: Jury duty, death in the immediate family, or student is incapacitated to the point where he/she is hospitalized on day of exam. Excuses will not be accepted for routine procedures (checkups, teeth cleanings, eye exams, etc). DO NOT UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ASK TO TAKE YOUR PRACTICAL AT ANY OTHER TIME FOR ANY OTHER REASON.    

There are NO makeups for lab practical exams.  If you have an excused absence for a date when a lab practical was given, those points will not be considered in calculating your grade (however, this means that the other graded work will be responsible for a greater weight in determining your final grade). You are only allowed ONE excused absence from a lab practical. If you miss more than one practical with an excused absence, you will be expected to ask for a hardship withdrawal, since the lab practicals count for a majority of the class points.

Late assignments

Lab exercises are due at the beginning of lab on the assigned date.  Any assignment that is not turned in at the beginning of lab period is considered late.  There is a 20% per school day (M-F) penalty for late lab reports. Lab reports will not be accepted more than one week after they are due.  Electronic submission of assignments is only allowed if the instructor specifically permits it.  If it was not permitted, electronic submissions will not be accepted and your work will be considered late, losing points until the instructor receives a printed copy of the assignment.  Printing problems are not an acceptable excuse for submitting work late.  Under NO circumstances will assignments be accepted more than one week after they are due or after the graded work has been returned to the class, whichever is sooner. Turn in all parts of your assignment together. No supplemental materials may be added once you have turned in the assignment.

Academic Integrity 

Cheating in any form will not be tolerated; all work that you turn in must be in your own words and must be your own work.  If your brainpower did not generate what you turn in, it is considered cheating.  Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to: falsifying data from an experiment, copying the work of another person, allowing another person to do your assignment, allowing another student to copy your work, working in a group on a graded item, copying or closely paraphrasing referenced sources, using anything but your brainpower on an exam, etc.  Misconduct in any form will result in a zero on the assignment for all involved students and academic misconduct forms will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct for any violation.  Judicial procedures are described on the webpage of the Office of Student Conduct.

Disruption of the Learning Environment

Behavior that disrupts the teaching–learning process during class activities will not tolerated. This includes belligerent, abusive, profane, and/or threatening behavior. A student who fails to respond to reasonable faculty direction regarding classroom behavior and/or behavior while participating in classroom activities may be dismissed from class.

    Examples of disruptive behavior:

Common examples of behaviors that may be disruptive include, but are not limited to:

• Refusal to comply with faculty direction
• Monopolizing classroom discussions
• Talking when the instructor or others are speaking
• Failing to respect the rights of other students to express their viewpoints
• Constant questions or interruptions that interfere with the instructor’s presentation
• Creating excessive noise
• Use of electronic devices (pagers, iPods, MP3 players, or cell phones) in the classroom without the instructor’s approval
• Overt inattentiveness (e.g., sleeping or reading the paper in class)
• Inordinate or inappropriate demands for time or attention
• Routinely entering the class late or leaving early without instructor permission.
• Leaving and re-entering the class during lecture.
• Verbally abusing an instructor or student (i.e. cursing or extremely loud talking directed at a particular person)
• Threatening to physically harm an instructor or student through verbal or body gestures.
• Intimidating through body gestures and/or posture.

Students exhibiting these types of behaviors can expect a warning from the instructor or dismissal for the class period in which the behavior occurred.  Failure to correct such behaviors can result in dismissal from the course.

     More extreme examples of disruptive behavior include, but are not limited to:

• Use of profanity or pejorative language
• Intoxication
• Verbal abuse (e.g., taunting, badgering, intimidation)
• Harassment
• Threats to harm oneself or others
• Physical violence

A student who is dismissed from a course for unacceptable and/or disruptive behavior is entitled to due process and will be afforded such rights within 3 class days following dismissal. If found in violation after the review process, the student’s dismissal will be upheld and a grade of WF may be issued for the course.

Conditions attributed to physical or psychological disabilities are not considered as a legitimate excuse for disruptive behavior.

Exam/quiz policies

Specific policies on exams and quizzes will be provided on the day of the exam/quiz itself, but several rules apply to all testing situations

1.      All electronic devices including cell phones, palm pilots, pagers, calculators, MP3 players, etc. are not allowed during exams or quizzes, unless specifically permitted by the instructor.  During such activities, these devices are not permitted to be in your possession at all (which means they cannot be clipped to your belt, in your pocket, etc.).  Possession and/or use of these items during an exam or quiz will result in an automatic zero on the graded activity, and may result in a charge for academic misconduct.

2.      If a cell phone or other electronic device makes noise (by ringing, buzzing, etc.) and disrupts the testing environment, even if it is not on your person, the instructor will penalize the responsible student(s) by taking points from their score.

Other Policies

Participation in laboratory activities involves an inherent risk of injury. In the event of injury, the student should immediately inform the instructor or laboratory technician who will file an accident report. The injured party will be given first aid and referred to appropriate medical facilities for follow-up.

Lab exercises: You are expected to prepare for the current week's exercise prior to lab so that you will already be familiar with the topic at hand.  This includes previewing the videos and reading the information in the lab manual and any handouts provided by the instructor.  This will enable to you to work through the lab on your own, asking the instructor when you have questions.  

Electronic devices: All electronic devices including cell phones, palm pilots, pagers, calculators, etc. are not allowed to be used in the laboratory at any time.  Possession and/or use of these items during laboratory time will result in a zero on the graded activity (if any on that day) or deduction of 10 points on next lab practical.  

Email: Each student must activate his/her e-mail account at Clayton State University. The class list serve will be the only method for communicating with the class by email.  Important announcements will be sent to the class on the class list serve.  You should also check course web pages regularly for new postings. Handouts given in class and other important items will be posted on the web page for this class.

Communication from personal email accounts (e.g., Yahoo, gmail, etc.) is acceptable, as long as the following requirements are met:

1. You clearly identify yourself in the body of the email
2. You clearly identify which class you are writing to me about
3. The subject line of your email is suitably descriptive that I can tell it isn't Spam or a virus (e.g., do not send emails with a subject of "Hello", etc.)
4. You do not ask me specific questions concerning grades, as they cannot be discussed on such email accounts.

Emails that do not meet these requirements will not receive a response.

Changes or additions to this syllabus, including reading, exam schedule, grading, and course policies can be made at the discretion of the instructor at any time.

Operation Study: At Clayton State University, we expect and support high motivation and academic achievement. Look for Operation Study activities and programs this semester that are designed to enhance your academic success such as study sessions, study breaks, workshops, and opportunities to earn Study Bucks (for use in the University Bookstore) and other items.

Last Update: October 31, 2011