BIOLOGY 5-HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
Course description:
4 units
Class hours: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
Recommended preparation: Completion of Biology 4, English 100 and Reading 100. .
How the human body works. Functions of cells, tissues, organs and systems are examined with respect to the human organism through lecture and laboratory. Designed to fill the needs of students entering the paramedical professions.
Transfer credit: CSU; CAN BIOL 12
Prerequisites:
Completion of Chemistry 30A with a grade of C or better.
Text:
Human Physiology, 9th. edition, 2007, Fox
Exams and absence policy:
There will be four exams in lecture worth 400 points total. The exams will be non-cumulative. The lecture exam marks will be worth seventy percent of the course grade and the laboratory exam marks will be worth thirty percent of the course grade. The exams will be multiple choice, definition, and fill in.
Class hours of absence are considered excessive when they total more than the number of hours a full-term class meets during each week of a 16-week semester. Excessive absence from class as defined in the above paragraph will constitute reason for an instructor to drop a student from that class. However, it is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from classes by published deadlines to avoid failing grades.
Make up policy:
If you miss one of the first three lecture exams, there will be one make up period for everyone at the end of the semester. If you have taken all of the exams except the final exam, and you have a grade of C or higher you are eligible for an incomplete. The incomplete must be made up within one year.
Cheating on any exam will result in an F course grade and expulsion from the class. Please turn off cell phones in the lecture and laboratory sections of the course.
Class hours of absence are considered excessive when they total more than the number of hours a full-term class meets during each week of a 16-week semester. Excessive absence from class as defined in the above paragraph will constitute reason for an instructor to drop a student from that class. However, it is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from classes by published deadlines to avoid failing grades.
Grading policy:
Final grades will be based on a modified curve. The top number of points attained in the class will become 100 per cent. Credit/No Credit grades will not be given without special permission. No special projects are allowed.
Grade Per cent A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F below 60 Lecture schedule for Fall Semester 2007:
Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 AM -9:15 AM
February 12
Chapter 1, 2
Introduction, Chemical Composition of the body
February 14
Chapter 3
Cell Structure and Genetic Control
February 19
Chapter 4
Enzymes and Energy
February 21
Chapter 5
Cell Respiration and Metabolism
February 26
Chapter 5
Cell Respiration and Metabolism
February 28
Chapter 6
Interactions between Cells and External Environment
March 4
Chapter 7
The Nervous System
March 6
EXAM 1
Chapters 1-7
March11
Chapter 8
The Central Nervous System
March 13
Chapter 9
The Autonomic Nervous System
March 18
Chapter 10
Sensory Physiology
March 20
Chapter 10
Sensory Physiology
April 1
Chapter 11
Endocrine Glands
April 3
Chapter 11, 12
Endocrine Glands, start Muscle
April 8
Chapter 12
Muscle
April 10
EXAM 2
Chapters 8-12
April 15
Chapter 13
Heart and Circulation
April 17
Chapter 14
Cardiac Output, Blood Flow and Blood Pressure
April 22
Chapter 14
Cardiac Output, Blood Flow and Blood Pressure
April 24
Chapter 16
Respiratory Physiology
April 29
Chapter 19
Regulation of Metabolism
May 1
Chapter 19
Regulation of Metabolism
May 6
Chapter 18
The Digestive System
May 8
EXAM 3
Chapters 13, 14, 16, 19
May 13
Chapter 17
Physiology of the Kidneys
May 15
Chapter 17
Physiology of the Kidneys
May 20
Chapter 15
The Immune System
May 22
Chapter 15
The Immune System
May 27
Chapter 20
Reproduction
June 3
EXAM 4 (8 AM Room 615)
Chapters 15, 17, 18, 20
Tom Sourisseau 2008